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Tomorrow is the Day!

  Towel Day is celebrated every year on 25 May as a tribute to the author Douglas Adams by his fans.

Today is National Buy a Musical Instrument Day

    Each year on May 22 we observe National Buy a Musical Instrument Day.  The day is all about playing music.  If you are a musician, it might be time for a new instrument.  Maybe you can learn to play a second or third one.  If you have never played an instrument before, National Buy A Musical Instrument …

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Cab Calloway

Since I’ve done the Nicholas Brothers and Busby Berkeley, it’s time for Cab Calloway, another old movie favorite of mine. I think the first time I ever came across anything related to Calloway was in the late 1960s when I was watching That Girl on TV – Ann’s father (Lew Parker) sang Minnie the Moocher …

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Happy Chinese New Year – the Year of the Rabbit!

  Our wonderful daughter-in-law is Chinese, so we are celebrating, too. This is the Year of the Rabbit.  The rabbit (兔) is the fourth in the twelve-year periodic sequence (cycle) of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Rabbit is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 卯.

Anniversaries

  Today, January 13, holds a couple anniversaries for me.  I remember the day of the Air Florida Flight 90 Crash in 1982 so well. We were living in the Metro DC area and our young son had just turned 2 in December.  Tom, my DH, worked in DC and I was never sure the route …

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It’s the Thought that Counts?

It was one of those brilliant, yet failed ideas. Last night, I set up a bunch of gift cards in amazon to send today, Christmas.  I had planned to send them to myself so I could give them out individually to our son and family in New York. When I got to my amazon cart …

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Today…

I first read this in Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul and is posted several places online. The Best Day Of My Life by Gregory M Lousignont Today, when I awoke, I suddenly realized that this is the best day of my life, ever! There were times when I wondered if I would make it to today; …

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Happy International Bagpipe Day!

   

It’s Also MaryO’Day?

  Even though the day is really for Mario, I like to think of it as MaryO day.  Since I’m Scottish, how about MaryO’Day?   So, I bring you the new holiday…  

National Read A Book Day

In another of the “Who Knew” Holidays… National Read A Book Day is observed annually on September 6th. Don’t keep it to yourself.  Share the experience!  Read aloud to anyone who will listen. Reading improves memory and concentration as well as reduces stress.   Older adults who spend time reading show a slower cognitive decline …

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