James A. Michener, on writing:

 

I love writing.

I love the swirl of words as they tangle with human emotions.
- James A. Michener.

Recommended reading - The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story, by John A. Keel (1975)

The Mothman Prophecies: A True Story

by John A. Keel.

Published by Tor Books.
First published 1975.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0765334984
ISBN-13: 78-0765334985
 
Description:
A true story of unexplained terror…

West Virginia, 1966. For thirteen months the town of Point Pleasant is gripped by a real-life nightmare culminating in a tragedy that makes headlines around the world. Strange occurrences and sightings, including a bizarre winged apparition that becomes known as the Mothman, trouble this ordinary American community. Mysterious lights are seen moving across the sky. Domestic animals are found slaughtered and mutilated. And journalist John Keel, arriving to investigate the freakish events, soon finds himself an integral part of an eerie and unfathomable mystery…

 

The Mothman Prophecies.

Translated into more than thirteen languages, John Keel’s unsettling account of what he encountered in Point Pleasant has long been regarded as a classic in the literature of the unexplained. A New York Times bestseller, it also inspired the acclaimed 2002 film.

Born on this day – Béla Bartók:

Béla Bartók

Composer

Pianist

Ethnomusicologist

March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945

Credits:

Music compositions:

14 Bagatelles; 44 Duos for Two Violins; Allegro barbaro; An Evening at the Village; BB 34, Sz. 30; Bluebeard's Castle; Buciumeana; Cantata Profana; Concerto for Orchestra; Contrasts; Dance Suite; Divertimento for String Orchestra; Études de Bartók; Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs; Hungarian Folk Tunes: III; Hungarian Pictures; Kossuth; Maruntel; Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105: Volume VI: 148-153: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm; Mikrokosmos; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Out of Doors; Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Method (Zongoraiskola), BB 66, Sz. 52: 116. Moderato; Piano Sonata; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, BB 36b (op. 1): I. Adagio molto; Rhapsody No. 1; Rhapsody No. 2; Romanian Christmas Carols; Romanian Folk Dances; Slovakian Dance; Sonata for Solo Violin; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Sonatina; Sonatina, BB 102a: III. Finale. Allegro vivace; String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; String Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 5; String Quartet No. 6; Suite, Op. 14; The Barbarian; The Miraculous Mandarin; The Wooden Prince; Two Pictures: I. In voller Blüte; Viola Concerto; Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2.

Movies and television:

40 éves a Cantemus (2015); A Bibo Reader (2002); A kékszakállú herceg vára (1970); A kékszakállú herceg vára (1981); A kékszakállú herceg vára (2005); À la découverte des Français (1957); A la memoria del autor (1966); A Nyolcak nyomában (2011); A varázsló álma (1987); A zene határtalanul (2016); Aleph, lectures contades (2000); Anthropoid (2016); Artemis: The Neverending Quartet (2020); Back on Stage (2020); Bal Masqué (1981); Bartok (2017); Bartók Béla: Az éjszaka zenéje (1970); Bartók Béla: Kontrasztok (1981); Bartóks Requiem (2008); Behind Closed Doors (1988); Being John Malkovich (1999); Bluebeard's Castle (1963); Bluebeard's Castle (2022); Budapeströl jut eszembe (2001); Caniche (1979); Catatonic (2009); Celibidache (1992); China Lake (1983); Chuzhaya belaya i ryaboy (1986); Cinderella (2021); Concerto for Orchestra (1965); Contrasts (1968); Control Room (2004); Correspondances (1953); Cosmos (1980); Csodálatos mandarin (2001); Das muss man erst mal aussprechen können (2021); Das Versprechen (2023); Des hommes qui ont perdu racine (1956); Diamantino (2018); Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music (2007); Doctor Who (1967–1968); Doomwatch (1972); Drakengard (2003); Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1988); Duke Bluebeard's Castle (2020); Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990); Égetö Eszter (1989); El grosso concerto (2001); Életbevágó (2000); El-Lailah el-Akhirah (1963); Este a székelyeknél (1998); Flaming Creatures (1963); Fuchsmühl (1974); Full House (1972); Grâce à la musique (1981); Grandeur et décadence d'un petit commerce de cinéma (1986); Hamsun (1996); Het slot van hertog Blauwbaard (1965); Hope@Home (2020); Impressions de New York (1956); Imre Eck and Maria Bretus in Csodálatos mandarin (1970); (In Here) I Am God (2018); Ocio (2022); In memoriam Gyarmathy Tihamér (2016); In Search of Dracula (1974); Katzenspiel (1972); Kékszakállú (2016); Klaus Mäkelä dirige Ravel, Debussy et Bartók (2023); Kristallnacht (2022); Le Cabinet des estampes (1954); Le chateau de Barbe-Bleu / La voix humaine (2015); Le mandarin merveilleux (1964); Le roman (1991); Legion (2017); Les grands interprètes (1967); Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997); Long Time No See (2019); Magritte (1978); Medvetánc (1972); Melinda and Melinda (2004); Mindennap (1980); Miroirs (2016); My Homeland (1976); NET Festival (1968); New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1959–1963); Not Reconciled (1965); Obiettivo sul territorio (2009); Oldás és kötés (1963); Orchestre National de France (1964); Playing Mona Lisa (2000); Polyformia (2008); Public Eye (1971); Pursuit (1997); Ready Player One (2018); Réfugiés Algériens (1958); Rosa (1992); Senseless (1962); Simon Says (2015); Singing the Blues in Red (1986); STAR WARS EP 5: Attack of the Phantom Past (2016); Star Wars Ep 6: The Last Laser Master (2018); Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981); Stick and Bone (1968); Studio One (1953); Szörnyeteg (1975); Tatort (2017); The Boris Giltburg Five Minute Library (2017); The Catch (1946); The Good Mother (1988); The Illiac Passion (1967); The Legacy (2009); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2015); The Prediction (1991); The Shepherds of Cat Island (2020); The Shining (1980); The Silent Revolution (2018); The Souvenir (2019); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2010); The Young Pope (2016); Trainwreck (2001); Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2006); Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1995); Un paso al frente (1966); Un petit prince (1984); Visions (1977); Zongora a levegöben (1976).

Born on this day – Violet Horner:

Violet Horner

Actress

March 25, 1892 – July 6, 1970

Credits:

A Bad Tangle (1912); A Cave Man Wooing (1912); A Daughter of the Gods (1916); A Happy Family (1912); A Modern Romance (1913); A Strange Case (1912); A Woman Loved (1913); An Eventful Bargain Day (1912); An Imp Romance (1913); Animated Weekly, No. 62 (1913); Aunt Dinah's Plot (1912); Billy in Armor (1913); Billy Plays Poker (1913); Billy Wins (1913); Billy, the Wise Guy (1913); Billy's Adventure (1913); Billy's Board Bill (1913); Billy's Double (1913); Billy's First Quarrel (1913); Billy's Honeymoon (1913); Billy's Troubles (1913); Blood Is Thicker Than Water (1912); Bob's Baby (1913); Caught in a Flash (1912); Chappie the Chaperone (1912); Damages in Full (1913); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913); Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917); Ferdie, Be Brave (1912); Fresh Air Filkins (1913); Garden of Lies (1915); Getting Mary Married (1912); Gratitude (1913); He Had But Fifty Cents (1912); Hearts of Oak (1914); Her Nerve (1913); His Other Self (1912); How Ned Got the Raise (1912); In Old Tennessee (1912); Lady Audley's Secret (1912); Lena Rivers (1914); Let No Man Put Asunder (1912); Mr. Smith, Barber (1912); Retribution (1913); She Slept Through It All (1913); Shore Acres (1914); Sisters (1913); Ten Nights in a Barroom (1913); The Baldheaded Club (1913); The Breakdown (1912); The Bridal Room (1912); The Castaway (1912); The Fighting Chance (1916); The Fringe of Sin (1913); The Girl from Alaska (1915); The Higher Law (1913); The Man from the West (1912); The Marble Heart (1916); The Millionaire Cop (1912); The Peril (1912); The Right Clue (1912); The Ring and the Man (1914); The Schemers (1912); The Soul of Man (1913); The Stolen Voice (1915); The Wages of Sin (1913); The Wages of Sin (1914); Tillie, the Terrible Typist (1915); Winning the Latonia Derby (1912); Yvonne, the Foreign Spy (1912).

Born on this day – Ray Enright:

Ray Enright

Director

March 25, 1896 – April 3, 1965

Credits:

Ethel Barrymore Theater (1956); The Man from Cairo (1953); Flaming Feather (1952); Kansas Raiders (1950); Montana (1950); South of St. Louis (1949); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Coroner Creek (1948); Albuquerque (1948); Trail Street (1947); One Way to Love (1946); Man Alive (1945); China Sky (1945); 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943); The Iron Major (1943); Destroyer (1943); Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943); The Rear Gunner (1943); Sin Town (1942); Men of Texas (1942); The Spoilers (1942); Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942); Law of the Tropics (1941); Bad Men of Missouri (1941); Throwing a Party (1941); Thieves Fall Out (1941); The Wagons Roll at Night (1941); River's End (1940); An Angel from Texas (1940); Teddy the Rough Rider (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); On Your Toes (1939); Angels Wash Their Faces (1939); Naughty But Nice (1939); Going Places (1938); Hard to Get (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); Swing Your Lady (1938); Back in Circulation (1937); The Singing Marine (1937); Slim (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Sing Me a Love Song (1936); China Clipper (1936); Earthworm Tractors (1936); Snowed Under (1936); Miss Pacific Fleet (1935); We're in the Money (1935); Alibi Ike (1935); Traveling Saleslady (1935); While the Patient Slept (1935); The St. Louis Kid (1934); Dames (1934); The Circus Clown (1934); Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934); I've Got Your Number (1934); Havana Widows (1933); The Silk Express (1933); Tomorrow at Seven (1933); Blondie Johnson (1933); The Tenderfoot (1932); Play Girl (1932); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Local Boy Makes Good (1931); Side Show (1931); Gold Dust Gertie (1931); Scarlet Pages (1930); Outward Bound (1930); Dancing Sweeties (1930); Golden Dawn (1930); Song of the West (1930); Skin Deep (1929); Kid Gloves (1929); Stolen Kisses (1929); The Little Wildcat (1928); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Domestic Troubles (1928); The Girl from Chicago (1927); Jaws of Steel (1927); Tracked by the Police (1927); The Better 'Ole (1926); The Man on the Box (1925); Verse and Worse (1921).

Born on this day – Ed Begley:

Ed Begley

Actor

March 25, 1901 – April 28, 1970

Born on this day – Curley Weaver:

Curley Weaver

Blues singer

Guitarist

March 25, 1906 – September 20, 1962

Track listings on pictured CD: Curly Weaver The Complete Recorded Works 1933–1935 in Chronological Order, including music with The Georgia Browns:

No No Blues; Leg Iron Blues; Some Cold Rainy Day; Tippin’ Tom; Birmingham Gambler; Tampa Street; Decatur Street 81; Next Door Man (Take 1); Next Door Man (Take 2); It Must Have Been Her; Who Stole de Lock?; Joker Man; You Was Born to Die; Dirty Mistreater; Black Woman; City Cell Blues; Empty Room Blues; Tricks Ain’t Walking No More; Sometime Mama; Oh Lawdy Mama; Two Faced Woman; Early Morning Blues; Fried Pie Blues.