THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”

— Lao Tzu

BIRTHDAYS:

1609 Judith Leyster, Dutch Golden Age painter.

1866 Beatrix Potter, English children’s author and illustrator (The Tale of Peter Rabbit).

1902 Karl Popper, Austrian-born philosopher who became a British citizen and made foundational contributions to the philosophy of science and political theory through his advocacy of falsifiability and critical rationalism.

MISCELLANEOUS:

21ST CENTURY HEADLINE. Seawater Washed Starship’s Flaps Clean — And the Tiles Underneath Are Black