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Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays. Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.
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Me, walking into an office in the early am at the shelter: Stilton, did you make this mess?
Stilton: Would I do that?
A sweet, innocent face, right? |
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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.
The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. |
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Our dear friend Diane is taking a break
accommodations we must make
we miss her poetry and wit
so carry on as Poetry Monday's a hit!
Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border. Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily. Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!
This week the theme is Wild Goose Chase.
I'm gonna to let myself cut loose
and go off to chase that wild goose.
I'm gonna let my heart just fly
and not simply let the days go by.
Life's an adventure, after all,
don't just live it cramped and small.
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The wild goose flies and sometimes turns
and the flock will follow along,
tracking their leader precisely
and honking their wild goose song.
Thus wild goose chase used to mean
a race with one rider and horse
taking the lead and choosing
a very erratic course.
The others had to be like geese,
ready to turn on a dime,
watching them try to all keep up
was a rollicking good time.
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Future themes are:
Nov. 11 Wild Goose Chase (Today!)
Nov. 18 Jumping the Gun
Nov, 25 Cry Wolf
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On Veterans Day, i rerun my poem dedicated to all our heroes.
We hope for no more war,
we pray for peace to reign,
for hatred is so evil,
and murder is insane.
We pray for no more madmen,
maniacs spoiling to fight,
wicked in their wanting
to destroy what's good and right.
We pray for all these things to end,
but until they really do,
we pray the Lord will always send
heroes just like you.
A big, heartfelt thank you to all who have served.
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Today is:
Armistice Day/Poppy Day/Remembrance Day/Veterans Day
Bonza Bottler Day
Cartagena Independence Day -- Cartagena, Columbia
Constitution Day and King's Birthday -- Bhutan
Day of Remembrance of the Volhvs/Einherjar Feast -- Asatru/Slavic Pagan Calendar (Norse "Feast of the Fallen")
Death/Duty Day
Fasching/Karneval -- Germany; Netherlands (official beginning of next year's pre-lent celebration starts on 11/11 at 11:11, when the Council of Eleven, in colorful fools caps, meet to plan the upcoming festivities)
Four Ones Day -- it is 11/11, after all
Hollantide Day a/k/a Hallow-tide -- Isle of Mann (season of All Saints, first day of Winter, celebrated in conjunction with Martintide, the Feast of St. Martin of Tours)
Independence Day -- Angola(1975); Poland(1918)
Independence of Cartagena City -- Colombia
Lacplesis -- Latvia (Remembrance Day)
Lunantishees Day -- Ireland (Fairies who guard the blackthorn trees, cutting a branch today, the old calendar's November 1, means bad luck.)
National Sundae Day
Old November Eve -- In the old calendar, this was actually All Hallow's Eve
Origami Day -- Japan
Pepero Day -- South Korea (similar to a Valentine's Day, when couples exchange Pepero brand cookie sticks)
Pocky and Pretz Day -- Japan (see Pepero day, but substitute the Japanese brand cookie sticks)
Remembrance Day -- Cayman Islands
Republic Day -- Maldives
Singles Day -- China (Guang Gun Jie, literally "bare sticks day", celebrating the single life on the calendar date that has the most 1's)
St. Martin's Day a/k/a St. Martin of Tours's Day (Western), Martinmas (Old England) (Patron of beggars, cavalry, equestrians, geese, horses, innkeepers, Pontifical Swiss Guards, quartermasters, reformed alcoholics, riders, soldiers, tailors, vintners/wine growers and makers; against alcoholism, impoverishment; highly celebrated through Sweden, Switzerland, and the island of St. Martin/St. Maarten and Patron of over 25 diocese, cities, and countries around the world)
Beggar's Day -- Netherlands (children act as beggars on St. Martin's Day, similar to trick-or-treat in English speaking countries)
Martinigians -- Sursee, Switzerland (a celebration of the day in front of Town Hall)
St. Maarten Day -- Sint Maarten
St. Menas of Egypt's Day (Patron of falsely accused people, peddlers, traveling merchants)
Veterans of Foreign Wars Day -- Federated States of Micronesia
World Orphans Day -- originally an initiative of The Stars Foundation www.starsfoundation.org/uk ; cannot find a current sponsor, although there is a Facebook page for this day, stating April 20 is the correct date, and here is a site where you can find out more about orphans in the developing world
Anniversaries Today:
Vietnam Women's Memorial is dedicated, 1993
Route 66 is established by the US Highway System, 1926
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetary is dedicated, 1921
Washington becomes the 42nd US State, 1889
Birthdays Today:
Leonardo DiCaprio, 1974
Peta Wilson, 1970
Calista Flockhart, 1964
Demi Moore, 1962
Marc Summers, 1951
Bibi Andersson, 1935
Jonathan Winters, 1925
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 1922
Alger Hiss, 1904
Pat O'Brien, 1899
George Patton, 1885
Victor Emmanuel III, 1869
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, 1821
Abigail Smith Adams,1744
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Shadowlands"(Play), 1990
An Early Frost(TV movie), 1985
"Prisoner of Second Avenue"(Play), 1971
"La Plume de Ma Tante"(Revue), 1958
"God Bless America(Song, first public performance)", 1938
"The Tinker's Wedding"(Synge play), 1909
"Society"(Thompson play), 1865
Today in History:
The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Maxentius and Licinius to be Augusti, while rival contender Constantine I is declared Caesar of Britain and Gaul, 308
41 pilgrims land in Massachusetts, sign Mayflower Compact, 1620
Massachusetts passes 1st US compulsory school attendance law, 1647
Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x), 1675
The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia, as the first college society in the US, 1750
Chrysanthemums are introduced into England from China, 1790
British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign, 1813
Mary Edward Walker, the 1st Army female surgeon, is awarded the Medal of Honor, 1865
The Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations, 1869
The 11/11/11 cold wave: Many cities in the U.S. Midwest broke their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolled through, 1911
The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery, 1921
Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the first recognized Greek Republic, 1924
U.S. Route 66 is established, 1926
Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator, 1930
The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened, 1934
Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait, 1962
NASA launches Gemini 12, 1966
Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations, 1981
The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests, 1992
New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior is dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington, 2004
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army, 2006
The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) sets sail on her final voyage to Dubai, 2008
A strike intended to shut down Nepal's general elections November 19th, is orchestrated by an alliance of 33 opposition parties, 2013
The captain of the South Korean ferry which sank in April is found guilty of gross negligence and sentenced to 36 years in prison, 2014
An Italian appeals court overturns a manslaughter conviction against 6 scientists for failing to give adequate warning of a deadly earthquake, 2014
The leaders of China and Japan meet for formal talks after more than two years of severe tension over a territorial dispute, 2014
Mercury makes its closest transit across the Sun that will occur this century, 2019
According to a new study, the near-earth asteroid Kamo`oalewa, about the size of a ferris wheel, is very likely a fragment of the moon, 2021
The Icelandic town of Grindavík on the Reykjanes peninsula is evacuated after thousands of earthquakes and rising magma point to an imminent eruption, 2023
Kimba, an escaped circus lion, roams the streets of the Italian seaside town of Ladispoli for five hours before being safely recaptured, 2023
How I long for the day when Rembrance Day is a part of history and not the present.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
DeleteYes. let's go and chase all those wild geese. Well done.
ReplyDeleteLove those sparks! Mom says as she has gotten older she has realized she just needs to do what her mind tells her to do and if others think she is nuts who cares. As long as you are happy yourself and no one is hurt by what you are doing, do it!
ReplyDeleteA lovely poem for veterans day. And yes that is a sweet kitty face no matter what kind of mess there is lying behind it.
ReplyDeleteA cute kitty and some fun encouraging quotes! Have an awwesome week, dear Mimi!
ReplyDeleteKitties are never bad. Innocence is their middle name.
ReplyDeleteLove your Sparks. Beautiful.
Your take on Wild Goose Chase is perfect.
Thank you for joining the Awww Mondays Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Awww Monday and week. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
Oh dear Stilton ~ did you get bored? Cute photo of you ~ great 'sparks' and tribute to our Veterans ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Oh, that is definitely the cutest most innocent looking face!
ReplyDeleteKatie Isabella and Stilton HAD to have been texting and making a plan! Katie turned over a full rash container in the office during the night. All the papers were strewn about. AND after mom cleaned it up...she turned over the trash can two more times! Stilton...looking at you, no one could mind what you did. My mom never gets mad. She always smiles and brags on me.
ReplyDeleteMimi! Best post EVER! Especially the Wild Goose Chasing! Speaking of wild goose chasing, we have had wild geese using the river behind house as a stop on their journey south and they are WILD! Stilton...you are Kozmo are brothers by other mothers! Keep being awesome Mimi (and Stilton)!
ReplyDeleteYour #1 Fans Marvelous Marv, Kozmo, Jo Jo, Nutmeg and Mom Barb
Such a sweet, innocent face. Great spark and poems. I am thankful to all who serve and served too. XO
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful orange sweet kitty! I enjoyed the Spark and your poems too!
ReplyDeleteGreat poem. I had a few wild goose chases, mostly roaming far and wide chasing elusive job offers only to find someone who lived closer or could drive had snagged the position. I can laugh about it now.
ReplyDeleteI like Stilton's cheesy grin! Lovely poems, flying geese are fascinating to watch - and noisy to hear!
ReplyDeleteAwww, Stilton is adorable - couldn't possibly have done anything naughty)
ReplyDeleteWoos - Misty and Timber
Awwww my goodness.. what a mess!
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