Life Observation # 114


Will Rogers Remembered

I had meant to post this back in August to commemorate the anniversary of the plane crash which killed Will Rogers and Wiley Post, who was known as one of the best pilots in America.  He gained fame by being the first pilot to fly solo around the world.

After Mark Twain died, America found another great humorist, raconteur, story-teller, who tickled the nation’s funny-bone and pricked the collective social conscience at the same time.  Will Rogers made people laugh, think about our social interactions and his musings gave us much to think about.

Post asked Rogers to come along on a tour of the great unknown land of Alaska, where Post was trying to map routes for mail planes to Russia.  Ever adventurous, Rogers agreed — he could file his newspaper columns from Alaska by radio and telephone.  On August 15, 1935, their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska, killing them both.

One quote by Rogers has always struck me . . .

Live in such a way
that you would not be ashamed
to sell your parrot
to the town gossip.

Will Rogers


It leaves much for us to think about and exercise in our daily lives.

Ice

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