Saturday, December 10, 2005
momentous moments
I like it that the world has shrunk enough that nothing seems prohibitively far away nor so inaccessibly different that there is an impossible separation between anyone, as long as we pay a small amount of attention. On the other hand, I wonder if it's going a teeny tiny bit too far when "today in history' includes two Nobel Peace Prizes, a planetary orbit, AND Dr Ruth's marriage to Mr Westheimer (except, of course, in their family where it is far MORE important) and, yesterday, William and Mary-Beth Hurt's divorce? This is also the anniversary of President Wilson's marriage to Edith Galt (in 1915) and of his being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (in 1919). And of Edward VIII's abdication (in 1936). In 1582, today, France began using the Gregorian calendar. It may have been downhill ever since.
Labels: france, history, reflections
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