RARA-AVIS: April

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Date: 21 Jan 2001

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Bill Denton writes:

<< I don't why he [John D. MacDonald] liked the month [April] so much, but it seemed unusual. >>

A late night spontaneous response: Someone who knows Florida better can respond, but the season in Florida comes to an end about then. People just down for the winter leave. Also two famous poetic beginnings: "April is the cruelest month" (Eliot), taking from Chaucer "Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote [sweet showers]..." Come to think of it, Travis McGee gets a lot of pilgrims. Doug

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