Born on this day – Irving Wallace:

Irving Wallace

Writer

March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990

Born on this day – Patricia Morison:

Patricia Morison

Actress

Mezzo-soprano singer

Painter

March 19, 1915 – May 20, 2018

Credits:

A TV Dante (1989); American Masters (1990); Are Husbands Necessary? (1942); Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942); Bill Slater Show (1950); Biography (1995–2003); Broadway: The American Musical (2004); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Brows Held High (2011); Calling Dr. Death (1943); Cavalcade of Stars (1951); Celanese Theatre (1952); Chance of a Lifetime (1952); Cheers (1989); College of Musical Knowledge (1950); Danger Woman (1946); Directions (1964); Dressed to Kill (1946); Four Star Playhouse (1953); Gabriel’s Fire (1991); General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein (1954); General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein / King and I (1954); Great Performances (1971); Great Performances (2003); Have Gun - Will Travel (1958); Here’s Hollywood (1960); Hiding (1939); Hitler’s Madman (1943); Hollywood Opening Night (1953); If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); I’m from Missouri (1939); Kiss Me Kate (1964); Kiss Me, Kate (1958); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1963); Lady on a Train (1945); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); Matinee Theatre (1957); Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); Meet the Stars #8: Stars Past and Present (1941); Mirrors (1985); Musical Comedy Time (1950); Nash Airflyte Theatre (1950); Night in New Orleans (1942); Norwegian Actresses in Hollywood (2003); One Night in Lisbon (1941); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1951); Queen of the Amazons (1946); Racing Fever (1964); Rangers of Fortune (1940); Robert Montgomery Presents (1950); Romance of the Rio Grande (1940); Schlitz Playhouse (1956); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Showtime, U.S.A. (1950); Silver Skates (1943); Silver Skates (1943); Sofia (1948); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Song Without End (1960); Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers (1957); Tarzan and the Huntress (1947); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The 25th Annual Tony Awards (1971); The All New Truth or Consequences (1951); The Arthur Murray Party (1958); The Buddy Rogers Show (1951); The Cases of Eddie Drake (1952); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1952); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1949); The Ed Wynn Show (1949); The Eyes Have It (1949–1952); The Ezio Pinza Show (1952); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); The Jackie Gleason Show (1952); The Lives of Benjamin Franklin (1974); The Long Day Closes (1992); The Lost City of X (2022); The Magnificent Fraud (1939); The Mike Douglas Show (1965); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The New Gidget (1988); The Paul Whiteman’s Goodyear Revue (1950); The Prince of Thieves (1948); The Return of Wildfire (1948); The Round Up (1941); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1963); The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952); The Voice of Firestone (1959); The Walls of Jericho (1948); Timewatch (1986); TV Club (1950); Untamed (1940); Where Are Your Children? (1943); Without Love (1945); Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976); Wreckless (1935).

Born on this day – Simone Renant:

Simone Renant

Actress

March 19, 1911 – March 29, 2004

Credits:

After Love (1947); Asmodeus (1963); In the Cinema Tonight (1971); Au théâtre ce soir (1967–1975); Aurora and Victorien (1975); Cupid's Ball (1949); Bedevilled (1955); Corpses on holiday (1963); Champs-Elysées (1983); Danger Flight 931 (1955); Dangerous Liaisons (1959); Dear Inspector (1977); Domino (1943); Failure to Carry (1958); School stars (1962); They Were Twelve Women (1940); Il figlio di Lagardère (1952); Jenny Lamour (1947); La folle nuit (1932); The Joy of Living (1956); The mould (1934); The Mysterious Lady (1936); The Night Is Ours (1953); The Barbizon Temptation (1946); The Angel of the Home (1937); The angel I was given (1946); The Mysterious Monsieur Sylvain (1947); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1979); The School of Journalists (1936); Echoes of Cinema (1962); The stars of the song (1971); Les parents terribles (1960); The Railroad Pirates (1938); Letters d'amour (1942); The Man of Joy (1950); Liberté-liberté (1983); Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! (1961); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) Mam'zelle Bonaparte (1942); Monsieur Cinéma (1969); We will go to Valparaiso (1954); On ne roule pas Antoinette (1936); No mercy for women (1950); What a family! (1965); Romance à trois (1942); If Paris Was Told to Us (1956); Nocturnal Tapage (1951); That Man from Rio (1964); The Adventures of Remi (1958); The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957) The Pearls of the Crown (1937); Thirteen Days of Love (1935) Three Men to Kill (1980); Three Murderesses (1959); Journey Without Hope (1943); Wicked Duchess (1942)

Born on this day – Betty Compson:

Betty Compson

Actress

Producer

March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974

Credits:

This Is Your Life (1954); Here Comes Trouble (1948); Second Chance (1947); Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947); Her Adventurous Night (1946); Claudia and David (1946); Danger! Women at Work (1943); Zis Boom Bah (1941); Escort Girl (1941); Invisible Ghost (1941); Roar of the Press (1941); Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941); The Watchman Takes a Wife (1941); Laughing at Danger (1940); Strange Cargo (1940); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cowboys from Texas (1939); Mad Youth (1939); News Is Made at Night (1939); Hotel Imperial (1939); Under the Big Top (1938); Religious Racketeers (1938); Two Gun Justice (1938); The Beloved Brat (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); A Slight Case of Murder (1938); Port of Missing Girls (1938); Blondes at Work (1938); Federal Bullets (1937); God's Country and the Man (1937); Circus Girl (1937); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Two Minutes to Play (1936); Killer at Large (1936); Bulldog Edition (1936); Hollywood Boulevard (1936); The Drag-Net (1936); The Millionaire Kid (1936); Laughing Irish Eyes (1936); August Weekend (1936); False Pretenses (1935); Manhattan Butterfly (1935); No Sleep on the Deep (1934); Notorious But Nice (1933); Destination Unknown (1933); West of Singapore (1933); Guilty or Not Guilty (1932); The Silver Lining (1932); Hollywood Halfbacks (1931); The Gay Diplomat (1931); Three Who Loved (1931); Virtuous Husband (1931); The Lady Refuses (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 13 (1930); The Voice of Hollywood, Series 1, No. 2 (1930); The Boudoir Diplomat (1930); She Got What She Wanted (1930); The Spoilers (1930); Inside the Lines (1930); Midnight Mystery (1930); Czar of Broadway (1930); Those Who Dance (1930); Isle of Escape (1930); The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930); Fashion News (1930); Blaze o' Glory (1929); Show of Shows (1929); Woman to Woman (1929); The Great Gabbo (1929); Skin Deep (1929); Street Girl (1929); The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929); On with the Show! (1929); Weary River (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); The Barker (1928); The Docks of New York (1928); Court-Martial (1928); Life's Mockery (1928); The Masked Angel (1928); The Desert Bride (1928); The Big City (1928); Cheating Cheaters (1927); Temptations of a Shop Girl (1927); Say It with Diamonds (1927); The Ladybird (1927); Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927); The Belle of Broadway (1926); The Wise Guy (1926); The Palace of Pleasure (1926); Counsel for the Defense (1925); Dangerous Virtue (1925); The Pony Express (1925); Paths to Paradise (1925); Beggar on Horseback (1925); New Lives for Old (1925); Eve's Secret (1925); Locked Doors (1925); The Garden of Weeds (1924); The Fast Set (1924); Ramshackle House (1924); The Female (1924); The Enemy Sex (1924); White Shadows (1924); Miami (1924); The Stranger (1924); Woman to Woman (1923); The Royal Oak (1923); Hollywood (1923); The Woman with Four Faces (1923); The Rustle of Silk (1923); The White Flower (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 21 (1923); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 9 (1922); A Trip to Paramountown (1922); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Kick In (1922); To Have and to Hold (1922); The Bonded Woman (1922); Always the Woman (1922); Over the Border (1922); The Green Temptation (1922); The Law and the Woman (1922); The Little Minister (1921); Ladies Must Live (1921); At the End of the World (1921); For Those We Love (1921); Prisoners of Love (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 14 (1920); The Miracle Man (1919); The Devil's Trail (1919); The Little Diplomat (1919); The Light of Victory (1919); The Prodigal Liar (1919); The Terror of the Range (1919); The Sheriff (1918); Border Raiders (1918); All Dressed Up (1918); Never Surprise Your Wife (1918); Betty's Adventure (1918); Somebody's Baby (1918); Here Comes the Groom (1918); Circumstantial Evidence (1918); Whose Wife? (1918); Many a Slip (1918); Cupid's Camouflage (1917); Help! Help! Police! (1917); Their Seaside Tangle (1917); Betty Wakes Up (1917); Nearly a Papa (1917); Almost Divorced (1917); Love and Locksmiths (1917); Almost a Bigamist (1917); Betty's Big Idea (1917); Crazy by Proxy (1917); A Smoky Love Affair (1917); Won in a Cabaret (1917); Down by the Sea (1917); Five Little Widows (1917); A Bold, Bad Knight (1917); Almost a Scandal (1917); Those Wedding Bells (1917); His Last Pill (1917); Father's Bright Idea (1917); Love and the Ice Man (1917); Suspended Sentence (1917); Sauce for the Goose (1917); As Luck Would Have It (1917); Out for the Coin (1917); Hubby's Night Out (1917); Small Change (1917); Her Friend, the Chauffeur (1917); Her Crooked Career (1917); Lovers and Lunatics (1916); Cupid's Uppercut (1916); Hist! At Six O'Clock (1916); Sea Nymphs (1916); Some Kid (1916); Her Sun-Kissed Hero (1916); A Brass-Buttoned Romance (1916); Nearly a Hero (1916); Dad's Masterpiece (1916); When Clubs Were Trumps (1916); He Loved the Ladies (1916); That Doggone Baby (1916); He Wouldn't Tip (1916); The Making Over of Mother (1916); Those Primitive Days (1916); Inoculating Hubby (1916); His Baby (1916); The Browns See the Fair (1916); Almost a Widow (1916); Wanted: A Husband (1916); All Over a Stocking (1916); Her Celluloid Hero (1916); The Wooing of Aunt Jemima (1916); He's a Devil (1916); Potts Bungles Again (1916); Lem's College Career (1916); The Newlyweds' Mix-Up (1916); Eddie's Night Out (1916); A Leap Year Tangle (1916); He Almost Eloped (1916); The Janitor's Busy Day (1916); A Friend, But a Star Boarder (1916); Love and Vaccination (1916); The Deacon's Waterloo (1916); When Lizzie Disappeared (1916); Cupid Trims His Lordship (1916); Her Friend, the Doctor (1916); When the Losers Won (1916); A Quiet Supper for Four (1916); Her Steady Carfare (1916); Mingling Spirits (1916); Jed's Trip to the Fair (1916); Some Chaperone (1915); Love and a Savage (1915); Where the Heather Blooms (1915); Their Quiet Honeymoon (1915); Wanted: A Leading Lady (1915).

Recommended reading – True Crime, by Andrew Klavan (1995):

True Crime

By Andrew Klavan.

Filmed as True Crime (1999), directed by Clint Eastwood.

Published by Dell.

First published 1995.

Mass Market Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0440224039

ISBN-13: 978-0440224037

Description:

In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss's wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: a convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit.

In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago.  But in a few hours – if Steve Everett can't find the evidence to stop it – a needle is going to pierce Frank Beachum's skin.

The killing machine is primed. The executioner is waiting. And so is the priest. Now the clock is ticking down and the race is on – between the reporter and his demons, between the system and its lethal flaws, between the last innocent man and society's ultimate crime. . . .

Inspirational quotes on nature – video 2:

Inspirational quotes on nature – video 2:

At some point in life, the world's beauty becomes enough.
– Toni Morrison.

Water is the driving force of all nature.
– Leonardo da Vinci.

Oft a little morning rain
Foretells a pleasant day.
– Charlotte Bronte.

Look deep into nature,
and then you will understand everything better.
– Albert Einstein.

I have found, through years of practice,
that people garden in order to make something grow;
to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary,
to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark.
Through gardening,
we feel whole as we make our personal work of art upon our land.
– Julie Moir Messervy.

It is in the wild places,
where the edge of the earth meets the corners of the sky,
the human spirit is fed.
– Art Wolfe.

Nature's music is never over;
her silences are pauses,
not conclusions.
– Mary Webb.

Come forth into the light of things,
let nature be your teacher.
– William Wordsworth.

There is nothing in the world more peaceful
than apple–leaves with an early moon.
– Alice Meynell.

You must not know too much or be too precise or scientific
about birds and trees and flowers and watercraft;
a certain free-margin, or even vagueness – ignorance, credulity –
helps your enjoyment of these things.
– Walt Whitman.

Those who dwell,
as scientists or laymen,
among the beauties and mysteries of the earth
are never alone or weary of life.
Whatever the vexations or concerns of their personal lives,
their thoughts can find paths that lead to inner contentment
and to renewed excitement in living.
– Rachel Carson.

Make a positive difference.
Conserve nature.
Conserve our world.
Before it’s too late.

April 22 is Earth Day.
Make every day … Earth Day.

Photographs by Jack Kost.
Video by Jack Kost
2025

Music credit:
Birds
By freesound_community
From Pixabay.

Desiderius Erasmus, on books:

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

- Desiderius Erasmus.