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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.
Elephant's Child is supplying the words this month.
This week's prompts are:
- Beauty
- Missing
- Totally
- Roundabout
- Belief
And/or
- Suddenly
- Peace
- Rose
- Calamity
- Solve
Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected Missing Green as the colour of the month.
Part of the BEAUTY of watching your children grow up is finding out this one has Grandma's artistic bent or that one has Great-Grandpa's musical talent.
#2 Son is showing he has Papa H's capacity to teach himself how to do just about anything.
Papa H taught himself to build and fix machines (and houses, and barns), and he ROSE to prominence in his company. He was sent around the world by his company to fix things he'd never even seen, and he'd do it, too. There was a company in Wisconsin that would not allow anyone else to work on their machines, they demanded him only!
#2 Son has that talent. He taught himself to make a bow and arrows and shoot. He taught himself to rig up a fishing line, gut and clean the fish, and cook them over an open fire. He taught himself to golf with clubs someone was throwing away. (He'd get up on the roof of the house and practice getting the balls into the field across the street. Talk about "Missing Green," he'd be missing his balls in the green of the grass.)
These days, if there is SUDDENLY a CALAMITY with the RV, he doesn't let it ruin his day. He is TOTALLY certain of his BELIEF he can eventually SOLVE any problem, and he does.
He may have to go to the hardware store more than once for advice and parts and tools, he may have to fix it in a ROUNDABOUT way, there may be something MISSING, but he will find it, he will rig it, he will get it done, and he will restore the PEACE in his domain.
His goal is to be able to fix his own cars and build his own house from the ground up. He's working on it, step by step, bit by bit. He will do it, it's only a matter of time.
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Today is:
Appomattox Day -- US (marking the end of the US Civil War on this day in 1865)
Astronauts' Day -- web generated by someone who wants all these brave people honored
Baghdad Liberation Day -- Kurdistan, Iraq
Bataan Day/Day of Valor -- Philippines (Araw ng Kagitingan)
Dita e Kushtetutes -- Kosovo (Constitution Day)
Dry Milk Day -- the first patent for powdered milk was issued this day in 1792 to Samuel Percy
Education and Sharing Day -- in honor of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994)
Feast of Jalal (Glory) -- Baha'i
Independence Restoration Day -- Georgia (formerly Day of National Unity)
Martyr's Day -- Tunisia
Name Yourself Day -- an internet holiday allowing you to change your name for a day, if you want to.
National Bookmobile Day -- US, on the Wednesday of National Library Week
National Cherish An Antique Day -- hooray for old fashioned quality!
National Chinese Almond Cookie Day
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day -- US
Observation of the Nazi Occupation -- Denmark (anniversary of the Nazi invasion)
Public Library Day -- US (anniversary of the opening of the first "publicly funded" library -- i.e. a tax based, free library -- in the US, in 1833 in Petersborough, New Hampshire)
^Remembrance for Haakon Sigurdsson -- Asatru/Norse Pagan Calendar (Haakon the Great, one of the Jarls of Hladhir)
St. Casilda's Day (Patron against sterility)
St. Mary of Cleophas' Day (one of the Marys in the Bible who was present at the Crucifixion)
Thank Your School Librarian Day -- US, on the Wednesday of National Library Week
Vimy Ridge Day -- Canada
Winston Churchill Day -- commemorates his becoming an honorary US citizen
World Konkani Day -- Goa (Official language of the Indian state of Goa; on the death anniversary of the pioneer of modern Konkani literature, Vaman Raghunath Varde Valaulikar)
Anniversaries Today:
Sophia Loren marries Carlo Ponti, 1966
Wayne Newton marries Kathleen McCrone, 1994
Charles, Prince of Wales, marries Camilla Parker-Bowles, 2005
Birthdays Today:
Elle Fanning, 1998
Kristen Stewart, 1990
Jesse McCartney, 1987
Leighton Meester, 1986
Taylor Kitsch, 1981
Keshia Knight Pulliam, 1979
Rachel Stevens, 1978
Gerard Way, 1977
Austin Peck, 1971
Jacques Villeneueve, 1971
Cynthia Nixon, 1966
Paulina Prizkova, 1965
Dennis Quaid, 1954
Michael Learned, 1939
Avery Schreiber, 1935
Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1933
Paul Krassner, 1932
Tom Lehrer, 1928
Hugh Hefner, 1926
John Presper Eckert, Jr., 1919
Ward Bond, 1903
Paul Robeson, 1898
Efrem Zimbalist, 1889
Frank King, 1883
Eadweard Muybridge, 1830
Charles Baudelaire, 1821
Tamerlane, 1336
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Ticket to Ride"(Beatles' single), 1965
"Diamond Lil"(Play), 1928
"Shadow of a Gunman"(Play), 1923
The World, the Flesh and the Devil(Film), 1914
Today in History:
The Mongol hordes defeat the Poles and Germans in the Battle of Liegnitz, 1241
Robert Cavalier de la Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River and claims all the land drained by the river and its tributaries for France, 1682
The African Methodist Episcopal church in the US is formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1816
The oldest audible sound recording of a human voice is made, 1860
Robert E. Lee surrenders the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the US Civil War, 1865
Passing by a single vote, the United States Senate ratifies a treaty with Russia for the purchase of Alaska, 1967
The Hudson Bay Company cedes its territory to Canada, 1869
Jumbo the Elephant arrives in the US, 1882
The Titanic leaves Queenstown, Ireland for NYC, 1912
The first full color film, "World, The Flesh, and The Devil", premiers in London, 1914
Mae West makes her NYC debut in "Diamond Lil," 1928
The first Japanese built aircraft to fly to Europe, the Kamikaze, arrives at Croydon Airport in London, 1937
The Suez Canal is officially opened for shipping, 1957
NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven", 1959
In the first game in the Astrodome, Houston beats the Yankees 2-1 in an exhibition game, and Mickey Mantle hits the first indoor home run, 1967
The first British built Concorde makes its first flight, 1969
Georgia declares its indepedence from Russia, 1991
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, at Westminster Abbey, 2002
Facebook purchases Instagram, a photo sharing application, for $1 billion, 2012
US Senator Tammy Duckworth becomes the first senator to give birth while in office, 2018
According to ecologists, The Netherlands has its first resident wolf population in 140 years, 2019
La Soufrière volcano begins erupting on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, 2021
Kuwait's news media outlet, Kuwaiti News, unveils a virtual news presenter using artificial intelligence on Twitter, 2023
Great way to use the words. The world could use a few more like your son, instead of all the "throw it away and get a new one" people.
ReplyDeleteEchoing River. And we could indeed do with more people like your #2 son.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you and your family, Mimi.
ReplyDeleteYou are right to be proud of #2 son. He is lucky to have that natural ability.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a good thing when people figure out how to fix their own things. Or at least know who to depend on when they're over their head.
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful he can figure out how to fix things. Some people have that talent. Our mom does not, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteI greatly admire people who take it on themselves to learn how to do things and then do them.
ReplyDeleteKids always find a way to do whatever they want to do. You made me smile.
ReplyDelete#2 son will do whatever he wants to do and that I'm sure of. How wonderful. My father was the same way. Sixth grade education, but he could fix anything too.
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Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. Love and hugs, my friend. ♥
Java Bean: "Ayyy, our kitchen has mysterious condiment splatters on the ceiling too which cannot be cleaned off! Our Dada says he tries not to think about it ..."
ReplyDeleteKids have an inbuilt ability to make a mess absolutely anywhere!
ReplyDeleteYou must be so proud of how #2 Son is doing.
When there's a will, there's a way! When my grandchildren most recently visited us, we went to a church carnival and the kids received some of those little sticky-hand toys for prizes. For the remainder of the week, the kids kept throwing those hands on the ceiling and waiting for them to drop! I *think* they have all fallen down now.
ReplyDeleteI got here late but here I am, and as always smiling! You rock every one of these things. I love the Woods for Wednesday. Always do. I have a vid=vid imagination but I could not create as you do, with a given set of words. I need to try at least once though to be sure of what I just said.
ReplyDeleteYour son is amazing. How wonderful that he can do all those things.
ReplyDeleteSon is a great self learner ~ and helps you ~ great ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Your son sounds very smart- he clearly takes after you as well. XO
ReplyDeleteSuch a wonderful story and a wonderful #2 Son too!
ReplyDeleteYou must be very proud of Son #2, Mimi. He sounds like a smart and talented guy!
ReplyDeleteAnd what DID the kids get up onto the ceiling?
We have to aks twofeet niece, as she is an expert in getting the floor messy and the ceiling too😹WOW! you have a very clever son #2, Mimi. We love it when they're so handy😸Double Pawkisses for a Happy Day🐾😽💞
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