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The sun is an eagle old, 
There in the windless west. 
Atop of the spirit-cliffs 
He builds him a crimson nest."

–Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)

Sunday, July 28, 2019
209th day of the year
Autumn begins in 57 days

Terrance Stanley Fox (cross-country runner, Canadian hero) was born on this day in 1958.
Eileen Brennan (actress) died on this day in 2013.


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