Pedro Calderon de la Barca died today – 326 years ago

Pedro Calderon de la Barca, a Spanish writer and dramatist, was born on January 17, 1600 in Madrid, Spain. According to http://thinkexist.com, he said, “Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” (I know someone who loves the color green – and pink.) Mr. de la Barca died on May 25, 1681 in Madrid, Spain. As Three Dog Night, Elvis Presley, Patty Griffin, and Waylon Jennings said, I’ve “Never Been to Spain”, but I’d like to go there.

P.S. U.S. writer Robert Nathan, born on January 2, 1894, died in 1985. He wrote “The Bishop’s Wife” (1928). It was made into a movie. He also wrote “Portrait of Jennie” (1940). It was made into another movie... U.S. writer Sloan Wilson, born on May 8, 1920, died in 2003. He wrote “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit” (1955) and “A Summer Place” (1958). He was the father of biologist David Sloan Wilson. According to http://www.born-today.com, Mr. S. Wilson said, "A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long." And that’s a good enough reason for me not to mow my lawn today – so that I have the time to read and write – and to not let others do it either – so that they will have time to read and write, too.