Pratt: Life is too short to spend time hating and baiting
Beth Pratt
The word is out, the truth made plain. On his 86th birthday, Teddy Geisel (a.k.a., Theodor Seuss Geisel) and for generations a master of satire so clever that he was billed as the writer of children s books, acknowledged his age.
On that significant day, March 2, 1986, his newest illustrated literary effort was released with a most telling title, “You re Only Old Once! A Book for Obsolete Children.”
It was only a matter of time – let s see, 14 years plus 21 more, if I, with my “racist” ability to do simple math can figure it accurately, is 35 years ago.