Somebody's Sleepy (Awww Monday), Inspiring Quote of the Week and Poetry Monday, Island

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Wishing a blessed and beautiful Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians!

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Awww Monday is hosted by Sandee at Comedy Plus.

Join us every Monday for Awww...Mondays.  Post a picture that makes you say Awww... and that's it.

Make sure you get the code from Sandee's site, linked above, and leave a link to your post so we can visit you.  What better way to start the week than with a smile!

Somebody is sleepy.

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Sparks is the brainchild of Annie of McGuffy's Reader, who wanted us to post something positive and uplifting at the start of the week.  While she no longer blogs, i like to post an Inspiring Quote of the Week in her honor.     

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Our dear friend Diane is taking a break

accommodations we must make

we miss her poetry and wit

so carry on as Poetry Monday's a hit!

Poetry Monday was started by Diane at On The Alberta/Montana Border.  Charlotte/Mother Owl and i are keeping it going while she takes a blog break, we hope temporarily.  Anyone else is welcome to join in the fun, just let us know!

This week the theme is Island.                       

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political race

front runners stuck on island

who wins? all of us!

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I ran aground on an island,

it's beach sand was quite red,

and the flora instead of being green

took its color from the sand instead.

I realized what had happened,

to this place I was quite attuned,

instead of getting stranded,

it seems I'd been marooned.

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Even on Gilligan's Island,

they really knew the score,

for while they respected the millionaire,

they asked the professor's advice more!

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Future themes are:

Oct. 14 island (Today!)

Oct. 21 apple

Oct. 29 small

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Today is:

Anti-Columbus Day

Be Bald and Be Free Day -- Wellcat Holidays wants everyone who is "shiny" to be proud of it! 

Chisinau Day -- Chisinau, Moldova

Columbus Day/Discovery Day/Two Worlds Day/Anti-Columbus Day/Native Americans Day/Pan America Day -- observed, several countries

     American Indian Heritage Day -- AL, US

     Columbus Day (obs.) -- Turks and Caicos Islands; US and Territories

     Dia del Respet a la Diversidad Cultural -- Argentina

     Fraternal Day -- AL, US

     Native Americans' Day -- much of the US formally; almost everywhere informally (a day to mourn Native American victims of conquest and oppression, make peace, and celebrate the empowerment of Native Americans)

Commonwealth Culture Day -- Northern Mariana Islands

Constitution Day -- Sint Maarten

Dessert Day -- another one?

Doburoku Matsuri -- Shirakawago, Japan (unrefined sake festival and harvest festival; through the 19th)

Festival for the Penates -- Ancient Roman Calendar (gods of the storeroom)

First Fiddle of the Month -- Fairy Calendar

Fitness Day / Health-Sports Day -- Japan

Flag Day/Jour de la Proclamation de la Premiere Republique -- Madagascar (flag adopted this day in 1958)

Liberation Day -- Yemen

Lotu-a-Tamaiti -- Samoa; Tokelau (Day after White Sunday)

Mega Kenka Matsuri -- Hyogo, Japan (Roughhouse Festival, wrestling for a blessing; through tomorrow)

Mother's Day -- Belarus

Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Day -- Tanzania (climax of the Uhuru Torch Race)

National Chocolate Covered Insect Day -- i'll pass, sorry

National Dessert Day

National Education Day -- Poland

National Frump Day -- National FRUMPS of America (to honor the frugal, responsible, unpretentious, and mature people everywhere)

National Heroes Day -- Bahamas

National Kick-Butt Day -- a day to kick yourself in the rump, jump start yourself to doing something you've been wanting to do and making excuses for not doing; begun by Sylvia Henderson 

national lower case day -- someone wants us to not use all caps

Norfolk Island Agricultural Show Day -- Norfolk Island, Australia

Republic Day / October Revolution Day -- Yemen

St. Callistus' Day (Patron of cemetary workers)

St. Donatian of Rheims's Day (Patron of Bruges, Belgium; Rheims, France; West Flanders, Belgium)

St. Petca Paraskeva's Day (Patron of embroiderers, needle workers, spinners, weavers, and all who do needlework of any kind)related observance

     Petkouden -- Bulgaria

Svetitskovloba/Living Pillar Cathedral -- Georgia (celebration of the first Christian church in Georgia)

Takata-no-Baba Yabusame -- Toyama Park, Tokyo, Japan (demonstration of the ancient art of horseback archery)

Thanksgiving -- Canada (Interfaith)

Vinternatsblot, a/k/a Haustblót -- Asatru (to bid Winter welcome; at the approximate date of the start of winter in the Old European Calendar of the Norse

Virgin Islands - Puerto Rico Friendship Day

World Standards Day -- International

Birthdays Today:

Usher, 1978

Natalie Maines, 1974

Greg Evigan, 1958

Harry Anderson, 1952

Sir Cliff Richard, 1940

Ralph Lauren, 1939

John Dean, 1938

Gary Graffman, 1928

Roger Moore, 1927

Charles Everett Koop, 1916

John Wooden, 1910

Eugene FRodor, 1905

e.e. cummings, 1894

Lillian Gish, 1893

Dwight Eisenhower, 1890

Eamon De Valera, 1882

Francis Lightfoot Lee, 1734

William Penn, 1644

Debuting/Premiering Today:

Rescue from Gilligan's Island(TV film), 1978 (the first TV film follow up of a TV series)

Winnie-The-Pooh(publication date), 1926

Today in History:

William the Conqueror wins England in the Battle of Hastings, 1066

Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence, 1322

Mary, Queen of Scots, goes on trial for conspiracy against Elizabeth I of England, 1586

Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), 1656

Rabbi Judah Hasid & Chayim Molocho arrive in Jerusalem, 1700

Henry Blair receives a patent for a corn planter, becoming the first black to obtain a US patent, 1834

The 15th and the last military Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate resigns in Japan, returning his power to the Emperor of Japan and thence to the re-established civil government of Japan, 1867

George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film, 1884

Theodore Roosevelt is shot while campaigning in Milwaukee on the "Bull Moose" ticket, 1912

The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is first published, 1926

Ethel Merman makes her Broadway debut in "Girl Crazy", 1930

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, the Indian Untouchable caste leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 of his followers, 1956

Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first Canadian Monarch to open up an annual session of the Canadian Parliament, presenting her Speech from the Throne in Ottawa, Canada, 1957

The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when a U.S. Air Force U2 Reconnaissance pilot takes pictures of Soviet missiles being installed in Cuba, 1962

The city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system, 1966

The first live telecast from any manned spacecraft, the Apollo 7, 1968

The Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the Foreign Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres, receive the Nobel Peace Prize for their role in the establishment of the Oslo Accords , 1994

Indonesian rights groups applaud the end of a Suharto-era law that bans books deemed 'offensive' or a 'threat to public order,' 2010

A colony of stromatolites is discovered at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, 2011

The Spanish government says it will impose direct rule on Catalonia after the region voted for independence in a referendum, 2017

The Booker Prize is awarded jointly to Margaret Atwood for "The Testaments" and

Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other:" Evaristo is the first black woman to win, 2019

A copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio sells for a record $9.98 million at auction in New York, 2020

The journal "Nature" publishes details of the world's first room-temperature superconductor, created at the University of Rochester, NY, 2020

An annular solar eclipse, complete with the "ring of fire," dazzles viewers across parts of the US, Mexico, and Central and South America, 2023

In a referendum, Australia votes against altering its constitution to give indigenous communities more rights, 2023

Quite a Week, a Ten Things of Thankful Post

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Well, to say it's been quite a week would be an understatement.

Last Saturday while in NOLA with Grandma and Grandpa we got the word #2 Son and His Bride were at the hospital, waiting for the doctor to tell them if this was real labor or not.

It was, and on the way home from NOLA #2 Son called and said His Bride had not eaten yet but she could only have liquids, could i pick up smoothies for them?

Of course, i was happy and thankful to be able to do so, with the added bonus of a visit to them in the hospital.

In the evening, Little Girl came in town, too, arriving just a few minutes after the baby did!  We are very thankful for the relatively quick and safe arrival of little Annie.

Little Girl stayed the first night at the apartment with Jack dog, for which i was thankful.

When i informed Ms. A and Mr. J about our situation, they and Becca made a plan with a friend so i could be at the hospital the next morning.  I'm thankful of all the reasons to miss a church service (probably the first in two years), it was to visit and hold my first granddaughter.

I'm also thankful the second service is livestreamed and i got to at least watch.

And Little Girl was in town so i got to see and visit with her.

Sunday evening i was thankful for a second visit up to the hospital to bring them some things they'd forgotten (charge cords and a game controller for the laptop, most important stuff!) and holding the baby again.

I was also thankful to be able to spend the night with Jack dog Sunday night, even if he does get me up in the middle of the night to do go his business.

Monday morning i was thankful to be able to run home (it's across the highway from their apartments) to give Dansig the Round his insulin and then go to Carl's, then back to walk the dog again, then to Ms. S, then back to walk the dog again, then to a ladies' circle meeting.

We're thankful they came home Monday evening, and i was also thankful to find out the pediatrician i chose off a list 33 years ago when #1 Son was only two weeks old is still practicing and they are taking Annie to him!  We were among his first patients in his first six months of practice and he hasn't slowed down a bit or made plans to retire.

Tuesday we were starting to gear up for a possible storm, i was thankful to arrange to do the shelter Wednesday morning with a skeleton crew and then everything else would be cancelled.

I'm thankful #2 Son, His Bride and Annie went to NOLA for the duration, as Grandma and Grandpa were itching to meet her, they have a generator and a back-up generator, and since Grandpa is a retired doctor, where would be better for a new mom and baby?

I'm thankful for a lovely picture of Grandma holding Annie.  She never thought she'd see the day of having a great-grandchild.  (Please note, Grandma and Grandpa on my blog are my parents, my children's grandparents.)

We're thankful the storm really wasn't too bad here, we never even lost power which is miraculous, although a few places around here did.  They were repaired quickly.

Thursday i was thankful for the work, as missing work Wednesday of course meant no pay.

While at Ms. V's on Thursday, i was thankful they don't care what time i come, as i was able to wait until it started to get get light so as to not have to worry about any debris in the roads.  I was also thankful they put up with my quirks, and have a few of their own, and we get along well.

GusGus is still having the check engine light come on, I'm thankful for Kevin and Lenny to turn it off because it's not a repair code, and it's getting annoying.

Then Friday.  I've been sleep deprived and when i got to the church, i made two pots of regular coffee for the other Bible study instead of one pot of regular and one of decaf.  Oh, i had the decaf carafe, but accidentally grabbed a regular coffee bag.  I'm thankful i thought to move that to an empty regular carafe and then brew decaf, and the study has grown so they often need two pots anyway and did yesterday.

The day topped off with one of the craziest days at the cat shelter i've ever had, and it was amazing and a huge thankful.  The doorbell never stopped, 4 adoptions, lots of people looking, extra volunteers who needed training and are now able to do evening caretaking because Ms. M and i trained them, it was non-stop action the whole evening.  At the end of a crazy week, of course it has to happen that way, right?

Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.   

Then Friday.  I've been sleep deprived and when i got to the church, i made two pots of regular coffee for the other Bible study instead of one pot of regular and one of decaf.  Oh, i had the decaf carafe, but accidentally grabbed a regular coffee bag.  I'm thankful i thought to move that to an empty regular carafe and then brew decaf, and the study has grown so they often need two pots anyway and did yesterday.

The day topped off with one of the craziest days at the cat shelter i've ever had, and it was amazing and a huge thankful.  The doorbell never stopped, 4 adoptions, lots of people looking, extra volunteers who needed training and are now able to do evening caretaking because Ms. M and i trained them, it was non-stop action the whole evening.  At the end of a crazy week, of course it has to happen that way, right?

Please write up your own list and link up to Ten Things of Thankful, where Clark and his co-hosts always have a warm welcome waiting.   

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Today is:

Battle of San Jacinto Day -- Nicaragua

Cochabamba Day -- Cochabamba, Bolivia (festival of the founding of the city)

Eat a Hoagie Day

Eleven Days of Global Unity -- Day 4, Economic Justice (sponsored by We, the World) 

Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day -- Quincy, WA, US (a fun and tasty way to celebrate and learn how food gets from the farm to your table; through Sunday)

Feast of the Triumph of the Cross/Elevation of the Life Giving Cross/Holy Cross Day -- Christian

Festivals and Matsuri of Japan -- several throughout Japan, today and for the next several, most as harvest festivals or traditional horseback archery rituals)

       including the O Sannomiya Autumn Festival, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Festival, Tono Matsuri, Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri, Tsurugaoka-hachimangu Reitasai, Yachi Donga Festival, and Furusato Hyappei Festival

Great Procession of Tournai -- Tournai, Belgium (religious procession held since 1092, in thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague; through tomorrow)

Hug a Crabby Stranger Day -- okay, as long as i don't end up on the evening news

International Drive Your Studebaker Day -- an official event of the Studebaker Drivers Club Inc. 

National Cream-Filled Doughnut Day

Nutting Day -- British Isles tradition, the hazelnuts are supposed to be perfectly ripe on this day

Onam -- Hindu (start of a 14 day Hindu harvest festival observed by Malayali Hindus celebrating the legendary King Maveli/Mahabali)

Pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln -- Switzerland

San Jacinto Day -- Nicaragua

St. Notburga's Day (Patron of agricultural workers, husbandmen, peasants, restaurant servers)

Birthdays Today:

Amy Winehouse, 1983

Dan Cortese, 1967

Faith Ford, 1964

Wendy Thomas, 1961 (Namesake of Wendy's Hamburgers)

Mary Crosby, 1959

Sam Neill, 1947

Joey Heatherton, 1944

Nicol Williamson, 1938

Walter Koenig, 1936

Kate Millett, 1934

Harve Presnell, 1933

Zoe Caldwell, 1933

Constance Baker Motley, 1921

Clayton Moore, 1914

Stanley Ketchel, 1886

Margaret Higgins Sanger, 1879

Ivan Pavlov, 1849

James Wilson, 1742

Debuting/Premiering Today:

"The Golden Girls"(TV), 1985

"The Waltons"(TV Series), 1972

"Ironside"(TV), 1967

"Have Gun Will Travel"(TV), 1957

"The Turn of the Screw"(Opera), 1954

Today in History:

Domitian becomes emperor of Rome upon the death of his brother Titus, 81

Harun al-Rashid beomes Abbasid Caliph upon the death of his brother, al-Hadi, 786

The first lighthouse in the US, in Boston, is lit, 1716

George Frederick Handel finishes "Messiah" oratorio, after working on it non-stop for 23 days, 1741

Napoleon occupies Moscow; fires begin that will not be fully extinguished for 5 days, 1812

Francis Scott Key witnesses the battle which inspires him to write "The Defense of Fort McHenry", later retitled "The Star Spangled Banner", 1814

George K Anderson of Memphis, Tennessee patents typewriter ribbon, 1886

President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, 1901

Groundbreaking for the United Nations headquarters in New York City, 1948

The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it, 1959

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded, 1960

The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI, 1975

President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated, 1982

Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean, 1984

The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, belting 10 of them, 1987

Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations, 1999

Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks; a similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital, 2001

In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union, 2003

NASA reveals the Space Launch Program to replace the Space Shuttle program, 2011

The Bodleian Library confirms that the earliest evidence of the zero symbol found to date is a Bakhshali (Pakistani) manuscript that carbon dating puts as coming from the 3rd or 4th century, 2017

Astronomers report a possible sign of life on Venus, after detecting phosphine in the planet's atmosphere by telescope, 2020

The US records its lowest level of poverty since records began in 1967, at 9.1%, 2021

A NASA probe into UFO sightings is inconclusive due to lack of what they call "good data," while not completely dismissing the possibility, 2023