July 14, 2004
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Bright Star
From Robert A. Heinlein‘s
classic novel, Glory Road:”I have many names. What would you like to call me?”
“Is one of them ‘Helen’?”
She
smiled like sunshine and I learned that she had dimples. She looked
sixteen and in her first party dress. “You are very gracious. No, she’s
not even a relative. That was many, many years ago.” Her face turned
thoughtful. “Would you like to call me ‘Ettarre’?”“Is that one of your names?”
“It
is much like one of them, allowing for different spelling and accent.
Or it could be ‘Esther’ just as closely. Or ‘Aster.’ Or even
‘Estrellita.’ ”” ‘Aster,’ ” I repeated. “Star. Lucky Star!”
Today’s birthday:
