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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, BeThere2Day, and Sandee at Comedy Plus.
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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.
This month, Charlotte (MotherOwl ) is providing the prompts on her blog, and i am most grateful to her for doing so. Next month it is my turn.
This week the prompts are
Alphabet
Bookends
Careful
Devoted
Gland
Elegy
and/or
Fabulous
Island
Legend
Mirror
Yak
Violent
Charlotte (MotherOwl) has also chosen Light Ivory as the color of the month.
"My, these are lovely!" Viola said to the hostess, looking at a pair of bookends which were obviously teak and interestingly carved.
"The Hawaiian ALPHABET BOOKENDS? Thank you, I am very CAREFUL with them as we're DEVOTED to keeping them in good shape, even as we use them out here in the parlor," the hostess replied.
"Do they have a story?" Viola asked, wondering why the friend who had brought her to this event in this home had a peculiar look on her face.
"Of course they do," the hostess answered, "everything we own has a story. When I was very, very ill with kidney and adrenal GLAND trouble and my poor, devoted husband was so worried he thought he'd be writing my ELEGY very soon, we heard about a FABULOUS doctor on one of the Hawaiian ISLANDs, and he used a blend of modern and traditional medicine to cure me. While there, I admired these bookends. They'd been carved by his grandfather so he would learn the letters when he was small, and he gave them to us as he said I was his favorite patient ever."
At this point Viola's friend piped up, "Later you need to tell her the LEGEND of the MIRROR, and about the Light Ivory YAK you met in Tibet that turned VIOLENT. You certainly have some yarns, don't you!"
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Today is:
Always Live Better Than Yesterday Day
Cotton Candy Day
Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola -- (Founder of the Jesuits, especially revered in Spain; Patron of retreats, soldiers, and the Society of Jesus which he founded; Basque country; Bilbao, Spain; Bizkaia, Spain; Gipuzkoa, Spain; Guipuscoa, Spain; Guipúzcoa, Spain; Spiritual Exercises (by Pope Pius XI); Vizcaya, Spain)
Hachinohe Sansha Taisai -- Hachinohe City, Japan (one of the most elaborate neputa festivals, through Aug. 4)
Jump for Jellybeans Day
Ka Hae Hawai'i Day -- Hawai'i (State Flag Day)
Lammas Eve / Lughnassad Eve
Lithasblot -- Norse harvest festival with a "blot", or offering, to the gods, celebrated through tomorrow
Loki and Sigyn's Day - Asatru / Norse Pagan (aka Devoted Couples Day)
Make Homemade Ice Cream and Invite the Neighbors Over Day -- summer's almost over, make the most of the days we have left!
Moby Dick Marathon -- aboard the last US wooden whaler, the Charles W. Morgan, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT, US (through tomorrow, from noon to noon, a marathon reading of Moby Dick in honor of Melville's birthday)
Mutts' Day -- because mutts deserve a day as much as purebreeds do!
National Raspberry Cake Day
St. Germanus' Day (Patron of Auxerre, France)
St. Joseph of Arimathea's Day -- Eastern Orthodox Church (Patron of funeral directors)
World Ranger Day -- the International Ranger Federation wants us to honor wildlife rangers around the world as they work to protect the world's natural and cultural treasures, and remember those killed in the line of duty
Birthdays Today
Eric Lively, 1981
Dean Cain, 1966
J.K. Rowling, 1965
Jim Corr, 1964
Wesley Snipes, 1962
Bill Berry, 1958
Michael Biehn, 1956
Barry Van Dyke, 1951
Evonne Goolagong, 1951
Gary Lewis, 1946
Geraldine Chaplin, 1944
Susan Flannery, 1943
France Nuyen, 1939
Ted Cassidy, 1932
Don Murray, 1929
Curt Gowdy, 1919
Milton Friedman, 1912
Debuting/Premiering Today:
The Living Daylights(Film), 1987
"The Shadow"(Radio), 1930
Today in History
Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide, BC30
The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji, 781
Thessalonica falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city, 904
The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect, 1492
On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus
becomes the first European to discover the island of Trinidad, 1498
Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India, 1658
The Treaty of Breda ends the Second Anglo-Dutch War, 1667
Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers, 1703
The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States," 1777
First U.S. patent is issued to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process, 1790
Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city, 1856
The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia, 1865
The radio mystery program The Shadow is aired for the first time, 1930
Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius in Persepolis, 1938
First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio, 1954
At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in major league baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain, 1961
The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy, 1970
Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover, 1971
NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo, 1976
A rare, class F4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage, 1987
Georgia joins the United Nations, 1992
Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raúl Castro, 2006
Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end, 2007
U.S. Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps wins a record 19th Olympic medal, with gold in the 4x200metres freestyle relay, 2012
Facebook discloses and removes a Russian-linked network of site pages that are attempting to interfere in American politics, 2018
American swimming superstar Katie Ledecky wins the women's 800m gold for an unprecedented third consecutive Olympics in Tokyo, 2021
The McKinney fire at Klamath National Forest, becomes California's largest fire of the year, 2022
Do I detect that Viola's friend has some doubts about the veracity of those yarns? As always a really good use of difficult prompts.
ReplyDeleteI want a ride on that trolley heheh!
ReplyDeleteHave a tanfastictastic week mimi 👍
Yes, me too ... I want a ride on the shopping trolley.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Mom has seen the handicap carts as some stores. They are useful for some people.
ReplyDeleteThose carts I have not seen here yet.
ReplyDeleteNo words needed
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty cool photo! I enjoyed the story today too.
ReplyDeleteI've not seen that kind of cart yet. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteLove your use of the prompts. You do these so very well and I loved the ending.
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Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Hugs. ♥
Great story. I have seen those carts at the grocery store. I think they are for disabled adults to go shopping with someone.
ReplyDeleteI've definitely seen that kind of cart.
ReplyDeleteHappy WW!
I actually had to use one of those back in 2011 when I broke my right rm and about killed my both legs! BUT I got better after a few months.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha - story with words was hilarious!!! Mom wonders why anyone would want to sit in one of those seats - they look terribly uncomfortable even if they are designed to help a handicapped person.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
Java Bean: "Ayyy, that looks like some kind of special edition racing shopping cart. Buckle up, kids! It's going to be a bumpy ride!"
ReplyDeleteThat cart is a good idea. I like that it helps folks who might be less mobile to participate in shopping.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've seen that kind of cart. What a good idea it is.
ReplyDeleteInteresting cart. Wish they had some at the local stores here... Oh, I know one or two people who are spinners of yarns, and I don't mean the fiber kind!!! ;)
ReplyDeleteCat
Intersting story. I hope the coming WfW will give rise to more like it.
ReplyDeleteI fail to see how the shopping cart works, but everything that makes life easier for disabled persons in a plus in my book.
Unique cart ~ glad it helps people ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Love the way you used the prompts. Now I want to hear about the legend of the mirror and of course about the yak encounter..
ReplyDeleteAn intriguing tale indeed! I've never seen a trolley like that!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind hearing about the legend of the mirror and the yak. Good use of the WFW prompts.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day