As many of you know, Kirk's great-grandmother, Edna Parker, is the oldest documented person in the world. She was born April 20, 1893. 

That's right: 1-8-9-3. 

Grover Cleveland became the twenty-fourth U.S. president one month earlier.

She was born on the same day and year as silent-movie star Harold Lloyd, whose greatest success, Safety Last, occurred in 1923, eighty-five years ago.

You can read about Edna on her Wikipedia  entry. 

Here is a recently rediscovered photo from a family reunion. It's being used to illustrate a new story called "Manning the House," which appears in the August 08 issue of Oranges & Sardines. Edna is at far left, second row, with her hands crossed. Her son, Clifford (Kirk's grandfather), is in the front row at far right in the overalls.