Anne Frank

Perhaps her diary wouldn't have been published if she had survived. As a result of a her diary, she became a voice for the survivors of the Holocaust. There's not too many people I know or that I can think of that personally wrote about the Holocaust from their point of view and experiences. The other person that comes to mind that wrote about his experiences was Elie Wiesel.

I think, though, if she'd survived I think she would have discussed at least some of her experiences and her pain. She was quite the expressive person before she died and I think one of the things she wanted to do was write. She was quite a writer. I've got a little blue book with a compilation of some of the things she wrote...some of the stories she wrote other than what she wrote in her diary.

Those of you who are into Anne Frank, tomorrow is her birthday. I think she was born in 1929, and had she lived she would have been 77. Questions to ponder: Would she have been famous had she had lived? What would she had been like if she was living now at the tender age of 77? What would she had done with her life? Would she have continued to write? And in what ways has her diary and her short life have inspired you?

James Joyce's "Bloomsday" is coming up on the 16th, for those who are interested in his novel "Ulysses."