Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Wednesday, February 02, 2011

On this day, in 1709,



Alexander Selkirk, the real-life inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, was rescued from his 4-year exile.

This next site discusses the archaeological evidence for Alexander Selkirk's stay on the island: Mystery of Alexander Selkirk, the real Robinson Crusoe, solved


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