I read in today’s Writer’s
Almanac that today is the birth date of Edgar Allen Poe. The entry also
included a bit of one of my and many people’s favorite poems, The Raven. I also read there that it is the birth date of
Robert E. Lee who was born two years later. Now that name stirred up a memory
about which I’ve written here before.
When I was a little girl my Grandmother, who was born in
West Virginia, told me that because my name was Lee that they would be pleased
to meet me if I ever went to the southern states. Really, I’m just another carpetbagger
come south for the milder climate and the lower cost of living, and happy to be
here. As always, the name Robert E. Lee, even in this past Thursday’s New York
Times crossword puzzle -54 down- brings that memory back again.
Be that as it may, Happy Birthday Edgar A. and Robert E.
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