Jim Bishop — American Journalist born on November 21, 1907, died on December 29, 1987

James Alonzo "Jim" Bishop (November 21, 1907 – July 26, 1987 was an American journalist and author who wrote the bestselling book The Day Lincoln was Shot... (wikipedia)

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.
Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun.
Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.
When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?
Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows.