Three good fellas born on this date.
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Pooh may not have appreciated the next guy who shared his creator’s birthday, but nevertheless….
Happy Birthday to A.A.Milne
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But this guy would disagree…
Peter Mark Roget, drawing by DM
A quickie you’ll enjoy about this book and this guy:
I love love LOVE this book and have it on my shelf. It’s authored by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
I suppose it’s considered a children’s picture book, but anyone who loves words and fantastic illustration (it won a Caldecott Honor Award) would enjoy this book. Guaranteed. Absolutely. No question. For sure. Promise. Pledged. Absotively-posilutely.
From Author’s Notes in The Right Word, an actual page from Roget’s work.
From The Right Word
Roget was an inward child who preferred solitude and list-making to play and socialization. He struggled with depression for most of his life, but the love of lists and words arose partly as a coping mechanism, even as a child. He liked Linnaeus’s idea to classification of species; he also loved to classify plants and animals, but he decided to classify words, also. He kept notebooks where he made lists of ideas interesting to him.
His first completed classification and list of words - Collections of English Synonyms Classified and Arranged - was completed when he was 26, was printed, and has remained in print since 1852 in many languages. He was a physician in trade, often donating his services to poor areas of London. And did you know he invented the slide rule?
Really, now..isn’t this page scrumptious? From The Right Word.
A feeble attempt at chalk writing. Much room for improvement here. You’d think this would be easier as a former teacher who started back when chalkboards were the thing. The only thing.
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The third birthday cake to the fellow who said this