Colors, Critters, Cats, and my Journey with MS

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Born on this day – James Fenimore Cooper:

James Fenimore Cooper

Writer

September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851

Books:

Afloat and Ashore (1844); Lionel Lincoln (1825); Miles Wallingford (1814); Precaution (1820); Satanstoe (1845); The American Democrat (1851); The Crater / aka Mark's Reef (1847); The Deerslayer (1840); The Last of the Mohicans (1826); The Pathfinder (1841); The Pilot (1824); The Pioneers (1823); The Prairie (1824); The Red Rover (1827); The Red-Skins / aka Captain Spike (1846); The Sea Lions (1849); The Spy (1821); The Spy / Lionel Lincoln (2018); The Spy's Bedside Book (1957); The Two Admirals (1842); The Water-Witch (1830); The Wing-and-Wing (1842).

Movies and television:

A Mohawk's Way (1910); A Tale of the Wilderness (1912); Chingachgook, die grosse Schlange (1967); Der letzte der Mohikaner (1956); Fall of the Mohicans (1965); Fireside Theatre (1949); Hawkeye (1994–1995); Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (1957); Hawkeye, the Pathfinder (1973); Last of the Mohicans (1977); Last of the Redmen (1947); Leather Stocking (1909); Leather Stocking: The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920); Leather Stocking: The Last of the Mohicans (1920); Leatherstocking (1924); Lederstrumpf (1923); L'ultimo dei Mohicani (2006); Mysteries at the Museum (2017); Novela (1972); Once Upon a Classic (1979); The Deerslayer (1913 / 1943 / 1957 / 1978); The Iroquois Trail (1950); The Last of the Mohicans (1911 / 1920 / 1932 / 1936 / 1971 / 1975 / 1987 / 1992); The Last Tomahawk (1965); The Leatherstocking Tales (1969 / 1984); The Pathfinder (1952 / 1996); The Pioneers (1941); The Prairie (1947 / 1969); The Spy (1914).

Born on this day – Agatha Christie:

Agatha Christie

Writer

September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976

Books:

65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); 4.50 from Paddington / aka What Mrs McGillicuddy Saw (1957); A Caribbean Mystery (1964); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Christmas Tragedy (2013); A Daughter's a Daughter (1952); A Deadly Affair (2022); A Fairy in the Flat (2013); A Fruitful Sunday (2013); A Murder Is Announced (1950); A Pocket Full of Rye (1953); A Pot of Tea (2013); Absent in the Spring (1944); Accident (2013); After the Funeral / aka Funerals Are Fatal (1953); Agatha Christie Crime Pack (2004); Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime (1977); Akhnaton (1973); An Autobiography (1977); And then there were None / aka Ten Little Indians (1939); Appointment with Death (1938); At Bertram's Hotel (1965); At the 'Bells and Motley' (2013); Autumn Chills (2023); Black Coffee (1930); Blindman's Buff (2013); Bodies from the Library (2018); Bodies from the Library 2 (2019); Bodies from the Library 3 (2020); Bound to Talk (2002); By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968); Capital Christie (2025); Cards on the Table (1936); Cards on the Table (1936); Cat Among the Pigeons (1959); Christmas Adventure (2014); Christmas Crimes (1996); Classic Detective Stories From a Suitcase of Suspense (1999); Clues for Miss Marple (1977); Come, Tell Me How You Live (1976); Continental Christie (2026); Continental Crimes (2017); Cornish Harvest (1974); Country Christie (2025); Crooked House (1949); Curtain (1975); Daring Detectives (1969); Dead Man's Folly (1956); Deadlier (2017); Death By Drowning (1932); Death Comes as the End (1944); Death Cruise (1999); Death in the Clouds / aka Death in the Air (1935); Death on the Nile (1937); Death on the Nile (1937); Destination Unknown / aka So Many Steps to Death (1954); Detective Duos (1997); Detective Stories (1998); Detectives and Young Adventurers (2008); Double Sin (2013); Dumb Witness / aka Poirot Loses a Client (1937); Elephants Can Remember (1972); Endless Night (1967); English Country House Murders (1988); Evil Under the Sun (1941); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1938); Finessing the King (2012); Five Little Pigs / aka Murder in Retrospect (1942); Ghosts from the Library (2022); Ghosts That Haunt You (1980); Giant's Bread (1930); Greenshaw's Folly (2013); Hallowe'en Party / aka A Haunting in Venice (1969); Handle with Care (1985); Harlequin's Lane (2013); Have You Got Everything You Want? (2013); Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly (2013); Hercule Poirot: the Complete Short Stories (2008); Hercule Poirot's Christmas / aka A Holiday for Murder / Murder for Christmas (1938); Herstory (2025); Hickory Dickory Dock (1955); How Does Your Garden Grow? (2013); In a Glass Darkly (2013); In the Cool of the Evening (2013); Ingots of Gold (2012); Into the Mummy's Tomb (1989); Jane in Search of a Job (2012); Lady on the Case (1988); Law and Order (1997); Lord Edgware Dies / aka Thirteen at Dinner (1933); Magnolia Blossom (2013); Malice Domestic 9 (2000); Manx Gold (2013); Marple (2022); Masterpieces in Miniature (2005); Midsummer Mysteries (2021); Midwinter Murder (2020); Miss Marple (1985); Miss Marple and Mystery (2008); Miss Marple Tells a Story (2013); Miss Marple's Final Cases (1979); More Murder Most Cozy (1993); Motive v. Opportunity (2012); Mr Eastwood's Adventure (2012); Mrs McGinty's Dead / aka Blood Will Tell (1952); Murder in Mesopotamia (1936); Murder in the Mews (1937); Murder in the Mews / aka Dead Man's Mirror (2014); Murder Intercontinental (1997); Murder Is Easy / aka Easy to Kill (1939); Murder on the Links / After the Funeral Bundle (2022); Murder on the Orient Express / aka Murder in the Calais Coach (1934); Murder on the Railways (1996); Murder to Music (1997); Murderous Schemes (1996); Murders to Die For (2005); Mysterious Railway Stories (1986); Mystery Stories (1996); Mystifying (2008); N or M? (1941); Nemesis (1971); Next to a Dog (2013); Nine Detective Stories (1964); One, Two, Buckle My Shoe / aka An Overdose of Death / The Patriotic Murders (1940); Ordeal by Innocence (1958); Parker Pyne Investigates / aka Mr. Parker Pyne: Detective (1934); Partners in Crime (1929); Passenger to Frankfurt (1970); Peril at End House (1932); Philomel Cottage (2011); Poems / poems (1973); Poirot and the Regatta Mystery (2011); Poirot Investigates (1924); Poirot Investigates / Murder in the Mews Bundle (2022); Poirot Investigates / The Body in the Library (2020); Poirot's Early Cases / aka Hercule Poirot's Early Cases (1974); Postern of Fate (1973); Problem at Pollensa Bay (1992); Problem at Sea (2013); Promotion in the Highest (2013); Realms of Darkness (1985); S.O.S (2013); Sad Cypress (1940); Sanctuary (2011); Senior Sleuths (1996); Seven Deadly Sins (2004); Sing a Song of Sixpence (2013); Sinister Spring (2023); Six Against the Yard (1989); Sleeping Murder (1976); Sleuths of the Century (2000); Sparkling Cyanide / aka Remembered Death (1944); Spider's Web (1956); Star Over Bethlehem (1965); Stories of Horror and Suspense (1977); Stories of the Occult (1978); Strange Jest (2011); Surprise! Surprise! (1983); Swan Song (2013); Taken at the Flood / aka There Is a Tide (1948); Tape Measure Murder (2011); Ten Tales of Detection (1967); The 17th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1981); The 2nd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1967); The 2nd Pan Book of Horror Stories (1960); The 8th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1972); The ABC Murders (1936); The Actress (2013); The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly (2013); The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (1923); The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960); The Adventure of the Clapham Cook (2013); The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (1924); The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman (2014); The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger (2012); The Adventure of the 'Western Star' (1924); The Affair of the Pink Pearl (2012); The Ambassador's Boots (2013); The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries (2013); The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018); The Big Four (1927); The Bird with the Broken Wing (2013); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Bloodstained Pavement (1966); The Blue Geranium (2013); The Body in the Library (1942); The Burden (1956); The Call of Wings (2013); The Case of the Caretaker (2011); The Case of the City Clerk (2013); The Case of the Discontented Husband (2013); The Case of the Discontented Soldier (2012); The Case of the Distressed Lady (2013); The Case of the Middle-Aged Wife (2012); The Case of the Missing Lady (2011); The Case of the Missing Will (1924); The Case of the Perfect Maid (2011); The Case of the Rich Woman (2013); The Chocolate Box (2014); The Clergyman's Daughter / The Red House (2013); The Clocks (1963); The Cold Embrace (1966); The Coming of Mr Quin (2012); The Companion (2013); The Complete Ariadne Oliver (2005); The Complete Ariadne Oliver: Volume 2 (2005); The Cornish Mystery (2014); The Crackler (2013); The Dead Harlequin (2011); The Disappearance of Mr Davenheim (1923); The Double Clue (2016); The Dream (2011); The Dressmaker's Doll (2013); The Early Years (2007); The Edge (2013); The Edge of the Chair (1968); The Face of Helen (2013); The Floating Admiral (1931); The Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1966); The Fourth Man (2013); The Gate of Baghdad (2011); The Gentleman Dressed in Newspaper (2013); The Gipsy (2013); The Girl in the Train (2013); The Golden Ball (1972); The Great Book of Humour (1935); The Great Book of Thrillers (1935); The Harlequin Tea Set (1997); The Herb of Death (2013); The Hollow aka Murder after Hours (1946); The Hound of Death (1933); The Hounds of Hell (1974); The House at Shiraz (2011); The House of Dreams (2013); The House of Lurking Death (2025); The Idol House of Astarte (2012); The Incredible Theft (2013); The Island (2013); The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (2012); The Kidnapped Prime Minister (2012); The King of Clubs (2012); The Labours of Hercules (1947); The Lamp (2013); The Last Seance (2013); The Lemesurier Inheritance (1923); The Listerdale Mystery (1934); The Lonely God (2013); The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction (2004); The Lost Mine (2014); The Love Detectives (1993); The Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories (1985); The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936); The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998); The Man from the Sea (2013); The Man in the Brown Suit (1924); The Man in the Brown Suit / Crooked House (2020); The Man in the Brown Suit / They Came to Baghdad Bundle (2022); The Man in the Mist (2011); The Manhood of Edward Robinson (2012); The Market Basing Mystery (2013); The Mary Westmacott Collection Volume Two (2012); The Million Dollar Bond Robbery (1924); The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1961); The Mousetrap / aka Three Blind Mice (1950); The Mousetrap and Other Plays (1981); The Moving Finger (1942); The Murder at the Vicarage (1930); The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926); The Murder of Roger Ackroyd / The Hollow Bundle (2022); The Murder on the Links (1923); The Murder on the Links / Murder on the Orient Express (2020); The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920); The Mysterious Affair at Styles / Five Little Pigs Bundle (2022); The Mysterious Affair at Styles and the Secret Adversary (1988); The Mysterious Mr Quin (1930); The Mystery Book (1934); The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge (1923); The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (2013); The Mystery of the Blue Jar (2012); The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928); The Mystery of the Spanish Chest (2011); The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl (2012); The Naughty Donkey (2013); The Oracle at Delphi (2013); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); The Pale Horse (1961); The Pearl of Price (2013); The Plymouth Express (2012); The Rajah's Emerald (2011); The Red Signal (2011); The Red Signal and Other Stories (2005); The Regatta Mystery (2013); The Road of Dreams / poems (1924); The Rose and the Yew Tree (1948); The Scoop and Behind the Screen (1984); The Second Crime Club Omnibus Volume (1932); The Second Gong (2011); The Secret Adversary (1922); The Secret Adversary / And Then There Were None (2020); The Secret Adversary / N or M? (2022); The Secret of Chimneys (1925); The Secret of Chimneys / A Murder is Announced (2020); The Seven Dials Mystery (1929); The Shadow on the Glass (2012); The Sign in the Sky (2013); The Sittaford Mystery / aka Murder at Hazelmoor (1931); The Soul of the Croupier (2013); The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael (2013); The Submarine Plans (2013); The Sunningdale Mystery (1933); The Third-Floor Flat (2013); The Thirteen Problems / aka The Tuesday Club Murders (1932); The Thumb Mark of St Peter (2012); The Tragedy of Marsdon Manor (2012); The Tuesday Night Club / aka The Solving Six (1927); The Tuesday Night Club and Other Stories (2005); The Unbreakable Alibi (2013); The Underdog (1994); The Unexpected Guest (2008); The Veiled Lady (2014); The Venus Factor (1972); The Voice in the Dark (2013); The Water Bus (2013); The Web She Weaves (1983); The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (2004); The World's End (2013); They Came to Baghdad (1951); They Do It with Mirrors / aka Murder with Mirrors (1952); Third Girl (1966); Three Act Tragedy / aka Murder in Three Acts (1934); Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (2000); Towards Zero (1944); Unfinished Portrait (1934); Verdict (1958); Wasps' Nest (2013); While the Light Lasts (1994 / 2014); Why Didn't They Ask Evans? / aka The Boomerang Clue (1935); Wireless (2013); Witches' Brew (1984); Within a Wall (2013); Yellow Iris (2011).

Born on this day - Fay Wray:

Fay Wray

Actress

September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004

Credits:

11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005); 77 Sunset Strip (1960); 50,000,000 Joe Franklin Fans Can't Be Wrong (1997); A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010); A Lover's Oath (1925); A One Man Game (1927); A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927); Adam Had Four Sons (1941); AFI Life Achievement Award (1982); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1958–1959); Alias Bulldog Drummond (1935); All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (1985); Ann Carver's Profession (1933); Bat Wings (2014); Behind the Make-Up (1930); Below the Sea (1933); Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925); Best of British (1987); Biography (2002); Black Moon (1934); Black Planet (2024); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003); Brother Can You Spare a Dime (1975); Captain Thunder (1930); Cavalcade of America (1953); Century of Cinema (1995); Chasing the Chaser (1925); Cheating Cheaters (1934); Chimp Crazy (2024); Cinema mil (2005); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009–2014); Come Out of the Pantry (1935); Compression (2023–2025); Crime of Passion (1956); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); De película (1989); Dirigible (1931); Doctor X (1932); Don Key (Son of Burro) (1926); Don't Shoot (1926); Dragstrip Riot (1958); Entertainment Tonight (2008); Film Geek (2023); Four Square Steve (1926); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); General Electric Theater (1957–1961); German Grusel - Die Edgar Wallace-Serie (2011); Gideon's Trumpet (1980); Halloween Monster Bash (1991); Hawaiian Eye (1960); Hell on Frisco Bay (1955); Hollywood Blue (1970); Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Hollywood on Parade No. B-8 (1934); Hollywood Stuntmakers (1999); Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (1987); Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969); House Party (1953); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Il était une fois... (2010); I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (2005); Inside Human Zoos (2018); Inside the Marx Brothers (2003); Isn't Life Terrible? (1925); It Happened in Hollywood (1937); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955–1957); Just a Good Guy (1924); King Kong (1933 / 2005); King Kong, le coeur des ténèbres (2025); King Kong: Audio Commentary (2005); Kinkón (1971); Kraft Mystery Theatre (1958); La parada (1989); Lazy Lightning (1926); Le documentaire culturel (2024); Loco Luck (1927); Love Is a Vampire (2020); Madame Sans Jane (1925); Madame Spy (1934); Master of Men (1933); Matinee Theatre (1957); Meet the Stars #2: Baby Stars (1941); Meet the Stars #6: Stars at Play (1941); Méliès 88 (1988); Melody for Three (1941); Mills of the Gods (1934); Moonlight and Noses (1925); Murder by Death (1976); Murder in Greenwich Village (1937); Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933); Navy Secrets (1939); No Father to Guide Him (1925); Not a Ladies' Man (1942); Not Exactly Gentlemen (1931); Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997); Once to Every Woman (1934); One Sunday Afternoon (1933); One Wild Time (1926); Paramount on Parade (1930); Perry Mason (1958–1965); Picture People Vol. 2 No. 13: Hollywood on the Hudson (1942); Playhouse 90 (1959); Pointed Heels (1929); Projections of America (2014); Queen Bee (1955); Return to Jurassic Park: Making Prehistory (2011); Rifftrax: The Most Dangerous Game (2020); RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005); Roaming Lady (1936); Rock, Pretty Baby (1956); Saturday Nightmares: The Ultimate Horror Expo of All Time! (2010); Schlitz Playhouse (1958); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 14, No. 3 (1934); Screen Snapshots, Series 19, No. 4 (1940); Screen Snapshots, Series 20, No. 7 (1941); Shanghai Madness (1933); Sharon Stone - Una mujer de 100 caras (1998); Small Town Girl (1953); Smashing the Spy Ring (1938); SP FX: Special Effects - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Speed Bugs (1923); Spurs and Saddles (1927); Stowaway (1932); Street of Sin (1928); Studio 57 (1955–1956); Summer Love (1958); Sure-Mike! (1925); Sweet Daddy (1924); Tammy and the Bachelor (1957); TCM Remembers 2004 (2004); Telephone Time (1957); The 13th Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards (1989); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 49th Annual Writers Guild Awards (1997); The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998); The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); The Big Brain (1933); The Border Legion (1930); The Bowery (1933); The Clairvoyant (1935); The Coast Patrol (1925); The Cobweb (1955); The Conquering Horde (1931); The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934); The David Niven Show (1959); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The Finger Points (1931); The First Kiss (1928); The Four Feathers (1929); The Honeymoon (1929); The Horror Show (1979); The Islanders (1960); The Jury's Secret (1938); The Lawyer's Secret (1931); The Legion of the Condemned (1928); The Lost Spider Pit Sequence (2005); The Man in the Saddle (1926); The Most Dangerous Game (1932); The Most Dangerous Game in Color (1932); The Pat Sajak Show (1989); The Pride of the Family (1953–1954); The Real McCoys (1961); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); The Saddle Tramp (1926); The Sea God (1930); The Show Cowpuncher (1926); The Sinister Cinema Story (2025); The Stolen Jools (1931); The Texan (1930); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Vampire Bat (1933); The Wedding March (1928); The Wild Horse Stampede (1926); The Woman I Stole (1933); The Year of Living Locked Up (2020); These Amazing Shadows (2011); They Met in a Taxi (1936); This Is the Life (1944); This Is Your Life (1953); Thunderbolt (1929); Thundering Landlords (1925); Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953); Unfriendly Enemies (1925); Universal Horror (1998); Viva Villa! (1934); Wagon Train (1962); WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1926 (1926); What Price Goofy? (1925); When Knights Were Bold (1936); Where Are They Now? (1980); White Lies (1934); Wildcat Bus (1940); Wogan (1990); Woman in the Dark (1934); World in White (1957); Your Own Back Yard (1925).

Born on this day – Penny Singleton:

Penny Singleton

Actress

Labor leader

September 15, 1908 – November 12, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); A Show Business Salute to Milton Berle (1973); A Yabba-Dabba-Doo Celebration!: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989); After the Thin Man (1936); Belle of the Night (1930); Beware of Blondie (1950); Blondie (1938); Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939); Blondie for Victory (1942); Blondie Goes Latin (1941); Blondie Goes to College (1942); Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940); Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949); Blondie in Society (1941); Blondie in the Dough (1947); Blondie Knows Best (1946); Blondie Meets the Boss (1939); Blondie on a Budget (1940); Blondie Plays Cupid (1940); Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939); Blondie's Anniversary (1947); Blondie's Big Deal (1949); Blondie's Big Moment (1947); Blondie's Blessed Event (1942); Blondie's Hero (1950); Blondie's Holiday (1947); Blondie's Lucky Day (1946); Blondie's Reward (1948); Blondie's Secret (1948); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Campus Cinderella (1938); Daws Butler: Voice Magician (1987); Death Valley Days (1963); Footlight Glamour (1943); Garden of the Moon (1938); Go West, Young Lady (1941); Good News (1930); Hard to Get (1938); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Howd' Ya Like That? (1934); It's a Great Life (1943); It's Showtime (1976); Jetsons: The Movie (1990); Leave It to Blondie (1945); Life with Blondie (1945); Love in the Rough (1930); Mansfield 66/67 (2017); Men Are Such Fools (1938); Mr. Chump (1938); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Outside of Paradise (1938); Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950); Racket Busters (1938); Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988); Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939); Sea Racketeers (1937); Secrets of an Actress (1938); Show-Business at War (1943); Swing Your Lady (1938); The 2th Annual American Cinema Awards (1985); The 5th Annual American Cinema Awards (1988); The Best Man (1964); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990); The Jetsons (1962–1987); The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987); The Ken Murray Show (1950); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); The Twilight Zone (1964); This Is Your Life (1953–1960); Vogues of 1938 (1937); Young Widow (1946).