THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”

— Franz Kafka

BIRTHDAYS:

1643 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States. Sinfonia a 3 in d minor

1854: Leoš Janáček, Czech composer. Glagolitic Mass

1883: Franz Kafka, Czech author/novelist (The Castle, The Trial).

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION STARGAZERS: Night sky July 2026: What you can see tonight