Quote of the day
Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Margaret Hoby
Born: 1571
Died: 1633 (aged 62)
Bio: Margaret, Lady Hoby née Dakins was an English diarist of the Elizabethan period. Hers is the oldest known diary written by a woman in English. She had a Puritan upbringing.