28 EVENTS: Coming soon to NH 1/4   7:30PM   Moultonborough Public Library, 4 Holland Street, Moultonborough, NH 03254   Simone Beaubien plus an open mic   4/21   7PM   Effingham Public Library, 30 Townhouse Rd., Effingham, NHh   David Surette plus an open mic http://www.davidsurette.com     BIRTHDAYS:   Félix E Vallotton, Click here -  Switz/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna) Click here   Click here Click here (1872-1956) Spanish writer Click here Christian DFL Leipoldt, Click here - South african physician/writer/poet Click here Theodore Sylvester Boone 1896. African-American attorney, pastor, author, and editor. Click here Click here (1902-2001) NYC-born author and philosopher Click here Shen Congwen, 1902 -  writer Click here Click here Nikola J Vaptsarov, 1909 - Bulgaria poet (Subrani Sutsjinenija) Click here Click here Stan Lee, 1922 - comics artist/creator (Spiderman, Incredible Hulk) Click here Click here Rod Serling, 1924 - Syracuse NY, writer/host (Twilight Zone, Night Gallery) Click here Simon Raven, 1927 -  English playwright/critic (Alms for Oblivion) Click here Click here Clem Schouwenaars, Click here - Flemish poet/writer Click here Click here Manuel Puig (1932-1990)  Argentine writer and motion-picture scriptwriter Click here Click here Syl Jones 1951. He is an African American author, playwright, and media consultant. Click here       PASSED    December 28th Pierre Bayle, French/Dutch critic and controversialist, 1706, Click here John Logan, Scot poet, 178S, Click here Click here Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lord Macaulay, historian, essayist, &c., 1859 Click here Click here Herman Melville (1891) New England Author Click here Click here George [Robert] Gissing, Click here English novelist, Click here Olavo Bilac, Brazilian poet 1865-1918 Click here Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, Click here -  engineer (Eiffel Tower) Click here Clarence Day, Click here -  writer (Life with Father) Click here Click here Click here The Egg Oh, who that ever lived and loved Can look upon an egg unmoved? The egg is the source of all. ’Tis everyone’s ancestral hall ... Oh, join me gentlemen I beg. In honoring our friend, the egg. Theodore Dreiser, Click here - novelist (An American Tragedy) Click here Click here W illiamHervey Allen, Jr.   Dec. 8, 1889-  1949  US poet, biographer, and novelist (Anthony Adverse), Click here From THE PIRATES V Under these shouldering rows of stone That notch the quiet sky; [33] Under the asphalt's transient seal The same old mud-flats lie; And I have felt them surge and lift At night as I passed by. Yes, I have seen them sprawling nude While an Autumn moon hung chill, And the tide came shuddering in from sea, Lift by lift, until It held them under a silver mesh, Responsive to its will. Then slowly out from the crowding walls I have seen the gibbets grow, And stand against the empty sky In a desolate, windblown row, While their dancers swayed, and turned, and spun, Tripping it heel and toe; With a flash of gold where the peering moon Saw an earring as it swung, And a silver line that leapt and died Where the salt-white sea-boots hung, And the pitiful, nodding, silent heads, With half of their songs unsung. Click here Sam Peckinpah, Click here   director, Click here Mort Greene, Click here  US songwriter (My Grandfather's Clock), Click here Click here                                      Leave It To Beaver Lyrics Hey! Here they come with a rum-tee tum they're having a toy parade. A tin giraffe with a fife and drum is leading the kewpie parade. A gingham cat in a soldier's hat is waving a Chinese fan, A plastic clown in a wedding gown is dancing with Raggedy Ann. Fee fie fiddle dee dee they're crossing the living room floor Fee fie fiddle dee dee they're up to the dining room door. They call a halt for a choc'late malt or cookies and lemonade Then off they go with a ho ho ho right back to their toy brigade. Click here William L Shirer, 1993   writer (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich), Click here Susan Sontag, American writer 1933- 2004 Click here     SITES:   Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here Click here   HISTORY: December 28 CHILDERMAS DAY-  INNOCENTS' DAY Click here Matthew Arnold composes "Click here" (1851; Poetry, ed. A. D. Culler [1961]: 548) Click here   1948 - US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite Click here   Click here - Dow-Jones hits record 3793.49 Click here     BONUS POEM: Bells of Gray Crystal BELLS of gray crystal Break on each bough-- The swans' breath will mist all The cold airs now. Like tall pagodas Two people go, Trail their long codas Of talk through the snow. Lonely are these And lonely and I . . . . The clouds, gray Chinese geese Sleek through the sky.                                                                                                         Edith Sitwell