Celebrating Friendship!

It is 1:00pm here in New York; 6:00pm in Oxford, England. I meant to write this two hours earlier, but alas that didn't happen.  Something significant happened on May 11, 1926 at 4:00pm in Oxford. Anyone want to guess?

Clive Staples Lewis and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien met for the first time. It was the start to a 40+ year friendship that would span three worlds: Narnia, Middle Earth, and this world (the reality of WW1 and WW2 as the backdrop). There, of course, would be hard times during the decades of their friendship, but there would  also be times of encouragement that would craft a bond too deep to be broken.

It's now officially known as International Inklings Day!
The celebrations and more be found here.