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Linking up with Wordless Wednesday, Keith, Catsynth, 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, River is providing the prompts on her blog.
This week's prompt is: 'T'was a hot midsummer's eve and a storm was brewing on the horizon
and this photo,borrowed from Lee:
Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected Saint Patrick's Green as the colour of the month.
"T'was a hot midsummer's eve and a storm was brewing on the horizon."
Tamira was weaving another of her stories, Meredith, Jamal and Nydia sitting nearby listening intently.
They were all facing the water, watching the waves endlessly lapping at the shore as the sun was going down. A few palm trees grew within their line of sight, and some people who had been out in a canoe were pulling it up on the beach.
As Tamira's voice wove her spell, they idly watched the canoe owners cover it with a St. Patrick's Green tarp and head home for supper.
They would all be going soon, too, but first they had to hear how the water nymphs had dealt with the storm. Would the sea horses be safe? Did the sand fairies lose any of their castles?
After hearing the story out, and all was well, they walked together to the main street where they parted, each to their own house. Their parents were all accustomed by now to not worrying, Tamira was trusted to get them home, but always the stories came first.
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It's Purple Day, a day to support those who have epilepsy.
The Five Sibes and Their Scribe were five Siberian Husky dogs and their human and one of the dogs, Gibson, had epilepsy. They advocate for dogs with epilepsy, proving that with treatment, they can LiveGibStrong and have wonderful lives.
If you or anyone you know has a dog with epilepsy, they're a great resource. Today, we celebrate strides made in caring for people and dogs (and other pets) with epilepsy.
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Today is:
Day to Mourn Victims of Biological Weapons -- commemorates the day they were outlawed in 1975
Fiesta del Arbol -- Spain (Tree Festival or Arbor Day)
Independence Day and National Day -- Bangladesh(1971)
Khordad Sal -- Zoroastrian (Birth of the Prophet Zaranhushtra)
Lailat al Kadr (Lailat al Qadr) -- Islam (Night of Destiny; began at sundown yesterday, through sundown tonight, although local observances may vary and governmental days off vary from country to country)
Legal Assistants' Day
Little Red Wagon Day
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day -- Wellcat Holidays, which has made up a bunch, wants you to do the same today!
Martyr's Day / Democracy Day -- Mali
Mi-Careme -- Guadeloupe; Saint Barthelemy; Saint Martin (Mid-Lent)
National Nougat Day
Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianole Day -- Hawaii, US (Hawaiian Royal who worked to preserve the Hawaiian culture)
Purple Day -- International (supporting epileptics around the world)
Spinach Day -- on this day in 1937, spinach growers in Crystal City, Texas, erected a statue of Popeye in honor of their favorite veggie
St. Braulio's Day (Patron of Aragon, Spain)
St. William of Norwich's Day (Patron of kidnap and torture victims)
Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel -- Eastern Orthodox Christianity (celebration of his role is the Annunciation)
Whole Grain Sampling Day -- sponsored by the Whole Grains Council
Anniversaries Today:
Ricki Lake weds Rob Sussman, 1994
Founding of the University of Utrecht, 1636
Birthdays Today:
Keira Knightley, 1985
Amy Smart, 1976
T.R. Knight, 1973
Josh Lucas, 1972
Leslie Mann, 1972
Kenny Chesney, 1968
John Stockton, 1962
Marcus Allen, 1960
Jennifer Grey, 1960
Catherine Keener, 1960
Leeza Gibbons, 1957
Curtis Sliwa, 1954
Teddy Pendergrass, 1950
Martin Short, 1950
Vicki Lawrence, 1949
Steven Tyler, 1948
Diana Ross, 1944
Bob Woodward, 1943
Erica Jong, 1942
James Caan, 1939
Alan Arkin, 1934
Leonard Nimoy, 1931
Sandra Day O'Connor, 1930
Pierre Boulez, 1925
Tennessee Williams, 1911
Viktor Frankl, 1905
Robert Frost, 1874
Jane Arminda Delano, 1862
Nathaniel Bowditch, 1773
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Fences"(Play), 1988
"The Young and the Restless"(TV), 1973
"Cannon"(TV), 1971
"Funny Girl"(Musical), 1964
"Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi/The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi"(Play), 1952
Today in History:
William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables, 1484
The first British Sunday newspaper is published (British Gazette & Sunday Monitor), 1780
The US Congress orders removal of Indians east of Mississippi to Louisiana, 1804
An earthquake destroys 90% of Caracas, Venezuela, leaves 20,000 dead, 1812
The Book of Mormon is published in Palmyra, NY, 1830
Eastman Film Co manufactures the first commercial motion picture film, 1885
New Delhi replaces Calcutta as capital of British-Indies, 1931
William H. Hastie becomes the first black Federal Judge in the US, in the US Virgin Islands, 1937
Jonas Salk announces the first successful test of his polio vaccine on a small group of adults and children, 1953
East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1971
Anwar al-Sadat, Menachem Begin and Jimmy Carter sign the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty in Washington, D.C., 1979
The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world, 1999
A jury in Michigan finds Dr. Jack Kevorkian guilty of second-degree murder for administering a lethal injection to a terminally ill man, 1999
The Taiwanese government calls on 1 million Taiwanese to demonstrate in Taipei, in opposition to the Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China, 2005
Richard III of England (1452-1485) is reburied at Leicester Cathedral in England, after being discovered under a carpark in Leicester in 2012, 2015
US, European Union and Ukraine expel more than 100 Russian diplomats in response to Russian use of nerve gas in UK, 2018
The US Federal Trade Commission confirms it will investigate Facebook over privacy concerns, 2018
The Pablo Picasso painting Buste de Femme(1938), stolen 20 years prior, is recovered by a Dutch art detective, 2019
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapses after being struck by a cargo ship that had lost power, 2024
I like your story and can picture the children watching the water as the story is told.
ReplyDeleteI once knew a dog with epilepsy, but that was easily 35 years ago and she is no longer with us, now only my neighbour has epilepsy.
Love your story - and the story teller is a precious resource.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that dogs could get epilepsy. I assume cats can too.
That line of printing explains why when you click print on a computer it says it is waiting or you have documents ahead of you. Now we know where that line starts, LOL!
ReplyDeleteGod bless always, Mimi. Thanx.
ReplyDeleteThose are a lot of printers. Is that a government office?
ReplyDeleteWe've been trying to get my husband's new computer hooked up to a printer for a week now. Maybe we need to visit you and you can get us connected...lol...
ReplyDeleteThat is a lot of printers! A lovely story too.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lot of things to do
ReplyDeleteWhoa that is a very symmetrical photo of printers!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Cecilia
Oh that's going to be a huge printing job. I've been in the middle of that kind of project more than once. The first thing I thought about was Y2K.
ReplyDeleteWell done on the use of the prompt. You're a wonderful wordsmith.
Thank you for joining the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Love and hugs. ♥
Yep ~ serious printing ~ wonderful story too ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I have trouble coping with one printer! A delightful story, Mimi.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a big printing job coming up.
ReplyDeleteYou are a great storyteller. You make us think of our Dad who would make up the best stories off the top of his head for the grands when they were babies. Even as teenagers now, they remind him about what they remember of his tales.
ReplyDeleteMom just picked up a huge amount of paper too - it was on sale. but she has to have someone load it in the car for her and then she brings in two packages at a time. The boxes are so heavy for her.
Woos - Misty and Timber
That sure is a printer parade! Good story too!
ReplyDeleteNice story. And thanks for spreading the word about canine epilepsy. XO
ReplyDeleteWow. I wonder what's going to printed on all that paper? And thanks for sharing your gift of storytelling with us, Mimi. That was a good one!
ReplyDeleteCharlee: "I for one welcome our new printer overlords and would be happy to sit in their output trays keeping them warm for them."
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