Quote of the day
It has been said that idleness is the parent of mischief, which is very true; but mischief itself is merely an attempt to escape from the dreary vacuum of idleness.
George McWhirter
Born: September 26, 1939 (age 85)
Bio: George McWhirter is a Northern Irish-Canadian writer, translator, editor, teacher and Vancouver’s first Poet Laureate.
Known for:
- The anachronicles (2008)
- The book of contradictions (2002)
- The Gift of Women (2014)
- The Incorrection: Poems (2007)