Novelist John Updike was born on this day in 1932. His literary career had him write more than 50 books, including novels, poetry, short stories and many newspaper columns. He said, "No amount of learned skills can substitute for the feeling of having a lot to say.”
Wilfred Owen was killed a week before the armistice. It took a week for the news to reach his mother. Since the church bells in England had been silenced during the war it is possible that his mother's doorbell was ringing at the same time as the bells announcing the armistice.
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Wilfred Owen was killed a week before the armistice. It took a week for the news to reach his mother. Since the church bells in England had been silenced during the war it is possible that his mother's doorbell was ringing at the same time as the bells announcing the armistice.
A sobering thought for today. Thank you for your postings.