World War II – Waldina

Happy 137th Birthday André Derain

June 10, 2019 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 137th birthday of the fauvist painter André Derain. The progression of his work through his lifetime is beautiful, I love looking at them

Happy 119th Birthday Ernest Hemingway

July 21, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 119th birthday of the writer Ernest Hemingway. Nobel Prize winner, war correspondent, sustained a shrapnel injury, was in two plane crashes (2

Happy 208th Birthday PT Barnum

July 5, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 208th birthday of the man who created The Greatest Show on Earth: P.T. Barnum. The man had hustle. He has this phrase

Happy 118th Birthday Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

June 29, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 118th birthday of the pilot and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. He wrote The Little Prince, a copy of which was given to

Happy 151st Birthday Frank Lloyd Wright

June 8, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 151st birthday of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. He was my first introduction to the concept that buildings and interiors can be

Happy 112th Birthday Josephine Baker

June 3, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 112th birthday of the one and only Josephine Baker. Her iconic everything has cemented her in a time and place forever: Paris between the

A Song A Day in May: 80s Nuclear War Anxiety

May 22, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

The Music I listened to and loved in the 80s had an influence on me, it’s undeniable. Along with the books I read, the television

Happy 70th Birthday Grace Jones

May 19, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 70th birthday of the absolutely ageless Grace Jones. I first experienced her when she and Adam Ant made a Honda Elite Scooter commercial.

Happy 106th Birthday Studs Terkel

May 16, 2018 Scott Parker-Anderson

Today is the 106th birthday of writer and broadcaster Louis “Studs” Terkel, born in the Bronx, New York . His family moved to Chicago when Terkel was 10