Colors, Critters, Cats, and my Journey with MS: June 15

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Monday, June 15, 2026

Introvert insight:

... I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength.
I have such a strong inner life that I'm never bored and only occasionally lonely.
No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.
- Susan Cain.

Introverts:
As long as we have our books, our imagination, and a slice of solitude, we're content.
- from The Irresistible Introvert, by Michaela Chung.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but I feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people than I feel on my own.
- Henry Rollins.

I withdraw from people and places from time to time.
I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much but never have anything to say.
- Kaitlin Foster.

George V. Higgins, on writing:

Show the reader what the character thinks about,

and then the reader will think about it, too.
- George V. Higgins.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001

The Best American Series.

Edited by Lawrence Block and Otto Penzler.

ISBN-10: 0618124918
ISBN-13: 978-0618124916

Contents:

Foreword; Introduction by Lawrence Block; Things that make your heart beat faster, by Jennifer Anderson; Lobster night, by Russell Banks; Prison food, by Michael Downs; In the zone, by Leslie Edgerton; Paperhanger, by William Gay; Book of Kells, by Jeremiah Healy; Erie's last day, by Steve Hockensmith; Under suspicion, by Clark Howard; Her Hollywood, by Michael Hyde; Family, by Dan Leone; Blood sport, by Thomas Lynch; Carnie, by David Means; Tides, by Kent Nelson; Girl with the blackened eye, by Joyce Carol Oates; Easy street, by T. Jefferson Parker; Big bite, by Bill Pronzini; Missing in action, by Peter Robinson; Face-lift, by Roxana Robinson; Big ranch, by John Salter; Push comes to shove, by Nathan Walpow.

Description:

Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and a hundred outstanding works. That selection is pared down to the twenty or so very best pieces by a guest editor who is widely recognized as a leading writer in his or her field. This unique system has helped make the Best American series the most respected – and most popular – of its kind.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 will thrill fans of all reached of the genre. The legendary mystery writer Lawrence Block offer chilling tales from best-selling writers as well as talented up-and-comers. Ranging from traditional detective cases to psychological studies to atmospheric scene-setters, these stories illustrate the variety and scope of styles, plots, and characters Block admires. With Block as guest editor and a stellar roster of suspense veterans and rising stars, the 2001 edition will delight mystery afficionados and all lovers of great fiction.

Born on this day – Mary Ellis:

Mary Ellis

Actress

Singer

June 15, 1897 – January 30, 2003

Credits:

All Creatures Great and Small (1978); All the King's Horses (1935); Armchair Theatre (1961); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950–1957); Bella Donna (1934); Fatal Lady (1936); Frederic Chopin (1961); Glamorous Night (1937); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Highlight: The Singing Cinema (1964); Hotel Imperial (1958); ITV Play of the Week (1961); ITV Television Playhouse (1959); Kate (1971); Paris in Spring (1935); Paris in Spring (1935); Saturday Playhouse (1958); Somerset Maugham Hour / Segment: The Voice of the Turtle (1960); The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960); The Astonished Heart (1950); The Browning Version (1949); The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1993); The First Mrs. Fraser (1950); The Magic Box (1951); The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1994); This Is Your Life (1994); Wednesday Theatre (1953).

Born on this day – Gloria Stroock:

Gloria Stroock

Actress

June 15, 1924 – May 5, 2024

Credits:

ABC Afterschool Specials (1977); Archie Bunker's Place (1982); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950); Baretta (1978); Bill Slater Show (1950); Brando (2007); Captain Video and His Video Rangers (1952); City in Fear (1980); Death Car on the Freeway (1979); Fun with Dick and Jane (1977); Holmes and Yoyo (1976); Kraft Theatre (1948); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1950); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1955); Mama (1955); Martin Kane (1951); McMillan & Wife (1974–1977); Missing Pieces (1991); Modern Romances (1955); NBC Presents (1949); Newsstand Theatre (1952); No Easy Way (1996); Operation Petticoat (1977–1978); Passions (1984); Robert Montgomery Presents (1955); Rosetti and Ryan (1977); Seed of Innocence (1980); Spotlight (1954); Starlight Theatre (1950); Studio One (1950–1955); The Competition (1980); The Day of the Locust (1975); The Girls (1950); The Patricia Neal Story (1981); The Snoop Sisters (1972); Uncommon Valor (1983); Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977).

Born on this day – William Newman:

William Newman

Actor

June 15, 1934 – May 27, 2015

Credits:

A Special Friendship (1987); Act of Vengeance (1986); All-American Girl (1994); American Playhouse (1989); Angel (2001); Angel Falls (1993); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / Segment: Charlie (1999); Billions for Boris (1985); Brown's Requiem (1998); Brubaker (1980); Chattahoochee (1989); Chiefs (1983); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000); Days of Our Lives (2005); Dead Man's Revenge (1994); Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992); Devil in the Flesh 2 (2000); Dharma & Greg (1999); Diagnosis Murder (1999); Dinner at Eight (1989); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1995); Eerie, Indiana (1992); Fearless (1993); For Love of the Game (1999); Funny Farm (1988); Goode Behavior (1996); Hero (1992); Homefront (1992); Jury Duty (1995); Knots Landing (1992); L.A. Doctors (1999); Leprechaun (1992); Love & War (1993); Loving (1985); Mad About You (1993); Matlock (1991); Monkey Shines (1988); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); My Name Is Earl (2006); No Easy Way (1996); One Life to Live (1983); Party of Five (1997); Philly (2001); Picket Fences (1993); Pie in the Sky (1995); Pig Sty (1995); Playing for Keeps (1986); Popular (2001); Ryan's Hope (1979); Santa with Muscles (1996); Shadow: Dead Riot (2006); Silver Bullet (1985); Something Wilder (1995); Squirm (1976); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Craft (1996); The Drew Carey Show (1996); The King of Queens (1999); The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986); The Mosquito Coast (1986); The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988); The Odd Couple: Together Again (1993); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988); The Stand (1994); The Tick (2001–2002); Tom and Huck (1995); Touch (1997); VR.5 (1995); Women of the House (1995); Wounded Heart (1995).

Born on this day – Belinda Lee:

Belinda Lee

Actress

June 15, 1935 – March 12, 1961

Credits:

Blackout (1954); Blood Feud (1961); Brevi amori a Palma di Majorca (1959); Cabaret du soir (1958); Ce corps tant désiré (1959); Constantine and the Cross (1961); Dangerous Exile (1957); Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (1960); Elephant Gun (1958); Eyewitness (1956); Family Affair (1954); Film Fanfare (1956); Footsteps in the Fog (1955); Full Screen Ahead (1957); Ghosts of Rome (1961); Goddess of Love (1957); It Happened in '43 (1960); Joseph and His Brethren (1961); Love, the Italian Way (1960); Man of the Moment (1955); Marie of the Isles (1959); Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954); Messalina (1960); Miracle in Soho (1957); No Smoking (1955); Reflets de Cannes (1960); She Walks by Night (1959); The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954); The Big Money (1956); The Case of Canary Jones (1954); The Chasers (1959); The Gentle Touch (1956); The Nights of Lucretia Borgia (1959); The Runaway Bus (1954); The Secret Place (1957); The Swindlers (1959); Who Done It? (1956); Women of the World (1963); World by Night (1960).

Born on this day – Judy Pace:

Judy Pace

Actress

June 15, 1942 – March 11, 2026

Credits:

13 Frightened Girls (1963); Batman (1966); Beauty and the Baller (2017); Bewitched (1966); Beyond Westworld (1980); Brian's Song (1971); Caribe (1975); Cool Breeze (1972); Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970); Days of Our Lives (1967); E! True Hollywood Story (1999); ESPN SportsCentury (2000–2004); Frogs (1972); Good Times (1975); I Dream of Jeannie (1967); I Spy (1966); Insight (1969); Ironside (1974); It Takes Two (1969); Kung Fu (1974); Medical Center (1974); Mod Squad (1968); My Friend Tony (1969); Oh, Nurse! (1972); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Peyton Place (1968–1969); Players at the Poker Palace (2008); Profiles in Courage (1965); Run for Your Life (1966); Sanford and Son (1974); Shaft (1973); Soul (1968); Soul Train (1972); Soul! (1969); Sucker Free City (2004); Tarzan (1968); That's My Mama (1974); The 2nd Annual Black Achievement Awards (1980); The Actor's Choice (2016–2021); The Curious Case of Curt Flood (2011); The Divorce (2014); The Flying Nun (1967); The Fortune Cookie (1966); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The New Odd Couple (1982); The New People (1969); The Oscar (1966); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1972); The Slams (1973); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1969); The Young Lawyers (1969–1971); Three in the Attic (1968); Unsung Hollywood (2015); Unsung Presents: Best in Black (2023); Up in the Cellar (1970); What's Happening Now! (1985); What's Happening!! (1977–1979).

Born on this day – Dale Baer:

Dale Baer

Animator

June 15, 1950 – January 15, 2021

Credits:

49th Annie Awards (2022); A Charlie Brown Celebration (1982); Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1982); Animaniacs (1993); Beauty and the Beast (1991); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (2003); Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980); Chicken Little (2005); Countdown to Christmas (2002); Dear Satan (2018); Disneyland - Sun (Ad) (1992); Frozen (2013); Get a Horse! (2013); GT Academy USA (2013); Hercules (1997); Home on the Range (2004); Homesick (2017); How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007); In an Empty Wood (2018); Independent Lens (2006); Inner Workings (2016); It's Magic, Charlie Brown (1981); Jordan/Looney Tunes - The Dunk to End All Dunks (Ad) (2015); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Last Action Hero (1993); Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981); Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1980); Meet the Robinsons (2007); Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983); Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001); Moana (2016); Mother Goose and Grimm (1992); No Man's Valley (1981); Peanuts (1979–1982); Pete's Dragon (1977); Pocahontas (1995); Pups of Liberty: The Dog-claration of Independence (2015); Quest for Camelot (1998); Rice Krispies - Date (Ad) (1992); Richie Rich (1994); Robin Hood (2010); Roses - World of Nintendo (Ad) (1989); Rover Dangerfield (1991); Saving Mr. Banks (2013); She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (1980); Shrek (2001); Shrek: I Feel Good (1996); Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown (1981); Species (1995); Taku & Mama (2019); Tarzan (1999); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The Animated Atlas of the World (1986); The Ballad of Nessie (2011); The Black Cauldron (1985); The Emperor's New Groove (2000); The Emperor's New Groove: Behind the Voices (2001); The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1981); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Great Mouse Detective (1986); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The King and I (1999); The Lion King (1994); The Little Mermaid (1989); The Lord of the Rings (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1982–1987); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Princess and the Frog (2009); The Rescuers (1977); The Simpsons (2016); The Smurfs (1987); The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010); The Sweatbox (2002); The Tiara Talk Show (2016); The Zit (2005); Timeless Tales (2005); 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (1987); Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992); Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017); Treasure Planet (2002); Tummy Trouble (1989) Two (2020); Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015); Walter (2019); When the Raven Comes (2018); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Winnie the Pooh (2011); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974); Wreck-It Ralph (2012); You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown (1979); Zootopia (2016).

On this day in movie history - The Dirty Dozen (1967)

The Dirty Dozen

directed by Robert Aldrich,

written by Nunnally Johnson and Lukas Heller,

based on the novel, by E. M. Nathanson,

was released in the United States, on June 15, 1967.

Music by Frank De Vol.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Trini López, Ralph Meeker, Robert Ryan, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Clint Walker, Robert Webber, Tom Busby, Ben Carruthers, Stuart Cooper, Robert Phillips, Colin Maitland, Al Mancini, George Roubicek, Thick Wilson, Dora Reisser, Lewis Alexander, Michael Anthony, William Baskiville, Roy Beck, Cynthia Bizeray, Leo Britt, Harry Brooks Jr., Ken Buckle, Jack Carter, Alan Chuntz, Harold Coyne, Gerry Crampton, Hugh Elton, Gary Files, Suzanne Fleuret, Judith Furse, Hal Galili, Victor Gallucci, Alan Gibbs, Romo Gorrara, Willoughby Gray, Patrick Halpin, Alan Harris, Gerard Heinz, John G. Heller, George Hilsdon, John Hollis, Alf Joint, Angela Kay, Juba Kennerley, Eric Kent, John Ketteringham, Hildegard Knef, Ann Lancaster, Roy Lansford, Aileen Lewis, Dickey Luck, Richard Marner, Mark McBride, Dick Miller, John More, Lou Morgan, Norman Morris, Lionel Murton, Suzanne Owens-Duval, Joe Phelps, Edith Raye, Mike Reid, Terry Richards, Jack Ross, Gordon Ruttan, Frederick Schiller, Bunny Seaman, Michael Segal, Jack Sharp, Richard Shaw, Tony Snell, Warren Stanhope, Michael Stayner, Emile Stemmler, Michael Stevens, Bill Strange, Fred Stroud, Elliott Sullivan, John Tatham, Rocky Taylor, Burnell Tucker, Hedger Wallace, Ken Wayne, Theodore Wilhelm, Jeremy Wilkin, Fred Wood, Vicki Woolf.