Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Don Blanding

Born: November 7, 1894
Died: June 9, 1957 (aged 62)
Bio: Donald Benson Blanding was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. He later grew up alongside Lucille "Billie" Cassin, later assisting her after she cut her foot on a broken milk bottle. Blanding would later make this incident the focus of a poem he wrote when the two met years later.
Known for:
- Vagabond's House (1928)
- Floridays (1941)
- Leaves from a Grass House (1923)
- Paradise Loot (1925)
- Hula moons (1930)