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I was born on Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, South Carolina, then lived a while in Fayetteville, North Carolina, before moving, at the age of 5, to Walnut, NC. I graduated from Madison High School in 1977. After a brief time in college, I spent the most of the 1980s in Nashville, Tennessee, working as a songwriter and playing in a band. I spent most of the 1990s in school and now teach at a university in Tennessee. My household includes wife and son and cat. In South Carolina I have a son, daughter-in-law and two granddaughters.

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

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.

5 Comments:

Blogger Dennis and Marie said...

Happy Anniversary!

9/02/2008  
Blogger nbta said...

Congratulations!

May your fire keep burning and may you dig up the wine and cheese to celebrate this monumental day!

9/02/2008  
Blogger mac said...

Thanks! And good idea, Mark!

9/02/2008  
Blogger Bo said...

May happiness and joy abound!

9/02/2008  
Blogger quig said...

Happy Anniversary......

9/06/2008  

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