Question:
today’s birthdays: Marian McPartland 1920
Eighty years old. She can’t live that much longer, I guess; and that’s a shame, because she’s truly wonderful. Her show with Bill Evans was glorious. -c — Chris Metzler Work Address: Harvard-Smithsonian Center 617-496-3259 (office) for Astrophysics (remove "snip-me." to email, of course) Cambridge, MA 02138 USA "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." – Chief Luther Standing Bear
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March 20, 2000 today is: Feast of Saint Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne (Roman Catholic and Episcopalian observance; patron of sailors) Feast of the Venerable Saint Abbas and the holy father martyred at Saint Savva’s Monastery (Eastern Orthodox observance) Full Moon 4:44 a.m. GMT Great American Meatout (when consumers are asked to "kick the meat habit" at least for one day) (http://www.meatout.com) International Life Day (celebrating all life and all creation, without any political agenda) (http://www.angelfire.com/ok/smashoutsuicide) National Agriculture Day (http://www.agday.org) Ostara (or Alban Eilir) (Wiccan Lesser Sabbat, a fire and fertility festival marking the beginning of spring) Proposal Day!
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