January 3

Lots of geniuses to celebrate today! My favorite author ever was born today in 1892: JRR Tolkien.

Oscar Wilde was asked at customs in New York today in 1882 if he had anything to declare and he replied, "Nothing but my genius."

Another favorite author of mine, the brilliant Barbara Ann Kipfer, Ph.D., has a lovely book 365 Days of Savoring: Things to Be Happy About in 2011: for today (well, in 2011) she lists
whole grain pasta
pleasure reading at bedtime
magic 8-ball answers
You can get a free sample of this book for Kindle. I'll be giving a few more snippets this month from it...
Update for 2012! Dr. Kipfer has a 2012 edition you can preview through