she predicts either
a war or the end of the
world in October

I know how she feels.
So I had to add another “a” to make it work.
Thurber, depending on the time of day, might have forgiven me.
More Thurber here at formuggsandrex.com.
Reading some odd stuff online I came across in review of the book of Thurber Letters titled The Thurber Letters: The Wit, Wisdom and Surprising Life of James Thurber , edited by Harrison Kinney,
In a reviewer states, Thurber never warmed to William Shawn.
Shawn took over as Editor of the New Yorker when Harold Ross died.
I also recently came across the fact that after three years, Shawn dropped out of the University of Michigan and went to New York to find his fortune.
Thurber never graduated from Ohio State after being a student there for five years.
Both institutions wrestled with how to handle these famous but non-degree holding alums.
But did it also sprout the roots of a non-working relationship?
Some one’s PhD dissertation is waiting to be written.