Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957

Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957 Amidst the *****sapien species one anonymous baby birthed: I recount one little known piece of news which one young married couple did enthuse, profusely doting on their first progeny. Amelie Beth Harris as imagined being born courtesy her only brother (thirteen plus months her junior) with one final hefty contraction her crown thrust out the birth canal and she busted out all over into the glare of bright lights of said planned industrial city, and birthplace of American Industrial Revolution and for its role in the silk industry. Paterson originally formed as a township from portions of Acquackanonk Township on April 11, 1831, while the area was still part of Essex County. One hundred ninety three years seven months and nineteen days later touted persona grata became the first born progeny of Boyce Brandon Harris and Harriet Harris, which father and mother, would soon relocate to Cincinnati, Ohio where the author of these words would be born. As befits the eldest lavish attention bestowed upon said lovely baby girl, whose parents pleasantly surprised marveled at her verbosity (to talk up a blue streak) and even to this day can sustain a dialogue, though (to be honest without intending to be critical), she tends to strongly hint the crux of the matter long after listeners intimate verbal objective, nevertheless pretend to be pleasantly surprised. She kept her bedroom neat as a pin, (which expression "neat as a pin" an analogy that compares a thing, or manner of maintaining a living space to a pin being used) no matter neither our father nor mother easily mistaken for keeping house in apple pie order, (no matter domestic employee Missus Kunkle's futile efforts to tidy up once a week off times and unknowingly committing a serious offense for moving items in Amelie's bedroom and dusting thereof) and how could they with a few big dogs, plus quite a few cats to sew something up and make it neat), and matter of fact I envied my "big sister," cuz she happened to be exceptionally meticulous taking notes for each respective class lessons, and drew pertinent relevant diagrams versus class notes that yours truly (me) scribbled that resembled chicken scratch, my apology for any unintended slight toward Gallus gallus domesticus. Her exemplary organizational skills exhibited courtesy notebook that sported color coded tabs for each subject peppered with an artistic flair (second to none - the best or unmatched, and; essentially establishing the phrase as a way to express something being superior to all others. H-A-P-P-Y B-I-R-T-H-D-A-Y!