October 16

Oscar Wilde was born in 1854! He said something like this during his last days (I must confirm this though) -- in a dreadful-sounding hotel: "It was me or the wallpaper. One of us had to go."

I think he and our hero of yesterday (Wodehouse) would have approved:
Today is National Liqueur Day.
I used to get a perfect raspberry (framboise) liqueur imported from France at a great wine shop on the Upper West Side....Wordle.net is a wonderful, fun tool for making art objects of some favorite words. Here's one I made about some of my favorite things: