Mr. Rogers' wisdom:

The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas;

they're always "in the wings".

That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep

rather than the flashy and the superficial.

- Fred Rogers.

Henry Miller, on writing:

Writing is its own reward.

- Henry Miller.

On this day in music history - Ember, by Breaking Benjamin (2018):

Ember

Album by Breaking Benjamin,

released April 13, 2018.

Track list:

Lyra; Feed the Wolf; Red Cold River; Tourniquet; Psycho; The Dark of You; Down; Torn in Two; Blood; Save Yourself; Close Your Eyes; Vega.

On this day in television history – Justified (2011):

Justified

Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Debts and Accounts.

Released April 13, 2011.

Directed by John David Coles.

Written by Graham Yost, Chris Provenzano and Benjamin Cavell.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Margo Martindale, Mark Colson, Jeremy Davies, Kaitlyn Dever, Linda Gehringer, David Meunier, William Ragsdale, Kevin Rankin, Richard Speight Jr., Joseph Lyle Taylor, Brian Atkinson, James Logan, Mandy McMillian, Rebecca Metz, Matt Riedy, Sean Smith.

On this day in television history – Justified (2010):

Justified

Season 1. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: The Lord of War and Thunder.
Released April 13, 2010.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
Written by Graham Yost, Gary Lennon and Wendy Calhoun.
Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Linda Gehringer, Rick Gomez, Eddie Jemison, Brent Sexton, Karina Logue, David Meunier, Raymond J. Barry, Frank Pacheco, Daniel Betances, Jonathan Fraser, Steffany Huckaby, Byrne Offutt, Don Kurt.

On this day in movie history - Mother Knows Best (1997):

Mother Knows Best

directed by Larry Shaw,

written by Lisa Friedman Bloch and Kathy Kirtland Silverman,

was released in the United States on April 13, 1997.
Based on the true 1990 Lee Goldsmith case.
Music by Patrick Williams.

Cast:

Joanna Kerns, Christine Elise, Grant Show, Jessica Walter, Sherman Augustus, David Spielberg, Kristen Dalton, Jeanette O'Connor, Michael Covert, Eric Robertson, Annabelle Weenick, Giselle Fernandez, Jeff Olson, Alan Gregory, Douglas Caputo, Joey Miyashima, Nancy Peterson, Michael Flynn, Melissa Pace-Tanner (credited as Melissa Pace), George Sullivan, Jeffrey Hanson, Gerald Henderson, Caitlin E.J. Meyer.

On this day in music history - Tango in the Night, by Fleetwood Mac (1987):

Tango in the Night

Album by Fleetwood Mac,
Released April 13, 1987.

Track list:

Big Love; Seven Wonders; Everywhere; Caroline; Tango in the Night; Mystified; Little Lies; Family Man; Welcome to the Room... Sara; Isn’t It Midnight; When I See You Again; You and I, Pt. II.