February 3 (1959): Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens die in the same plane crash in rural Iowa. This event will later be immortalized as “The Day the Music Died,” in Don Maclean’s song, American Pie.

It goes without saying that one piece of writing will be our last, just as one certain performance will be a musician’s last. When say carpe diem are we aware that the day is today? That living and working “in the moment” means this moment?

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