Over its long and checkered history spanning 600 years, the word scent has changed its appearance more readily than a chameleon getting ready for a party.  It has appeared as “sent” and “cent”, among other forms.  In Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare has a huntsman says that his hound “pick’d out the dullest sent.”  "Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil.  My children have had other birthplaces, and, so far as their fortunes may be within my control, shall strike their roots into unaccustomed earth." - Nathaniel Hawthorne, writer (4 Jul 1804-1864)  A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg 

Leslie Claire Margaret Caron (born 1931) is a Franco-American film actress and dancer who appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003.  Her autobiography, Thank Heaven, was published in 2010 in the UK and US, and in 2011 in a French version.  Caron started her career as a ballerina. Gene Kelly discovered her in the Roland Petit company "Ballet des Champs Elysées "and cast her to appear opposite him in the musical An American in Paris (1951), a role in which a pregnant Cyd Charisse was originally cast.  This role led to a long-termMGM contract and a sequence of films which included the musical The Glass Slipper (1955) and the drama The Man with a Cloak (1951), with Joseph Cotten and Barbara Stanwyck.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Caron  See also

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Inchworms aren’t worms at all, but caterpillars who have legs at both ends of their bodies and none in the middle.  This makes them look odd when they move, shifting first one end and then the other, which has the effect of making them arch their bodies as they go.  Some people think that they look a lot like a measuring tape and that’s how they got the nickname inchworm.  In fact, another name for these small caterpillars is measuring worms.   http://animals.mom.me/inchworms-kids-8744.html  Inch Worm song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXi3bjKowJU  2:08  and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVp8oJ2N_1M  2:34

The Private Eye Writers of America (PWA) was founded in 1981 by Robert J. Randisi to recognize the private eye genre and its writers, and is probably best known for its annual Shamus Awards.  Membership is open to fans, writers, and publishing professionals.  There are three levels of membership:  Active, Associate, and International.  Find Shamus Award winners since 1982 at http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv72.html

Idiot's Delight is a 1939 MGM comedy-drama with a screenplay adapted by Robert E. Sherwood from his 1936 Pulitzer-Prize-winning play of the same name.  The movie showcases Clark Gable, in the same year that he played Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind, and Norma Shearer in the declining phase of her career.  Although not a musical, it is notable as the only film where Gable sings and dances, performing "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Irving Berlin.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot%27s_Delight_(film)  Puttin' On The Ritz with Clark Gable  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij22kyvf2ps  1:18

Broadway Melody of 1938 is a 1937 musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth.  The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical tradition.  The film stars Eleanor Powell and Robert Taylor and features Buddy Ebsen, George Murphy, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Raymond Walburn, Robert Benchley and Binnie Barnes.  The film is most notable for young Garland's performance of "You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)", a tribute to Clark Gable which turned the teenage singer, who had been toiling in obscurity for a couple of years, into an overnight sensation, leading eventually to her being cast in The Wizard of Oz as Dorothy.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_Melody_of_1938  'DEAR MR GABLE' - ( 'YOU MADE ME LOVE YOU' ) sung by JUDY GARLAND  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFSczLif0q4  4:03

Isle Royale is an island of the Great Lakes, located in the northwest of Lake Superior, and part of Michigan.  The island and the 450 surrounding smaller islands and waters make up Isle Royale National Park.  The island is 45 miles long and 9 miles wide, with an area of 206.73 square miles (making it the largest natural island in Lake Superior, the second largest island in the Great Lakes (after Manitoulin Island), the third largest in the contiguous United States (after Long Island and Padre Island), and the 33rd largest island in the United States.  As of the 2000 census there was no permanent population.  After the island was made a national park, some existing residents were allowed to stay, and a few leases are still in effect.  Ferries from Michigan and Minnesota land at Rock Harbor on the eastern end of the island; this has a lodge, campground, and information center.  Ferries from Minnesota also run to Windigo on the western end, which has a visitor center and campground.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_Royale  The novel A Superior Death (1994) by Nevada Barr is set in Isle Royale National Park  http://mwp.olemiss.edu//dir/barr_nevada/

The American Museum of Science and Energy opened in 1949 in an old wartime cafeteria.  It was originally named the American Museum of Atomic Energy.  Its guided tours took visitors through the peaceful uses of atomic energy.  The present facility, opened in 1975, continues to provide the general public with energy information.  The name of the museum was changed to the American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) in 1978.  http://amse.org/about-amse/history/  300 S Tulane, Oak Ridge, TN 37830 (865) 576-3200  Email: info@amse.org  http://amse.org/

How to See Rock Art  Nestled along the United States-Mexico border in southwestern Texas and northwestern Coahuila, the Lower Pecos River Archeological region encompasses an area of about fifty square miles.  Though this cultural region is fairly small, more than 2,000 archeological sites have been recorded.  These sites cover a time span from the 19th century to over 10,000 years ago.  Over 325 pictograph sites have been documented containing some of North America’s oldest and largest pictographs.  These pictographs range in size from isolated motifs just a few inches tall to huge panels stretching more than 100 feet along the back of rock shelter walls.  Unlike other remote regions in the western United States, the vast majority of pictograph sites in the Lower Pecos River region are situated on private property and are therefore not open to public visitation.  https://www.nps.gov/amis/learn/historyculture/howtorockart.htm

The United States has 59 national parks.  Yellowstone was the first national park in the nation and in the world.  It was established by Congress in 1872.  There are 75,000 archeological sites and 27,000 historic and prehistoric structures inside U.S. National Parks.  The National Park System is comprised of more than 84 million acres of land.  Find a list of national parks at https://www.roadscholar.org/collections/national-parks-travel-facts/

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 1501  July 22, 2016  On this date in 1924, Margaret Whiting, American singer, was born.  On this date in 1941, David M. Kennedy, American historian and author, was born.  Quote of the Day  Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, / The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door! - Emma Lazarus, poet and playwright (22 Jul 1849-1887) [from a poem written to raise funds for building the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty]