Blast from the Past (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week (Sparks), and Poetry Monday

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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.

Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays.  Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.

Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you.  What better way to start the week than with a smile!

Today, i went back to the archives.

Back when we were bottle raising orphaned kittens, keeping the adult cats from helping themselves to kitten food, which only made them fat, was always an issue.  Until a cat would get old and near its last days.  Then it wouldn't matter so much, an elderly cat with almost no appetite gets whatever s/he will actually eat.

When Kida the Mosquito, who was always buzzing around, got toward the end of her days, we'd let the bottle babies eat and then allow her to clean up the leftovers.

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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week.  While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.     

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Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border.  Charlotte/Mother Owl participates, and now Karen at Baking in a Tornado is jumping in at least once a month, too.  Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let Diane know!

This week the theme is Grandma's Kitchen.          

              

Waking up in Nana's house,

tiptoe, quiet as a mouse.

Sneak into the kitchen bright,

the smell alone brought delight.

Nana sips coffee quietly,

waiting with a smile for me.

Everyone else is asleep still,

having her alone, what a thrill!

Up and dressed, time to cook,

she adds aprons, complete the look.

Her oven alone had the feature,

made me quite a happy creature.

Pull the bottom oven drawer out,

a separate broiler, a joy without doubt.

Help get ready, separate each slice,

bacon on the broiling tray needs no spice.

Use the pad, the broiler drawer gets hot,

set the tray in just the right spot.

Close the drawer all by myself,

get the tongs down from their shelf.

When it's time, open it slow,

flip each slice, a little longer to go.

As each crisps, set it on the plate,

gently add more, breakfast can't be late.

Once it's all cooked, serve the crew,

amazing what a Nana and child can do!

(My favorite part of Nana's house was the kitchen, where she had an oven with a feature i'd never seen before or since, a bottom drawer which was a broiler.  She taught me to cook the bacon "under her feet," and how i did love being able to "help make breakfast for everyone!")

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Today is:

Cartagena Independence Day -- Cartagena, Columbia

Deepavali/Diwali(Festival of Lights) -- Hindu; Jain; Sikh (fourth day of the festival)

     Goru Tihar/Goru Puja -- Day of Oxen (among most people)

     Gobardhan Puja -- Day of Cowdung (among followers of Krishna)

     Mha Puja -- Day of Self (among the Newar community)

Global Entrepreneurship Week begins  

Heir to the Throne Day -- Tuvalu (Prince of Wales birth anniversary celebration)

Ides of November -- Ancient Roman Calendar; also

     Epulum Iovis -- Festival of Feronia, Juno, Minerva, and Jupiter

     Fortuna Primigenia -- Fortune of the Firstborn

National Indian Pudding Day

National Reread Old Letters and Magazines Day -- internet generated sentimentality

Remembrance Day -- Cayman Islands

Runic Half Month Nyd begins (necessity)

St. Brice of Tours' Day (Patron against stomach diseases)

St. Homobonus' Day (Patron of business people, cloth workers/garment workers/tailors, cobblers/shoemakers, merchants)

St. Stanislaus Kostka's Day (Patron of aspirants to the Oblates of Saint Joseph, last sacraments; against broken bones)

World Kindness Day -- promoting a more compassionate world, on the anniversary of the first World Kindness Movement® conference  

     Kindness Day UK 

Anniversaries Today:

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated, 1982

The Holland Tunnel opens, 1927

Birthdays Today:

Monique Coleman, 1980

Gerard Butler, 1969

Steve Zahn, 1968

Tracy Scoggins, 1959

Jimmy Kimmel, 1967

Vinny Testaverde, 1963

Chris Nth, 1957

Whoopi Goldberg, 1955

Chris Noth, 1954

Shella E. Frazier, 1948

Joe Mantegna, 1947

Jean Seberg, 1938

Gary Marshall, 1934

Madeleine Sherwood, 1922

Oskar Werner, 1922

Nathaniel Benchley, 1915

Louis Brandeis, 1856

Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850

Edwin Thomas Booth, 1833

James Clerk Maxwell, 1831

Edward John Trelawney, 1792

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Lion King"(Play), 1997

"As the Girls Go"(Musical), 1948

Fantasia(Disney animated film), 1940

"Grand Hotel"(Drake play), 1930

Today in History:

English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre, 1002

Lady Jane Grey and Bishop Cranmer are accused of high treason, 1553

Patriot revolutionary forces under Col. Ethan Allen attack Montreal, Quebec, defended by British General Guy Carleton, 1775

Benjamin Franklin says, “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” 1789

The first US anti-slavery party, the Liberty Party, convenes in New York, 1839

James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads him to study the subject and come up with what he later calls hypnosis, 1841

The Denny Party arrives at Alki Point, becoming the first settlers of what would become Seattle, Washington, 1851

The first shipment of canned pineapple leaves Hawai'i, 1895

French cyclist Paul Cornu flies the first helicopter, 1907

Russia completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles, 1947

A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster, 1970

The Double Eagle V becomes the first hot air balloon to make it across the Pacific Ocean, 1981

Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor, 1985

The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented, 1992

In a referendum, voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union, 1994

NASA announces that water has been discovered on the moon, 2009

Medical textbooks require rewriting after 39-year-old Canadian Scott Routley becomes the first person believed to be in a vegetative state to tell scientists he isn't in any pain, 2012

A total solar eclipse occurs over parts of Australia and the South Pacific, 2012

The Vatican announces that restrooms being remodeled in St. Peter's Square will include showers for the homeless, and encourages other churches to do the same, 2014

Evidence of the world's earliest winemaking is uncovered from Khramis Didi Gora, Georgia, in clay pots from 6,000BC, 2017

Venice, Italy is hit by its worst flooding in 50 years, 2019

The rediscovered painting "Lucretia" by female baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi sells for $4.1 million at auction in Paris, 2019

The Glasgow Climate Pact agreement at COP26 commits countries to a "phasedown" of "unabated" coal, and end deforestation by 2030 and to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030, 2021