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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 the words/prompts are supplied by lissa on her blog.
This week's prompts are:
1. heartbreak
2. cheeseburger
3. postcard
4. afterlife
5. beachcomb
Charlotte's colour of the month is Electric Rose.
It's been a long time since i had the chance to BEACHCOMB. When we used to go to the shore each year, it was how i spent a good portion of each day.
I wonder sometimes if the AFTERLIFE will have oceans and beaches to walk. I rather hope so.
It's somewhat of a HEARTBREAK we can't go on vacation any longer. I have a POSTCARD i bought while there with a picture of the place, i put it in an Electric Rose frame and it makes me both happy and sad to see it.
Funny, isn't it, how we can be happy it happened and sad it won't happen again. Kind of like how you feel after eating the best ever CHEESEBURGER (or whatever your great food of choice) and knowing you won't ever be able to eat that one in the same way, with the same people, and with the same joy you felt ever again. It was once, and it's over.
However, i choose not to be sad, but to know there are other adventures. I don't know where or when, but they will happen someday.
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Today is:
Armed Forces Day -- Liberia
Be Electrific Day -- Edison's birth anniversary
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day -- no history on the origin, but remember we all mess up once in a while, don't take small mess ups too seriously
Evelio Javier Memorial Day -- Panay Island, Philippines
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes/World Day of the Sick -- Roman Catholic Church (anniversary of the first appearance of Our Lady of Lourdes to Bernadette)
Grandmother Achievement Day -- internet generated; call your grandmother, or someone's grandmother you admire, and tell her what she is doing right
Independence Day -- Vatican City (Holy See) (a/k/a Lateranensi Pact Day, for the pact that established it as an independent state)
Kenkoku Kenen-no-hi -- Japan (also called National Foundation Day or Empire Day)
Meringue Memorial Day -- don't know who came up with it, but it's the day to see if you remember how to make meringue
National Inventors' Day -- US (Edison's birth anniversary)
National Peppermint Patty Day
National Shut-In Visitation Day -- some sites have it here, some in October; either way, go visit someone who can't get out of the house today, or make plans to see them this weekend
Nelson Mandela Day -- South Africa (celebrates his release from prison)
Pro Sports Wives Day -- the annual recognition of those who truly are sports widows, wives of professional athletes, coaches, and support personnel; prosportswives.com
Satisfied Staying Single Day -- for those who aren't desperate to have someone by the 14th; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
St. Caedmon's Day (Oldest English poet known by name.)
White Shirt Day -- a recognition of the dignity of the working class
Youth Day -- Cameroon
Anniversaries Today:
Napoleon weds Marie-Louise of Austria, 1810
The founding of London University, 1826
Birthdays Today:
Taylor Lautner, 1992
Natalie Dormer, 1982
Kelly Rowland, 1981
Matt Lawrence, 1980
Brandy, 1979
Mike Shinoda, 1977
Jennifer Aniston, 1969
Sarah Palin, 1964
Sheryl Crow, 1963
Carey Lowell, 1961
Sergio Mendes, 1941
Bobby "Boris" Pickett, 1938
Burt Reynolds, 1936
Tina Louise, 1934
Leslie Nielsen, 1926
Paul Bocuse, 1926
Eva Gabor, 1921
Sidney Sheldon, 1917
Max Baer, 1909
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1909
Philip Dunne, 1908
Thomas Alva Edison, 1847
Lydia Marie Child, 1802
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"The French Chef"(TV, with Julia Child), 1963
"Dynamo"(O'Neill play), 1929
"Salome"(Wilde Play), 1896
"La Fille du Regiment"(Donizetti Opera Comique), 1840
Today in History:
Traditional date for the founding of the Japanese empire under Emperor Jimmu, BC660
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Emperorship, dies under mysterious circumstances in Rome, which clears the way for Nero to become Emperor, 55
Henry VIII of England is recognized as supreme head of the Church of England, 1531
The Pennsylvania Hospital opens, the first in the US, 1752
Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery, 1790
Anthracite coal is burned experimentally as fuel for heating a home for the first time, by Jesse Fell in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1808
Robert Fulton files a patent for improvements to steamboat navigation, 1809
Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signs a redistricting bill that leads to the first use of the term "gerrymander," 1812
The first public toilet facilities for women opens in London, on Bedford Street, 1852
The Meiji constitution of Japan is adopted, 1889
Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control, 1916
BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., which coined the term "robot", 1938
Glenn Miller is awarded the first ever gold disc for selling one million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo," 1941
Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters, 1971
The People's Republic of China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, Shakespeare and Dickens, 1978
Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa, 1990
The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI announces his resignation from February 28, the first pope to resign since 1415, 2013
Francesco Schettino, Captain of the Costa Concordia that ran aground 2012, is convicted of manslaughter in Grosseto and sentenced to 16 years in jail, 2015
The discovery of gravitational waves (through collision of two black holes) is announced by physicists from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (Ligo), 2016
The journal Nature Medicine publishes the results of an artificial intelligence system created to help doctors diagnose patients when it was tested against actual physician diagnoses; the AI system barely won, 2019
Brazilian Maya Ganeira, riding a 73.5ft (22.4m) wave at Nazaré, Portugal, sets the record for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman, 2020
The world's second oldest person, French nun Sister André' celebrates her 117th birthday after surviving COVID-19, 2021
Australia lists the koala as endangered for the first time in Queensland, New South Wales and ACT after a steep decline in numbers, 2022
we grinned a little... we had a power collapse this morning... at least a good way to celebrate when it is back...
ReplyDeleteYour last paragraph about other Adventures someday. You have so many now as it is but they probably seem normal to you. The artwork especially the shooting star is very cute.
ReplyDeleteA good story I can identify with. We have had many cruises and made so many friends seeing the same Captain and officers very often. Because I am undergoing immunotherapy we had to cancel our cruise for May. We have a cruise the end of September for our wedding anniversary. I hope we can make it because I know it will very likely be our last one.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to put a long comment about my ill health but felt I needed to write it. Your story struck a chord and I am happy for all the people we met but sad I will have to say goodbye to them.
When one chapter ends, another begins. It doesn't mean the other one will not be forgotten or missed but it is another piece of life. Life is like a book, full of chapters.
ReplyDeleteI often remember going to my grandparents' place, when all my aunts and uncles and cousins were there. Happy memories, but that time will never come again.
ReplyDeleteI like the creative pieces ''~ Your story about change is great '~ the one of few 'constants' in life ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteThe little ones do nice artwork. So precious.
ReplyDeleteI miss your adventures too. I always went along to the shore each year with you. Always a good time.
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Java Bean: "Ayyy, how can there be heartbreak when there is also a cheeseburger? Estoy confundido."
ReplyDeleteSince we're grandparents, even great-grandparents I could just walk in the other room and tell my wife how special she is to the grandkids and greats. Think I'll go to the store and pick up some Peppermint Patties! Have a blessed week.
ReplyDeleteCute artwork!
ReplyDeleteM'ha semblat un text una mica trist...
ReplyDeletePetonets, Mimi.
thecontemplativecat here... I will enjoy the words. Should I post my Wed.Words here at your site?
ReplyDeleteI would post at lissa's blog, since she supplied the prompts and will for all of this month.
DeleteI'll bet the gang had fun making that pretty art. Good use of words too!
ReplyDeleteNice art. I am sorry you don't get to go on vacation anymore- you deserve a vacation more than anyone I can think of. XO
ReplyDeleteWe love those creative art pieces, and I enjoyed the way you used the prompts for your story.
ReplyDeleteIt's true that once you experience something, you can do it again but it will never be the same which is kind of a shame but that's how it is but it's good to have those memories to look back on. Good use of the prompts.
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely day.
Very nice artwork!
ReplyDeleteA thought provoking story indeed! Love that shooting star.
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