Tuesday, December 29, 2020

What a Year! 1916 - 29 December 2020 - Plague Journal Day 292

Micah 6:8
Proverbs 3:7-8
Yes, your life matters.

We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

What a year 1916 was! On this date - 29 December - of that year we saw the publication of "A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man," by James Joyce. It's actually a readable book by the author of "Ulysses" and "Finnegan's Wake," and I recommend it to you all.
On that self-same day, just as the world was receiving the gift of that tome, we were "losing" the presence of one Grigori Rasputin. As the story goes, he was no easy man to kill, but eventually he did die, and it was apparently on this date in 1916.



A commemorative song is linked here for your enjoyment.

Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.

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