Don't Quit (Six Sentence Story), Good Fences, Sammy's Poetry Day and Brian's Thankful Thursday

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"I hate this intersection."

"What's wrong with it?"

"The 'yield' sign, some ignore it and almost cause accidents, the rest act like it's a stop sign and practically park there."

"Sometimes it's hard to know what to do or whether there really is time to merge.  I'd rather make the error on the side of caution and give way."

"Yes, but some don't seem to remember it's give way, not give up!"

Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Yield.     

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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!

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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day!  This week's image and my poem:    

if the Good Lord meant

for me to touch my toes He'd

put them on my knees

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You'd think with all the berries I eat,

the fish I catch, no dairy, clean meat,

all the walking and running in the grass,

shouldn't I be in better shape for yoga class?

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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  

Today i am thankful my Sweetie went to his ENT and got his ears cleaned out and now he can hear me again.

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Today is Patriot Day in the USA, also called Day of Remembrance or National Day of Service and Remembrance.  To commemorate the attacks on 9/11/2001, all flags are flown at  half staff.

Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.        

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Today is:

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 1, Unity (sponsored by We, the World) 

Emergency Number Day/National 911 Emergency Day -- US

Fiesta Nacional de Cataluna -- Catalonia, Spain (National Day of Catalonia)

Jeune Genevois -- Geneva, Switzerland (Genevan fast, dates back to the 16th century; now a flower and garden show also)

Jinnah Day -- Pakistan (Founder's Day)

Libraries Remember Day -- encouraging libraries, which preserve knowledge and heritage, promote tolerance, and represent all that is the antithesis to terrorism, to remain open the entire 24 hours of this day as symbol of freedom, tolerance, and hope

Make Your Bed Day -- make your mom happy!

National Day of the Working Parent -- US (can't find a sponsor, but it's listed on several sites as the 2nd Thursday of September)

National Hot Cross Buns Day

Nayrouz -- Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic new year and day of confessors) related observances

     Enkutatash -- Ethiopia

     Keddus Johannes -- Eritrea (a/k/a Geez New Year)

No News is Good News Day

Pohnpei Liberation Day -- Micronesia

Queen Paola's Birthday -- Belgium (an official flag day)

Sacrifice to Zeus Epoptes -- Ancient Greek Calendar (date approximate)

St. Sperandea's`Day (Patron of Cingoli, Italy)

St. Vincent of Leon' Day (Patron of Cercemaggiore, Italy)

Teacher's Day -- Argentina

Anniversaries Today:

Diocletian New Year

Remembrance of 9/11/2001

Birthdays Today:

Harry Connick, Jr. 1967

Moby, 1965

Virginia Madsen, 1963

Kristy McNichol, 1962

Amy Madigan, 1951

Donna Lopiano, 1946

Lola Falana, 1943

Tom Dreesen, 1942

Brian DePalma, 1940

Paul "Bear" Bryant, 1913

D.H. Lawrence, 1885

O. Henry, 1862

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"Little House on the Prairie"(TV), 1974

"The Rookies"(TV), 1972

"The Carol Burnett Show"(TV), 1967

"The Queen's Messenger"(TV, first drama ever broadcast), 1928

Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale"(first US performance), 1850

Today in History:

Battle of Teutoburg Forest ends, 9

Michimalonko leads indigenous warriors to attack and destroy Santiago, Chile, 1541

Alexander Hamilton is appointed first US Secretary of the Treasury, 1789

The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them, 1792

Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1847

Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale", gives her first US concert, 1850

The Olympia Columbian becomes the first newspaper published north of the Columbia River, 1852

The postal mail chute is patented by James Cutler, 1883

Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa, 1906

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11, 1916

Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state, 1961

U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords, 1978

Hungary announces that East German refugees there are free to leave for West Germany, 1989

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu, 1992

September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, 2001

The State of Israel claims completion for its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip, 2005

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs, 2007

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is attacked by terrorists, 2012

The UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea, 2017

The journal Nature Astronomy publishes findings which claim water has been detected for first time on planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away, 2019

The UN imposes new export sanctions on North Korea, 2017

The journal Nature Astronomy publishes findings which claim water has been detected for first time on planet outside our solar system, on exoplanet K2-18b, 110 light-years away, 2019

The stolen Van Gogh painting “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” (1884) is returned to an art detective, 2023