Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!

http://www.nrm.org/

http://www.normanrockwellvt.com/

I know, I know, he's not cool. But I don't care, I really love his pictures and still feel that they (along with John Wayne and the film Casablanca) are essential to understanding America, particularly my parents' generation. This might not have been how they were - but it's often how they viewed themselves.