Almanacs

For his accomplishments, Benjamin Franklin deserves a holiday (The Record and Herald News)

10 Mar 2010

We probably have enough holidays to commemorate events and people and as excuses for blockbuster sales, but if they can squeeze one more in, it should be to honor Benjamin Franklin. This jolly intellectual giant would have turned 304 last Jan. 17.

After the fact (The Globe and Mail)

9 Mar 2010

Alan Bradley, the Canadian author of the bestselling Flavia de Luce mysteries, on his love for out-of-date almanacs, yellowed dictionaries and other ancient repositories of arcane data

The one the almanac missed (The Evening Sun)

9 Mar 2010

Third big snow storm had been predicted for Sunday.