On this day in music history - Story of Ghosts, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2018):

The album Story of Ghosts,

by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

was released on March 1, 2018.

On this day in music history - Altered States, by Uma Silbley (2016):

The album Altered States: Music for the Journey Within,

by Uma Silbey,

was released on March 1, 2016.

On this day in music history - Arctic Sunrise, by Kerani (2014):

The album Arctic Sunrise,

by Kerani,

was released on March 1, 2014.

March in music history - Enya, by Enya (1986):

The album Enya,

by Enya,

was released in March 1986.
Exact release date unknown.

March in movie history - Get Outta Town (1960):

Get Outta Town,

directed by Charles Davis,

written by Bob Wehling,

was released in the United States in March, 1960.
Exact release date unknown.
Music by Willis Holman.

Cast:
Doug Wilson, Jeanne Baird, Marilyn O'Connor, Tony Louis, Frank Harding, Steve Bradley, Beppie De Vries, Tommy Holden, Lee Kross, Pete Lopez, Gene Terry, Sam Chiodo, Frank McCully, Robert Biggers, Edith Clair, Fred Chiodo, John O'Hara, Val Casey, Howard Vaughan, Tom O'Connell, Byrd Holland, Sol Marroquin.

Born on this day – Josephine Hart:

Josephine Hart

Writer

March 1, 1942 – June 2, 2011

Books:

Catching Life By the Throat (2006); Damage (1991); Life Saving (2012); Magdalena the Sinner (1996); Oblivion (1995); Sin (1992); The Reconstructionist (2001); The Stillest Day (1998); The Truth About Love (2009); Words That Burn / poems (2008).

Movies and television:

Damage (1992); Friday Night (1993); Obsession (2023); Question Time (1995); Ruby (1998); Sunday AM (2006); The Reader (2008); Viaggio segreto (2006).

Born on this day – Joan Hackett:

Joan Hackett

Actress

March 1, 1934 – October 8, 1983

Credits:

Tales of the Unexpected (1985); Flicks / New Adventures of the Great Galaxy (1983); A Girl's Life (1983); Paper Dolls (1982); The Escape Artist (1982); The Long Summer of George Adams (1982); Only When I Laugh (1981); Mourning Becomes Electra (1981); One-Trick Pony (1980); The Long Days of Summer (1980); Trapper John, M.D. (1979); The Love Boat (1979); Taxi (1979); Sweepstakes (1979); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); Pleasure Cove (1979); Another Day (1978); The Possessed (1977); Dead of Night (1977); Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977); Treasure of Matecumbe (1976); The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976); Mackintosh and T.J. (1975); Reflections of Murder (1974); The Terminal Man (1974); The Last of Sheila (1973); Class of '63 (1973); Rivals (1972); Lights Out (1972); Bonanza (1965–1972); Five Desperate Women (1971); U.S.A. (1971); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); Dan August (1971); Love, American Style / Love and the Jury / Love and the Proposal (1970–1971); The Other Man (1970); How Awful About Allan (1970); The Young Country (1970); Daniel Boone (1969); Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969); The Name of the Game (1968); Assignment to Kill (1968); Judd for the Defense (1967); Will Penny (1967); Run for Your Life (1966); Court Martial (1966); The Group (1966); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1964–1965); Ben Casey (1961–1964); The Wednesday Play (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Channing (1964); The Great Adventure (1963); Empire (1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1963); Combat! (1963); The Defenders (1961–1963); Alcoa Premiere (1962); Theatre '62 (1962); Gunsmoke (1962); Dr. Kildare (1962); The Twilight Zone (1962); The New Breed (1962); Westinghouse Presents: Come Again to Carthage (1961); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1960); Diagnosis: Unknown (1960); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); Young Dr. Malone (1958).

Born on this day – Robert Conrad:

Robert Conrad

Actor

March 1, 1935 – February 8, 2020

Born on this day – Jack Clayton:

Jack Clayton

Director

Producer

March 1, 1921 – February 26, 1995

Born on this day – Walter Davis:

Walter Davis

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

March 1, 1911 – October 22, 1963

Born on this day – Albert Ammons:

Albert Ammons

Pianist

Blues Musician

March 1, 1907 – December 2, 1949

Born on this day – Glen Miller:

Glen Miller

Composer

Musician

March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944

Born on this day – William Dean Howells:

William Dean Howells

Writer

March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920

Credits:

A Boy's Town (1890); A Chance Acquaintance (1873); A Counsel of Consolation in In After Days: Thoughts on the Future Life (1910); A Counterfeit Presentment (1877); A Day's Pleasure (1876); A Day's Pleasure, and Other Sketches (1881); A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories (1881); A Foregone Conclusion (1875); A Hazard of New Fortunes (1889); A Letter of Introduction (1892); A Little Swiss Sojourn (1892); A Modern Instance (1881); A Pair of Patient Lovers (1901); A Parting and a Meeting (1896); A Previous Engagement (1897); A Sea-Change, or, Love's Stowaway (1884); A Traveler from Altruria (1894); A Woman's Reason (1883); An Imperative Duty (1891); An Indian Giver (1900); An Open-Eyed Conspiracy (1897); Annie Kilburn (1889); April Hopes (1887); Between the Dark and the Daylight (1907); Bride Roses (1893); Certain Delightful English Towns with Glimpses of the Pleasant Country Between (1906); Criticism and Fiction (1891); Doorstep Acquaintance, and Other Sketches (1900); Dr. Breen's Practice (1881); Eighty Years and After (1919); Evening Dress (1893); Familiar Spanish Travels (1913); Fennel and Rue (1908); Heroines of Fiction (1901); Hither and Thither in Germany (1920); Imaginary Interviews (1910); Impressions and Experiences (1896); Indian Summer (1885); Italian Journeys (1867); Letters Home (1903); Literary Friends and Acquaintance (1900); Literature and Life (1902); Lives and Speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin (1860); London Films (1905); Miss Bellard's Inspiration (1905); Modern Italian Poets (1887); Mrs. Farrell (1921); My Literary Passions (1895); My Mark Twain: Reminiscences and Criticisms (1910); My Year in a Log Cabin (1893); New Leaf Mills (1913); Niagara Revisited 12 Years after their Wedding Journey by the Hoosac Tunnel Route (1884); No Love Lost (1868); Out of the Question (1877); Parting Friends (1911); Poems (1885); Questionable Shapes (1903); Ragged Lady (1899); Roman Holiday and Others (1908); Room Forty-Five (1900); Seven English Cities (1909); Sketch of the Life and Character of Rutherford B. Hayes (1876); Stops of Various Quills (1895); Stories of Ohio (1897); Suburban Sketches (1871); The Albany Depot (1892); The Coast of Bohemia (1893); The Daughter of the Storage, and Other Things in Prose and Verse (1916); The Elevator (1885); The Flight of Pony Baker (1902); The Garroters (1886); The Kentons (1902); The Lady of The Aroostook (1879); The Landlord At Lion's Head (1897); The Leatherwood God (1916); The Minister's Charge (1886); The Mother and Father (1909); The Mouse-Trap and Other Farces (1889); The Mulberries in Pay's Garden (1906); The Parlor Car (1876); The Quality of Mercy (1891); The Register (1884); The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885); The Shadow of a Dream (1890); The Sleeping Car (1883); The Son of Royal Langbrith (1904); The Story of a Play (1898); The Undiscovered Country (1880); The Unexpected Guest (1893); The Vacation of the Kelwyns (1920); The Whole Family (1908); The World of Chance (1893); Their Silver Wedding Journey (1899); Their Wedding Journey (1872); Three Villages (1884); Through the Eye of the Needle (1907); Tuscan Cities (1884); Venetian Life (1866); Years of My Youth (1916).

Born on this day – Frédéric Chopin:

Frédéric Chopin

Composer

Pianist

March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849

Neil Gaiman, on books:

A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.

- Neil Gaiman.

March is MS Awareness Month:

Please make a donation.

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NEVER GIVE UP!

Home security:

Recent prowling incidents prompted us to enhance our home security system.

Our home alarm was triggered in the early hours of the morning on two separate occasions.

At other times, vehicles and people, who don’t belong in the neighborhood, were sighted in the area.

Police and neighbors were informed.
 
Incidents of prowling, stalking, and possible intimidation and harassment should never be ignored.
 
We installed security cameras.

Recording video and audio around our grounds, and inside our home, with night vision, and motion detection.

All doors.

All windows.

All rooms.

Including our garage, where some people might think they can’t be seen or heard.

All activity is logged.
 
To some, this may seem like over-reaction, but I’ve had past experience.

When I was fifteen, my home was burgled during the early hours.

My dog had been killed a couple of weeks previous to the break-in.

Someone had thrown poisoned meat into the yard.

It can be an early warning signal that your home has been targeted if someone murders your guard dog.

During the break-in, I woke to sounds below.

I got up to investigate, but the thieves heard my movements.

They escaped.

The cops were called.

The crime became a statistic.

The money and goods they stole were eventually replaced.

But the incident haunted me ever since.

These crimes start with prowlers.

Stalkers.

Opportunistic thieves who case a property.

They assess their options, and the risks, as they plan.

I’ve described the experience in part of a forthcoming book.
 
I’m reminded of the characters, Mikey Platt and the O’Sullivan brothers, in The Breaker.

I remember their real-life counterparts, how they inspired me to give them fictional echoes in my book.
 
My research, over decades, gave me an insight into the selfish mindsets and toxic personality disorders of those who indulge in harmful, criminal behavior.
 
To those of this ilk, I say this:
 
You have a choice.

Why do this?

Instead of creeping about, with the intention of stealing, cheating, or hurting others …

Dedicate your time to something positive.

Consider someone else’s wants and needs, instead of just your own.

Help others.

Volunteer.

Find someone to love and share your life with.

Make some friends.

Real friends that don’t have a personality disorder and won’t land you in trouble.

Learn something productive and beneficial.

Better yourself.

Be creative instead of destructive.

Make a positive difference in the world.

Make life better for someone else.

Be known and remembered as a good, decent human being … not a miserable, selfish, wretched loser.

In short … get a life.

 
I believe in home security and deterrence.

I believe in insurance.

It gives us peace of mind.

Just in case.
 
Visits to our home are by invitation only.

If you haven’t been invited, you have no business being here.

It’s that simple.
 
Intruders will be prosecuted.
 
If you play stupid games, expect to win stupid prizes.
 

You have been warned.