Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Baby (Wordless Wednesday) and Words for Wednesday, an A to Z Post

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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts to encourage us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.    


Elephant's Child is supplying the words this month.  


This week's prompts are:

  •  Bookseller
  • Solve
  • Shore
  • Lied
  • Buy 

 

And/or

 

  • Folly
  • Tales
  • Love
  • Curious
  • Practical 

 

 

"Yes, I know they LIED to you when you took this job and it's nothing like what they said or like what you want to do.


"Yes, I know your dream, what you would LOVE to do for right now, is be a BOOKSELLER or librarian, but you have to be PRACTICAL.


"It would be FOLLY to try to open a local bookstore in this day and time, and don't let the TALES you read in some of the cozy mysteries about people who open such places and succeed fool you, those are just stories.   


"Anyone who wants to BUY a book these days just does it online.  And yes, some local bookshops try to SOLVE the problem by also selling online, especially second hand books, but it's really a stopgap measure.


"As for libraries, you could go back to school and get the MLS online, which is a great idea and you need to start applying to schools, but today you are going to do the following:

"Go take your morning walk on the SHORE,

"Spend one hour putting your CURIOUS, intelligent and creative brain to work coming up with plot lines and story ideas so you can do what you really want, which is end up writing for a living,

"And yes, go to that horrible job because it will pay the bills until you can get a degree and a better job and then get that first book written and published."


Once she finished giving herself this pep talk in the mirror, she smiled and headed out to walk the beach and watch the dawn.



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Today is


Feast of Acan -- Ancient Mayan Calendar (god of wine, whose name means either "belch" or "groan", depending on your source -- although both seem apt, one during the celebration, the other after; date approximate)


Great Lovers Day -- you don't have to be a Casanova to celebrate the great lovers in your life!


International Children's Book Day -- on the birth anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen, sponsored this year by the USA division of IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People)


Malvinas Day -- Argentina (honors veterans of the Falklands War)


National Day of Hope -- US; recognizing victims of child abuse and neglect, a day to recommit to make the world safe for children


National Ferret Day -- US (The American Ferret Association)


National Love Your Produce Manager Day -- with its own Facebook page 


National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day


National Walking Day -- US


Paraprofessional Appreciation Day -- honoring the contributions of paraprofessionals everywhere


Reconciliation Day -- as recommended by columnist Ann Landers, use today to reach out and mend a broken relationship


Sizdehbedar -- Iran (Nature Day)


St. Francis of Paloa's Day (Patron of boatmen, mariners, naval officers, sailors, travellers, watermen; Amato, Italy; Calbria, Italy; Fossato Serraita, Italy; Sant'Agata di Esaro, Italy; against fire, plague, and sterility)


St. Urban of Langres' Day (Patron of barrel makers/coopers, gardeners, vine dressers/vine growers/vintners; Dijon, France; Langres, France; against alcoholism, blight, fainting, frost, storms)


Taily Day, Scotland (engage in pranks related to your tail end, a second day of April fooling)


Thai Heritage Conservation Day -- Thailand


Unity of Peoples of Russia and Belarus Day -- Belarus


World Autism Awareness Day -- UN




Anniversaries Today:


Napoleon Bonaparte marries the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, 1810



Birthdays Today:


Bethany Joy Galeotti, 1981

Christopher Meloni, 1961

Pamela Reed, 1953

Ron "Horshack" Palillo, 1949

Camille Paglia, 1947

Emmylou Harris, 1947

Linda Hunt, 1945

Leon Russell, 1942

Dr. Demento, 1941

Marvin Gaye, 1939

Jack Webb, 1920

Charles White, 1918

Alec Guinness, 1914

Buddy Ebsen, 1908

Max Ernst, 1891

Walter Chrysler, 1875

Emile Zola, 1840

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, 1834

Hans Christian Anderson, 1805

Giovanni Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, 1725

Charlemagne, 742



Debuting/Premiering Today:


Nickelodeon(TV Cable Channel), 1979

"Dallas"(TV), 1978

"2001: A Space Odyssey"(Film), 1968

"As the World Turns"(TV), 1956

"The Edge of Night"(TV), 1956

Symphony No. 1 in C major(Beethoven Op. 21), 1800



Today in History:


Mehmed II begins his siege of Istanbul/Constantinople, 1453

Juan Ponce de Leon becomes the first European to set foot in Florida, 1513

"American Farmer," the first successful agricultural journal, begins publication, 1819

Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated for president of the US, 1870

The first Easter egg roll is held on the White House lawn, 1877

Puerto Rico is given limited self rule by the US Congress, 1900

The first full time movie theater, the "Electric Theater," opens in Los Angeles, 1902

The Titanic undergoes sea trials under her own power, 1912

President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany, 1917

Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia, 1930

Charles Lindbergh turns over the $50,000 ransom for his kidnapped son, 1932

The first official Panda crossing is opened outside Waterloo station, London, 1962

Argentine forces seize the Falkland Islands, beginning the Falklands War, 1982

Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province (British Columbia), 1991

Israeli forces surround and besiege the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated, 2002

Three widows and two daughters of Osama bin Laden were charged with illegally living in Pakistan; they were sentenced with 45 days in jail and fined $114 each, 2012

The Arms Trade Treaty, the first-ever bill to regulate the global trade in conventional weapons, is passed by the U.N. General Assembly, 2013

Eurozone unemployment reaches a high of 12%, 2013

NASA states goals to go back to the Moon by 2024, and by 2033 to be sending astronauts to Mars, 2019

A new study published in Science Magazine suggests that the same meteor impact that wiped out the dinosaurs also created South America's rain forests, 2021

Footage of the snailfish, deepest living fish ever recorded, is released, 2023

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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Au Revoir, Carl and Ms. V, a Random and Happy Tuesday Post

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It's time once again for a random and happy Tuesday, linking up with Stacy's Random Thoughts at Stacy Uncorked and Sandee at Comedy Plus.  


Ms. V has a good friend who has a condo on the beach near where our family used to vacation each year.


Good friends lend you the condo for a get-away, and that's exactly what happened.


After last October's fiasco where Ms. V and Carl were supposed to go on a leaf-peeping and history tour, and she got so upset about leaving Mr. L home alone she was having panic attacks, the friend insisted on offering the condo for a short, nearby get-away where a couple of hours by car would have Ms. V back home if there was an emergency.


Ms. V, Carl, and her other son J and J's wife, M went, and Mr. L stayed home.  He was  invited, but realistically his travel days are done.


The sky was threatening rain when i arrived and for once, Ms. V and Carl had parked the cars just far enough apart i could squeeze my car in the carport with theirs.  It was a good thing, too, because the heavens opened up soon after.


Once in the house, i ran into Ms. V's particular quirk, which is door locks.  Ever since the break-in while she was home alone almost 15 years ago, if she leaves the house she locks everything.  Even if she stays home, she locks most things.


The laundry room has two doors, one into the back hall.  It's the door i use so i don't have to go into the main house on Monday from Carl's attached apartment to get in there.


It has a deadbolt no one has a key to as the only key lives on a hook in the laundry room, and the laundry room was locked.  So were the hall doors, and Carl's door.


After several minutes of opening lock after lock with the keys i do have, i finally got into the laundry room through the other door, found the bolt key, and got that open by the hardest.  As it's never used, it doesn't like to give easily.


Mr. L saw me and said, "I didn't know you were coming today!"


I commented it was a good time to come, i'd get more done with Carl out of town, and he laughed then said, "He's probably left it a worse mess than usual."






He wasn't joking.


Carl had dug this up from somewhere.



I'm sure Ms. V has had this in storage for many years, as she's frugal and throws away almost nothing which might be of any use.  He was using it to water his plant.




Which i only yesterday noticed has some instructions on the side.  They were simply, water well and often, drain to prevent root rot.


In spite of the mess, Carl did pack a good bit, including almost all of his shorts and both travel sizes and full sizes of all his toiletries.



Although he left the travel toiletries kit behind.  Heaven knows what he put them all in.


He's also packed only one of his four sets of pajamas, and no, it wasn't a matched set.  The striped bottom and the busy patterned top went on vacation together and left their partners behind.  At least he'll be covered, which his sister-in-law will appreciate.


There was not much in the fridge.




I got rid of what was open, got the laundry done, and cleaned the room ready for his return on Thursday.


May they have a good vacation, i'm sure by next Monday, i'll have my work cut out helping him finish with the unpacking.


How about some funnies.















Have a blessed and beautiful Tuesday, everyone!




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Today is:


APAWS International Pooper Scooper week -- The Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists believe every dog should have its day, but not on someone else's lawn!


April Fool's Day  a/k/a Huntingowk Day or Gowkie Day in Scotland, because an April Fool is called a gowk; in England it is All Fools Day or April Noddy Day, as an April fool is a "noddy"


Azalea Festival -- Muskogee, OK, US (month long celebration with citywide events throughout)


Capture of Brielle Remembrance -- Brielle, Netherlands


Civil Service Day -- Thailand


Community Spirit Days -- an open invitation, all month long, for any town or community to involve itself in a special service project


Day of Hathor -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)


Edible Book Day -- Sponsored by the Edible Book Festival, Austin, TX, US (celebrating books and culinary creativity by making edible representations of books, then eating them)


Fossil Fools Day -- part of the conservationist movement of many organizations that want us to decrease reliance on fossil fuels and stop corporate polluters


Greek Cypriot Day -- Cyprus (EOKA Day)


International Fun at Work Day -- originally sponsored by Playfair, which encourages non-foolish humor that is non-toxic 


International Tatting Day


Investiture of the New Captains Regent -- San Marino (sometimes listed as National Day)


Kalends of April -- Ancient Roman Empire; also

     Festival of Fortuna Virilis -- Fortune in her role of bringing luck to women who want better relationships with men

     Veneralia -- ritual yearly washing of the statue of Venus


Kha b-Nisan -- Assyrians (traditional New Year celebration)


Loki's Day -- by some calculations, but more likely it was moved to this date to celebrate the trickster of all time on the trickiest day of the year


Miyako Odori -- Kobu Kaburenjo Theatre, Kyoto, Japan ("Dance of the Old Capital", the highly anticipated geisha dance and music festival, through the 30th)


National Sourdough Bread Day


Orissa Day -- Orissa, India


One Cent Day -- no history on this, just noted on several sites


Pigasus Award Announcement Day -- by James Randi, awarded to parapsychological, paranormal or psychic frauds


Reading is Funny Day -- a day to read riddles, jokes, and fun things with kids to show them how great reading can be


School Year Begins -- Japan, most schools and universities


Sizdeh Be-dar -- Iran (Nature Day, an ancient Persian celebration to get out and joyfully spend the day outdoors)


Skagit Valley Tulip Festival -- Skagit Valley, WA, US; through the 30th


Sorry Charlie Day -- a day to recognize Charlie the Tuna, always rejected but never giving up, and anyone who has ever been rejected and lived to tell about it


St. Gilbert de Moray's Day (Patron of Caithness, Scotland)


St. Stupid's Day (First Church of the Last Laugh)  


Take Down Tobacco Day (formerly Kids Kick Butts Day) -- Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids  


Tree Loving Week begins -- South Korea (always the week that includes April 5, their Arbor Day)


Uzupis Day -- Uzupis District, Vilnius, Lithuania



Anniversaries Today:


Nunavut becomes Canada's third independent territory, 1999

Jim Bakker marries Tammy Faye LaValley, 1961



Birthdays Today:


Randy Orton, 1980

Jon Gosselin, 1977

Rachel Maddow, 1973

Susan Boyle, 1961

Libby Riddles, 1956

Annette O’Toole, 1953

Samuel A. Alito, Jr, 1950

David Eisenhower, 1947

Daniel Joseph “Rusty” Staub, 1944

Ali MacGraw, 1938

Gordon Jump, 1932

Debbie Reynolds, 1932

Jane Powell, 1929

Anne McCaffrey, 1926

Toshiro Mifune, 1920

Abraham Maslow, 1908

Clara "Mother" Hale, 1905

Lon Chaney, 1883

Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873

Otto von Bismarck, 1815

William Harvey, 1578

Emperor Go-Saga of Japan, 1220



Debuting/Premiering Today:


"The Will Rogers Follies"(Musical), 1991

"General Hospital"(TV), 1963

"The Doctors"(TV), 1963

"Der blaue Engel/The Blue Angel"(Film; premier of Marlene Dietrich), 1930



Today in History:


The ruins of the city of Pompeii are found, 1748

Japan's volcano Unsen erupts, killing about 53,000, 1793

Samuel Morey patents the internal combustion engine, 1826

Cincinnati becomes the first US city to pay firefighters, 1853

Singapore, Penang & Malakka become British crown colonies, 1867

The London-Paris telephone connection is opened, 1891

The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois, 1891

The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service, 1918

The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed, 1924

Generalisimo Frederico Franco announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, 1939

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands creates a tsunami that strikes Hawai'i, killing 159, 1946

The twenty-six counties of the Irish Free State become the Republic of Ireland, 1949

The Canadian government repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years, 1949

The BBC broadcasts the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama, 1957

Project Tiger, a tiger conservation program, is launched in the Corbett National Park, India, 1973

Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, 1976

The Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is created, 1996

Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion, 1997

Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories, 1999

Croatia and Albania join NATO, 2009

The world’s first smelling TV screen is unveiled in Japan, 2013

Bob Dylan receives his Nobel Prize for Literature at a private ceremony in Stockholm, 2017

The discovery of a major archaeological site on a reef in the middle of Lake Titicaca, in the Andes, and dating to the 8th and 10th centuries AD, is announced, 2019

For the first time ever, online sales in the US overtake retail brick and mortar store sales, with 11.813% online compared with 11.807% for general merchandise stores, 2019

The journal Nature Geoscience publishes a study confirming that the European Space Agency's Mars Explorer orbiter, in 2013, did discover methane on Mars, a gas usually only produced by living things, 2019

Seven democracy protestors are convicted for unauthorized assembly in Hong Kong, 2021

Houston Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco pitches a 10-0 no hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays at Minute Maid Park in Houston, 2024

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