No Real Entry For Today

Yesterday I wrote a lengthy entry to post this morning... but when I reconsidered I find that I was fabricating.

What I was saying is just not true.

Therefore, I deleted it.

Instead, just for the joy of it, here's a copy of a greeting card used as a place marker in an old book — an 1880 edition of Lew Wallace’s Ben-Hur — that I bought at a yard sale:

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The date on the back of the card says 1910. The book is certainly old enough for that date, but the card’s in such good condition I think it’s a more recent reproduction.