Ray E. Boomhower
@rboomhower.bsky.social
Ex-journalist. Biographer of Ernie Pyle, Richard Tregaskis, Malcolm Browne, and Robert Sherrod. Biography about groundbreaking journalist Wallace H. Terry available October 2026 from @unmpress.bsky.social. https://rayeboomhowerbooks.com/
“Lucidus Ordo"
On this day in 1887, the Indiana General Assembly held its first session in the new Indiana Statehouse.
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On this day in 1887, the Indiana General Assembly held its first session in the new Indiana Statehouse.
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The Indiana State Capitol
Shortly after the end of the 1875 Indiana legislative session, a state senator, Andrew J. Boone, died at his home in Lebanon, Indiana. T...
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January 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
“Lucidus Ordo"
On this day in 1887, the Indiana General Assembly held its first session in the new Indiana Statehouse.
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-...
On this day in 1887, the Indiana General Assembly held its first session in the new Indiana Statehouse.
rayboomhower.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-...
“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. ”
E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow
January 6, 2026 at 1:49 PM
“Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing. ”
E. L. Doctorow
E. L. Doctorow
"All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write."
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"All my life I have been trying to learn to read, to see and hear, and to write."
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
"The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card."
E. L. Doctorow, born on this day in 1931
E. L. Doctorow, born on this day in 1931
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
"The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card."
E. L. Doctorow, born on this day in 1931
E. L. Doctorow, born on this day in 1931
"I’m writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who’s willing to take the time, who’s willing to get lost in a new world, who’s willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going."
Elizabeth Strout, born OTD in 1956
Elizabeth Strout, born OTD in 1956
January 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
"I’m writing for my ideal reader, for somebody who’s willing to take the time, who’s willing to get lost in a new world, who’s willing to do their part. But then I have to do my part and give them a sound and a voice that they believe in enough to keep going."
Elizabeth Strout, born OTD in 1956
Elizabeth Strout, born OTD in 1956
“I am a part of everything that I have read.”
Theodore Roosevelt, who died on this day in 1919
Theodore Roosevelt, who died on this day in 1919
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“I am a part of everything that I have read.”
Theodore Roosevelt, who died on this day in 1919
Theodore Roosevelt, who died on this day in 1919
"Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance."
Charles Sumner, born on this day in 1811
Charles Sumner, born on this day in 1811
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
"Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance."
Charles Sumner, born on this day in 1811
Charles Sumner, born on this day in 1811
"If [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution."
Carl Sandburg, born on this day in 1878
#January6thInsurrection
Carl Sandburg, born on this day in 1878
#January6thInsurrection
January 6, 2026 at 11:12 AM
"If [America] forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution."
Carl Sandburg, born on this day in 1878
#January6thInsurrection
Carl Sandburg, born on this day in 1878
#January6thInsurrection
The waiting *is* the hardest part for the below midlist author.
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Tom Petty - The Waiting (Live 1985)
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January 6, 2026 at 2:12 AM
The waiting *is* the hardest part for the below midlist author.
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“Newspapermen are not compelled to go storming mountaintops with Rangers."
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A Shooting War: Margaret Bourke-White & Richard Tregaskis
Life magazine photographer Margaret Bourke-White had undergone a nerve-racking day near the front lines dodging enemy shells that whooshed...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“Newspapermen are not compelled to go storming mountaintops with Rangers."
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“Someone will have to weed and spread
The young sprouts. Sprinkle them in the hour
When shadow falls across their bed.
You should try to look at them every day
Because when they come to full flower
I will be away.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass
The young sprouts. Sprinkle them in the hour
When shadow falls across their bed.
You should try to look at them every day
Because when they come to full flower
I will be away.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“Someone will have to weed and spread
The young sprouts. Sprinkle them in the hour
When shadow falls across their bed.
You should try to look at them every day
Because when they come to full flower
I will be away.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass
The young sprouts. Sprinkle them in the hour
When shadow falls across their bed.
You should try to look at them every day
Because when they come to full flower
I will be away.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass
“All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful.”
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
January 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful.”
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco
“I can’t believe that we got over there and back, and sent out our planes, without even a bomb falling on us. It’s impossible.”
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Reporting from Shangri-La: Richard Tregaskis and the Doolittle Raiders
International News Service correspondent Richard Tregaskis had been eager to test his courage in combat when he was sent by the wire servic...
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January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
“I can’t believe that we got over there and back, and sent out our planes, without even a bomb falling on us. It’s impossible.”
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“Good war correspondents . . . generally are loath to make themselves heroes, but most will admit that they take chances in war zones for the same reason the mountain climber gave when asked why he wanted to scale Everest: ‘Because it is there.’”
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The Reporter and the Photographer: Richard Tregaskis and Robert Capa
Writing an article in 1966 for the Overseas Press Club , veteran correspondent Richard Tregaskis pondered an essential question: why are re...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
“Good war correspondents . . . generally are loath to make themselves heroes, but most will admit that they take chances in war zones for the same reason the mountain climber gave when asked why he wanted to scale Everest: ‘Because it is there.’”
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". . . “the exciting, the creative, the lustily energetic, the freshly amusing, the newly beautiful, the illuminating, the profound.”
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The Magazine and the Writer: Harper's and John Bartlow Martin
While living in the Hubbard Woods neighborhood in Winnetka, Illinoi in the early 1940s with his young wife Fran, freelance writer John Bartl...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
". . . “the exciting, the creative, the lustily energetic, the freshly amusing, the newly beautiful, the illuminating, the profound.”
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“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
Herbert Bayard Swope
Herbert Bayard Swope
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
Herbert Bayard Swope
Herbert Bayard Swope
"The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb."
Umberto Eco, born on this day in 1932
Umberto Eco, born on this day in 1932
January 5, 2026 at 11:37 AM
"The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb."
Umberto Eco, born on this day in 1932
Umberto Eco, born on this day in 1932
“Sweet beast, I have gone prowling,
a proud rejected man
who lived along the edges
catch as catch can;
in darkness and in hedges
I sang my sour tone
and all my love was howling
conspicuously alone.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass, born on this day in 1926
a proud rejected man
who lived along the edges
catch as catch can;
in darkness and in hedges
I sang my sour tone
and all my love was howling
conspicuously alone.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass, born on this day in 1926
January 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
“Sweet beast, I have gone prowling,
a proud rejected man
who lived along the edges
catch as catch can;
in darkness and in hedges
I sang my sour tone
and all my love was howling
conspicuously alone.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass, born on this day in 1926
a proud rejected man
who lived along the edges
catch as catch can;
in darkness and in hedges
I sang my sour tone
and all my love was howling
conspicuously alone.”
William DeWitt Snodgrass, born on this day in 1926
"Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one."
Herbert Bayard Swope, born on this day in 1882
Herbert Bayard Swope, born on this day in 1882
January 5, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"Don't forget that the only two things people read in a story are the first and last sentences. Give them blood in the eye on the first one."
Herbert Bayard Swope, born on this day in 1882
Herbert Bayard Swope, born on this day in 1882
"The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them."
Max Eastman, born on this day in 1883
Max Eastman, born on this day in 1883
January 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
"The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them."
Max Eastman, born on this day in 1883
Max Eastman, born on this day in 1883
"Those who write clearly have readers."
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
January 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
"Those who write clearly have readers."
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners."
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
"It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners."
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
“The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
And they're there for you
For you alone you are the everything."
Michael Stipe, born on this day in 1960
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And they're there for you
For you alone you are the everything."
Michael Stipe, born on this day in 1960
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R.E.M. - You Are The Everything (From Tourfilm) (Official Video)
YouTube video by remhq
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January 4, 2026 at 12:14 PM
“The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
And they're there for you
For you alone you are the everything."
Michael Stipe, born on this day in 1960
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And they're there for you
For you alone you are the everything."
Michael Stipe, born on this day in 1960
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"I figured how far can you coast on charm? Well, pretty far actually."
Happy birthday to the great Dave Foley, born on this day in 1963
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Happy birthday to the great Dave Foley, born on this day in 1963
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Kids in the Hall: Bad Doctor
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January 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
"I figured how far can you coast on charm? Well, pretty far actually."
Happy birthday to the great Dave Foley, born on this day in 1963
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Happy birthday to the great Dave Foley, born on this day in 1963
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