The Nine Days Queen and Albert Einstein

On February 12, 1554, Lady Jane Grey, often called the Nine Days Queen, was beheaded in the Tower of London, paying the ultimate price for her family’s ambitions and lack of scruples. She was in her seventeenth year if the traditional date for her birthday—October, 1537—is correct.
Ice storms are terrifying and I hope all of my friends and readers in the US South are staying indoors if they can. Wishing you all a quick storm and an even quicker melting. Where I live, we are only getting snow, then rain, then snow again, nowhere near as scary as an ice storm.
To end on a more cheerful note, I am delighted to report that the second Ransom review is as good as the first, this one from Kirkus. I’ll post it when I can. Meanwhile, I wanted to share a marvelous quote that I came across the other day:
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Albert Einstein.