On this day,
In 1910 Count Leo Tolstoy, Russian author of, “War and Peace and Anna Karenina,” passed away in a railway carriage at Astopovo,
Ronovan writes #Haiku weekly poetry prompt #489
So carpe diem
for it may not come again
a bird in the hand
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Sammiscribbles weekend writing prompt #338 #Ghost writer extraordinaire
In eighteen hundred and sixty two, was born a young man to be called Montague, educated at Eton but against the wishes of his father he chose to write great short stories of a taste macabre.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #262 #Patience is a virtue
Under the log pile, within the sticks
a very odd looking creature sits
long of neck and short of limb
he hopes that none will notice him
for if he can catch an insect to eat
then he is sure of a tasty treat
but if he is spotted in his lair
be sure no creature will pass by there
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Dies Natalis
On this day,
In 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author of such stirring tales as, “Kidnapped, Treasure Island and The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”
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Fibbin Friday, I lie it’s Saturday
1 A bunion
2. A guide to the isles
3. A feeling deep in side her
4. Sideoftheplatypus
5. Cannelloni
6. Fizzy paper
7. Extreme weather condition in Portugal
8. Hebridean name for a gale, (It’s what we)
9. Boris Johnson
10. A fast moving whale
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Dies Natalis
On this day,
In 1821, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Russian author of, “Crime and Punishment, and The Brothers Karamazov.”
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Literatus Obitus
On this day,
In 1953, ignoring the advice rendered to his father, Welsh bard Dylan Thomas passed away at the age of 39 whilst on a lecture tour of America, in the Chelsea Hotel in New York, dying of pneumonia brought on by alcoholism.
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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #261 #Sylvan stroll
Forsooth we strolled between the trees
no sound appeared there to be heard
no melodic calling of the bird
bushes tremble although no breeze
air cold though sunshine all around
fleabane, hemlock cover the ground
a place where sprites may take their ease.
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Dies Natalis
On this day,
Margaret Mitchell, born 1900, American author of, “Gone with the Wind,” her only book, didn’t she do well.
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When the pen takes control. 