Related remarks —
- Sunday's Log24 post Cuatro Vientos on Jack Kerouac
- The phrase dies natalis in Log24
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Another weblog in 2004 on the dies natalis of Jack Kerouac.
That weblog gives the dies as Oct. 20, but other sources
say Kerouac died at 5:15 AM on Oct. 21. - A Log24 post on Oct. 20 last year related to the Oct. 21 date.
For the eight-limbed star at the top of the quaternion array above,
see "Damnation Morning" in this journal—
She drew from her handbag a pale grey gleaming implement that looked by quick turns to me like a knife, a gun, a slim sceptre, and a delicate branding iron—especially when its tip sprouted an eight-limbed star of silver wire. “The test?” I faltered, staring at the thing. “Yes, to determine whether you can live in the fourth dimension or only die in it.” — Fritz Leiber, short story, 1959
See also Feb. 19, 2011.