The Poe Toaster continues a fifty year old tradition. Every year on the day of famed author Edgar Allan Poe‘s birthday a topcoat-clad stranger visits the Poe grave and leaves three roses and a bottle of cognac. The three roses probably represent the poet, his wife and mother. The cognac, however, is a mystery. Poe’s work mentions wine, but never cognac.

Lets hear it for fine literature! Take a break today. Turn off your television and boycott the latest Hollywood stinker. In the words of The Raven: “Merely this, and nothing more.”

Kevin told me that National Public Radio had a story about the toaster.