Friday, May 20, 2005

A Toast to GK

Today, 20 May, is GK Chesterton's 131 birthday. He was a historian, essayist, and a poet. And a par excellence mystery writer to boot (Father Brown mysteries). He, along with CS Lewis and Dorothy Sayers are some of my favorite authors.

The Chesterton wit is something to behold. In the poem "Wine and Water", he wrote this humorus line:

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,
"I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine."


You are remembered, GK.

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