One of the joys I had growing up was reading the comics page. The one comic that was always there, no matter what paper, was The Peanuts. The characters of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, and Snoopy were always a joy. Maybe I didn’t understand all what Charles Schultz was saying, but I always knew no matter how bad I felt as a kid, Charlie Brown felt worse. Beyond the main characters there were the recurring story lines that always put me at ease even if there weren’t very comfortable: the Kite-eating Tree, Baseball, The Great Pumpkin, the Psychiatric Booth, the wall and the football kick. Today is the anniversary of the birth of The Peanuts creator Charles Schultz.