She and Little Girl recently went to an event where there was a man doing human suspensions. It's a bit painful, but many people do it, for many reasons. Bigger Girl wanted to, and she did.
She is braver than i, by a mile.
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Today is
Black Ribbon Day -- Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania
Cobblestone Festival -- Falls City, NE, US (something for everyone; through Sunday)
European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism -- European Union
Fiesta La Ballona -- Culver City, CA, US (a tradition since 1951; through Sunday)
Flag Day -- Ukraine
Great Feast of the Netjeru (all gods and goddesses) -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Health Unit Coordinator Day -- US (National Association of Health Unit Coordinators, Inc.)
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Mexican Fiesta International -- Milwaukee, WI, US (fun, food, mariachi, and a jalapeno eating contest for the strong of stomach; through Sunday)
Morden Corn and Apple Festival -- Morden, MB, Canada (fun for all, lots of corn and apple cider; through Sunday)
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Presidential Election Day -- Madagascar (official holiday)
Ride the Wind Day -- internet generated, a day to get out and ride with the wind in your hair, in whatever transport you choose, or fly a kite
Schuebermess Shepherd's Fair -- Luxembourg (a two week fair that dates from 1340)
Sento Kuyo -- Nenbutsu-Ji Temple, Adashino, Kyoto, Japan (memorial service for graves that no longer have families to tend them; through tomorrow)
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Birthdays Today:
Kobe Bryant, 1978
River Phoenix, 1970
Queen Noor of Jordan, 1951
Shelley Long, 1949
Barbara Eden, 1934
Mark Russel, 1932
Vera Miles, 1930
Gene Kelly, 1912
Louis XVI, 1754
Today in History:
On the feast of Vulcan, Roman god of fire, Mt. Vesuvius begins to rumble, 79
Visigoths storm Rome, 410
Edward I executes William Wallace, Scottish patriot, for high treason, 1305
French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada, 1541
Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his commentary of Tur Code, 1542
The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Huguenots in Paris begins, 1572
The first one-way streets open in London, 1617
Steamship service begins on the Great Lakes, 1818
Great Britain abolishes slavery in the colonies, 700,000 slaves are freed, 1833
Automobile tire chain is patented, 1904
The World Council of Churches is formed, 1948
Lunar Orbiter I takes the first picture of Earth from the Moon's orbit, 1966
Bryan Allan, in a Gossamer Condor, completes the first man-powered flight of one mile, 1977
Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the US, 1979
Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany, 1985
Hungary opens the Iron Curtain and allows thousands of East Germans through to West Germany, 1989
West Germany and East Germany announce that they will unite on Oct. 3, 1990
The remains of Anastasia and Alexei, rumored to have survived the 1917 assassination of the Russian Czar and his family, are found, 2007
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown, 2011
Peter Pan was always suspended by wires and I think was usually portrayed by a girl. Your girl would have loved that, I bet. Good for her, I admire people like her, I wouldn't do it!
ReplyDeleteYour family is so interesting...you are keeping notes for that book someday, I hope.
ReplyDeleteI'd be tempted to do the suspension, but I can't be sure I'd go through with it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link love.
She is way braver than me too. I wouldn't do that. I give her tons of credit for doing this.
ReplyDeleteHave a terrific day and weekend. ☺
I'd love to fly like Bigger Girl did, provided the ropes have been load tested to accommodate me.
ReplyDeleteSounds like great fun to be had. Well done her!!
ReplyDeleteBigger Girl sounds pretty cool. I like her style. Brave is good, as long as it's not reckless. There is a fine line, but sounds like she is smart about it. You must be braver than you think if you like riding horses.
ReplyDeleteYikes.. I just read about what human suspension is. Hooks through the skin? Really? Now that's brave. Never, ever would I have considered that. I first has images of just being suspended by harness and ropes. That I might do. More power to your girl for trying something like that.
ReplyDeletebravo to Bigger girl!
ReplyDeleteWow - that is brave of both your girls. Little Girl to go and watch and Big Girl to do it. It sounds remarkably painful but I assume it isn't as bad as it looks. Well Done her and I'm glad she enjoyed it.
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