April 4

St. Isidore of Seville,St. Benedict the Black, (of African Americans)

Hug a Newsman Day, Walk Around Things Day, School Librarian Day,

Tell a Lie Day

Ignatius de Loyola became 1^st superior-general of the Jesuits 1541

Francis Drake returned home after sailing around the world 1581

Gold discovered in the Yukon 1896

NATO founded 1949

  

Birthdays:

Linus Yale 1821 (of lock fame)

Muddy Waters 1915

Maya Angelou 1928

Day of  the Initiative

Meditation: To remain still may be humanity’s greatest challenge

Hold a barbie or two on your lawn
And yer wintertime blues’ll be gone.
Chuck a snag on the grill,
Crack a Tooheys, and chill:
Come an’ barbecue up a raw prawn!  ----www.speedysnail.com