Feast day of Saints Hilarion and Ursula (and her 11[000?] virgins).
International Day of the Nacho (U.S. and Mexico).
In 1760, Katsushika Hokusai (printmaker: “Thirty-six views of Mt. Fuji”) was born.
In 1772, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (“Kubla Khan,” “Rime of the Ancient Mariner”) was born.
In 1805, Vice Adm. Horatio Nelson, leading the British fleet, defeated a French-Spanish alliance at the Battle of Trafalgar. Nelson was injured, but just lived to see the end of the battle, after which his crew preserved his body in rum.
In 1917, John B. “Dizzy” Gillespie was born.
I had the privilege of seeing Dizzy play once, in a park near 12th and Vine streets in downtown Kansas City. He had probably played in clubs within blocks of there, fifty years earlier when it was still the heart of the city (the neighborhood was just beginning a renaissance at the time I saw Diz). He walked slowly; you could tell the stairs to the stage weren't easy, but once he got up there, he smiled and lit up like a firework. It was a great time.
I'm still working on shooting my recent work. It's hard to do without proper lights!
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