Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).
Born into a bourgeois family during the reign of Louis XIV, the “Sun King” (r. 1643-1715), Voltaire suffered tragedy at a young age when his mother died. Never close with his father or brother, Voltaire exhibited a rebellious attitude toward authority from his youth. His brilliant mind was fostered in the care of the Society of Jesus, who introduced him to the joys of literature and theater. Despite his later criticisms against the Church, Voltaire, throughout his life, fondly recalled his dedicated Jesuit teachers.
Although he spent time as a civil servant in the French embassy to the Hague, Voltaire’s main love was writing—an endeavor where he excelled in various genres, including poetry, which led to his appointment as the royal court poet for King Louis XV. Widely recognized as one of the greatest French writers, and even hyperbolically referred to by ...
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2026 Coffee Talk with the ADD Irregulars
Thursday, January 1, 2026
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Good morning, Digital Neighbors! Happy Thursday, ADD Irregulars, WSN Curators & Curmudgeons! Hello again, Friends & Refugees, Early Birds & Later Dayers, Conversants & Lurkers, Phamily & Misfits, and finally all you Free Thinkers.
Sleep is a funny thing. I was running short of it yesterday but felt great most of the day—until it caught up with me in the evening. This morning I’m running late and dragging my tired self around the house. Coffee to the rescue!!! Have a great day! A few quotes about sleep are on my venue this morning.
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow. — Henry Ward Beecher
Sleep: The golden chain that ties health and our bodies together. — Thomas Dekker
Rest is a fine medicine. Let your stomachs rest, ye dyspeptics; let your brain rest, you wearied and worried men of business; let your limbs rest, ye children of toil! — Thomas Carlyle
Sleeping kitty - Kate ...
