FOUR EVENTS:   Tuftonboro, Dec 4th at 7:30 pm A CELTIC CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the OLD WHITE CHURCH, Tuftonboro RÉAGÁNTA (Claudia Altemus on whistle, Gene Durkee on guitar, Regina Delany on Harp) Along with the  New England Irish Harp Orchestra  Tickets  $15.00  For reservations and information contact: Greg or Teri Heppe 569-9859, Click here   12/5   2:30PM   DelRossi's, Dublin, NH   Special reading from Milton's "Paradise Lost" with the Milton Ensemble mailto: Click here     BIRTHDAYS: December 4th Jean Chapelain, French writer Click here - 1674) Click here Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist Click here - 1786) Click here Dr. Click here, Biblical illustrator, 1804, Click here Click here (1795 – 02/05/1881)  English/ Scottish essayist and historian  Click here Click here Click here Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief Click here - 1877) Click here Samuel Butler (1875 – 06/18/1902) English writer Click here Click here (1875 – 12/29/1926) German poet Click here Click here Click here  (1866 – 12/13/1944)  Russ/ abstract artist painter, writer, and art theorist               Click here Click here Richard N Roland Holst, Click here - Dutch artist/painter Click here Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) English poet, critic, and prolific essayist, a philosophical anarchist and outspoken pacifist    Click here    Click here A Song for the Spanish Anarchists The golden lemon is not made but grows on a green tree: A strong man and his crystal eyes is a man born free. The oxen pass under the yoke and the blind are led at will: But a man born free has a path of his own and a house on the hill And man are men who till the land and women are women who weave: Fifty men own the lemon grove and no man is a slave. Click here Alfred Leslie Rowse, Click here – historian Click here John W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], 1912 -  US, sci-fi author Click here Pappy Boyington, American pilot 1912 – 1988 Click here Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (Click here - 1994) Click here Cornell Woolrich 1903- 1968  'Father of Film Noir,' author Click here John Cale  (12/04/1940 – )  US singer, songwriter Click here Chris Shepherd, 1966 -  English film director Click here     PASSED December 4th Omar Khayyam  (05/18/1048 –1131[Click here?])   Persian writer, poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher     Click here Thomas Hobbes, (04/05/1588 –1679)  English philosopher, scholar  Click here Alexander Hume (1609) Scottish poet Click here  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet 1585- 1649 Click here John Gay, (06/30/1685 –1732)  English writer poet and dramatist, Click here Click here Click here (1894) Brit poet,Novelist I KNOW NOT HOW, BUT AS I COUNT I KNOW not how, but as I count The beads of former years, Old laughter catches in my throat With the very feel of tears.   Click here Click here Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich), Click here                                        You Like a Flame   You like a flame are pure and slender You like the morning light and dear You blooming branch of the tree of splendor You like a spring concealed and clear You see me off through sunny meadows You thrill me in the plumes of dusk You light my path among the shadows You cooling wind you warming musk You are my wish and why I think I breathe you in with all my air I sip you in with all I drink I kiss your fragrance everywhere You blooming branch of the tree of splendor You like a spring concealed and clear You like a flame are pure and slender You like the morning light and dear Click here    Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer 1891- Click here Click here Benjamin Britten  (11/22/1913 –1976)  English composer Click here Reuben Nakian, US sculptor, Click here Click here Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), Click here Click here May Swenson (05/28/1919 –1989)  US writer Click here Frank Zappa  (12/21/1940 –1993)  US musician, composer Click here Margaret Landon, US author (Anna & the King of Siam), 1993 Click here Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author 1924- Click here Click here Gregg Hoffman, American film producer 1963- 2005 Click here   SITES:   Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here     HISTORY:   Click here - Gen Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC Click here Click here - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published. Click here 1942 - FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration Click here Click here - Unemployment in US increases to 5.8% Click here BONUS POEM: Click here WHEN cold December Froze to grisamber The jangling bells on the sweet rose-trees-- Then fading slow And furred is the snow As the almond's sweet husk-- And smelling like musk. The snow amygdaline Under the eglantine Where the bristling stars shine Like a gilt porcupine-- The snow confesses The little Princesses On their small chioppines Dance under the orpines. See the casuistries Of their slant fluttering eyes-- Gilt as the zodiac (Dancing Herodiac). Only the snow slides Like gilded myrrh-- From the rose-branches--hides Rose-roots that stir.                                                         Edith Sitwell