Quote of the day
This dead of midnight is the noon of thought,
And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
At this still hour the self-collected soul
Turns inward, and beholds a stranger there
Of high descent, and more than mortal rank;
An embryo God; a spark of fire divine.
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)







