Details, Details (Six Sentence Story), Good Fences, Sammy’s Poetry Day, and Brian’s Thankful Thursday

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Ms. G is always a whirlwind with more on her plate than anyone can handle and can talk a blue streak.

Yesterday i arrived at her place while she was taking one of her clients to an appointment, which meant i was able to get down to business.  The cats were tended, the outdoor critters got food and water (birds and squirrels), the diet drinks and water bottles in the fridge were replenished and i was almost halfway through with the vacuuming when she rolled in.

As per her usual she sat down at her computer to tend her business and while she was still occupied i managed to finish all the vacuuming.

Because she had another appointment in the afternoon, there really wasn't much more we could do and thus she decided to pay me for that day's work, plus the critter care from the week before when she was out of town.

While writing the check, she decided to tell me, in detail, about her week out of town, and she proceeded to keep me there for almost an hour after i'd finished working; as much as i enjoy talking to her and enjoy her company, she was going down so many rabbit trails and the story was getting so complicated, i was never so happy to hear her phone ring as i was then, because it meant she had to finally let me leave work!

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

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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!

Ms. S and Mr. D had an old, falling down chain link fence which they kept because the neighbor was a good friend, Ms. S and Neighbor used to chat over it and share muffins or other goodies.  Now the neighbor is deceased so they went ahead and replaced the fence.

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

(Two poems today, one a haiku, the other loosely inspired by the song, "Up a Lazy River.")

Admire this man for

he must go and he uses

whatever he can

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Up a lazy river I gotta go,

up a lazy river, takin' it slow,

up this lazy river's where I need to be,

so I'll get there when I get there, lazily!

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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 we had a fabulous last Bible study of the semester, and we've got the topic for January set, best of all, we'll be meeting at the same house again in the spring semester, it's just around the corner from here which is why i can keep going.

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Today is:

Absurdity Day -- an internet generated absurd holiday

Africa Industrialization Day -- UN

Air Your Dirty Laundry Day -- internet generated, and be careful with this one!

Caregiver Rights Day -- UK (with information to help carers available here)   www.carersuk.org

Catholic School Principal Appreciation Day -- originally designated by the National Catholic Education Association 

Clean the Cat Hair Out of the Vacuum Cleaner Day -- internet generated, and always tops on my chore list

Dia de la Soberania Nacional -- Argentina (Sovereignty Day)

Day of Sekhmet and the Purifying Flame -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)

Day of National Sovereignty -- Argentina (commemorates the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado)

Dia da Consciencia Negra -- Brazil (Black Consciousness Day)

Fast for an Abundant World Harvest -- now unsponsored, but one way to help can be found here 

Globally Organized Hug A Runner Day aka G.O.H.A.R.D

Great American Smokeout -- save money and your life, try not to smoke today; started by the American Cancer Society 

Guinness World Records Day   

Name Your PC Day -- mine is Ol' Bessy, a/k/a Old Crankypants; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays  

National Peanut Butter Fudge Day

Praetextatus and Paulina's Day -- Ancient Roman Calendar (Guardians of the Eleusinian Mysteries, pagan activists and devotees who tried to save Roman religions; date approximate)

Revolution Day -- Mexico (traditional)

St. Edmund the Martyr's Day (Patron of kings, torture victims, wolves; East Anglia, England; against plagues)

Teachers' Day -- Vietnam

Transgender Day of Remembrance -- memorial for those who have been killed because of transphobia

Universal Children's Day -- UN

Use Less Stuff Day -- a great idea!  not an officially sponsored day, but you can get information about using less stuff at www.use-less-stuff.com/

World Philosophy Day -- UNESCO 

Zumbi Day -- Brazil (death anniversary of Zumbi dos Palmares, a day of Afro-Brazilian consciousness, as he was a hero and freedom fighter)

Anniversaries Today:

The Princess Elizabeth (now Queen Elizabeth II) marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London, 1947

The first municipal airport in the US opens, in Tucson, AZ, 1919

Birthdays Today:

Sabrina Lloyd, 1970

Ming-Na Wen, 1967

Sean Young, 1959

Bo Derek, 1956

Steve Dahl, 1954

Richard Masur, 1948

Duane Allman, 1946

Judy Woodruff, 1946

Veronica Hamel, 1943

Joe Biden, 1942

Dick Smothers, 1939

Don DeLillo, 1936

Richard Dawson, 1932

Estelle Parsons, 1927

Kaye Ballard, 1926

Robert F. Kennedy, 1925

Nadine Gordimer, 1923

Gene Tierney, 1920

Robert Byrd, 1917

Alistair Cooke, 1908

Chester Gould, 1900

Edwin Hubble, 1889

Karl von Frisch, 1886

Kenesaw Mountain Landis, 1866

Selma Lagerlof, 1858

Sir Wilfred Laurier, 1841

Thomas Chatterton, 1752

Oliver Wolcott, 1726

Susanna Wesley, 1669 (mother of John, Charles, and 17 other children)

Peregrine White, 1620 (born on the Mayflower)

Maximinus, Roman Emperor, 270

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Beatles Anthology 1(album release), 1995

The Day After(TV movie), 1983

"A Soldier's Play"(Fuller Pulitzer winning play), 1981

"Cabaret"(Musical), 1966

"The Seven Year Itch"(Play), 1952

"The Children's Hour"(Play), 1934

"The Goldbergs"(Radio), 1929

The Sheik(Film, with Rudolph Valentino), 1921

"Das Lied von der Erde/The Song of the Earth"(Mahler symphony), 1911

"The Doctor's Dilemma"(Play), 1906

"Fidelio"(Opera, Beethoven Op. 72), 1805

Today in History:

Bögü, Khan of the Uyghurs, conquers Lo-Yang, capital of the Chinese Empire, 762

Zumbi, the last leader of the Quilombo dos Palmares of Brazil, is executed, 1695

New Jersey becomes the first state to ratify the US Bill of Rights, 1789

Curacao's government forbids slave work on Sunday, 1795

Howard University is founded in Washington, D.C., 1866

US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports, 1914

The first municipally owned airport in US opens, in Tucson Az, 1919

In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation, 1962

The SETI Institute is founded, 1984

Microsoft Windows 1.0 is released, 1985

The number of protesters assembled in Prague, Czechoslovakia swells from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million, 1989

In England, a fire breaks out in Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage, 1992

The first module of the International Space Station, Zarya, is launched, 1998

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level in eleven years, 2008

NATO agrees to begin handing over Afghanistan's security to the Afghan military, 2010

The UN World Meteorological Organization announces the 2011 greenhouse gasses reached record levels, 2012

A vote of the General Synod of the Church of England approves women to be ordained bishops beginning the next year, 2013

Atlanta's Georgia Dome, once the world's largest covered stadium, is destroyed in a controlled implosion, 2017

The Oxford Dictionary word of the year is "climate emergency," 2019

New York state activates the National Guard to assist with historic snow levels of up to 6 1/2 feet around the Buffalo area, 2022

The world's tallest woman, Rumeysa Gelgi from Turkey, at 7 ft 0.71 in (215.16 cm), meets the world's shortest woman, Jyoti Amge from India, at 2 ft 0.7 in (62.8 cm), at the Savoy Hotel in London, to celebrate Guinness World Records Day, 2024