Fire!
From today's Writer's Almanac:
Early in the morning of this day in 1666, a small fire broke out in a baker's shop on Puddling Lane in London. The flames soon spread, and within hours all of London was ablaze. When it was all over the Great Fire of London destroyed more than 80 percent of the city, including over thirteen thousand houses.
The diarist Samuel Pepys watched the fire from across the Thames River, after burying his wine and Parmesan cheese to keep them safe from the fire. He wrote about it in his diary.
After the fire was over, the architect Christopher Wren was hired to rebuild the more than eighty churches destroyed by the blaze, including St. Paul's Cathedral.
A more recent event on this day, an event inspired by a different kind of fire: this is my wife's and my 19th wedding anniversary.
Early in the morning of this day in 1666, a small fire broke out in a baker's shop on Puddling Lane in London. The flames soon spread, and within hours all of London was ablaze. When it was all over the Great Fire of London destroyed more than 80 percent of the city, including over thirteen thousand houses.
The diarist Samuel Pepys watched the fire from across the Thames River, after burying his wine and Parmesan cheese to keep them safe from the fire. He wrote about it in his diary.
After the fire was over, the architect Christopher Wren was hired to rebuild the more than eighty churches destroyed by the blaze, including St. Paul's Cathedral.
A more recent event on this day, an event inspired by a different kind of fire: this is my wife's and my 19th wedding anniversary.
posted by mac | 1:52 AM
5 Comments:
Happy Anniversary!
Congratulations!
May your fire keep burning and may you dig up the wine and cheese to celebrate this monumental day!
Thanks! And good idea, Mark!
May happiness and joy abound!
Happy Anniversary......
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