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Sometimes you just want to shine a beam of light into someone’s very dark and dreary world.
Yesterday i had 3 jobs, my volunteer job at the shelter was first and it went well, there were a lot of litter boxes to clean.
Ms. G had me fetching, toting, and moving stuff, and i got the regular work done, too.
When i got to Ms. S’s, her daughter-in-law had her at the dentist, and i cleaned and tidied and when she came back, i helped her d-i-l with getting her Christmas decorations out and other fun stuff.
Then Ms. JAI called and begged me, instead of coming to the visitation that night for an hour, would i please come stay at the house for the whole four hours so it would not be empty; one time when they left a house empty during a funeral visitation, they came back to find it had been robbed and ransacked, and they were afraid it might happen again.
No matter how long your day has been, sometimes you just have to shine that beam of light into someone’s very dark and dreary world.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Beam.
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Gosia at Looking for Identity has taken over Good Fences, and it's now Good Fences Around The World. Post a picture of a fence or gate, link back to her blog, and go visit other blogs to see what interesting fences there are out in this big world.
We are starting to see the holiday fences:
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
Well, i like clowns at the circus,
But not at the "fun house."
Those places are at best creepy,
So i’ll sneak away like a mouse!
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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful #1 Son was finally able to claim that drum set we got for free. He has always wanted to play, and knows some, but now he has a whole set to enjoy. Also, #2 Son is looking into guitar lessons. They are using all of that musical training we worked so hard to give them as children!
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Today is:
Advocate's Day -- India
Day of Remembrance for Bogatir (Great hero) Svatogor -- Asatru/Pagan Slavic Calendar
Fairy and Goblin Taunt-and-Tease Saturnalia -- Fairy Calendar
Festival for Bona Dea -- Ancient Roman Calendar (goddess of chastity, fecundity, the earth, and fertility; a women's festival)
Festival for Serket/Selket -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (scorpion goddess, who healed from their sting; date approximate)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities -- UN
International Day of the Basque Language
Make a Gift Day -- internet generated, and go ahead, 'tis the season
National Apple Pie Day
National Ice Cream Box Day -- internet generated, for those who love ice cream that comes in the rectangular box, and being the first to dig in
National Roof-Over-Your-Head Day -- be grateful you have one
Pompaia -- Ancient Greek Calendar (procession dedicated to Zeus; date approximate)
Reinvigorate Your Brain by Reading Something Day -- internet generated, and good to do every day, don't you think?
St. Francis Xavier's Day (Patron of African missions, foreign missions, missionaries, navigators, parish missions, Agartala, India; Ahmedabad, India; Alexandria, LA; ) related observance
San Francisco Javier -- Navarre, Spain (special observances)
Takata no Inoko -- Sakurai, Japan (offerings for peace and good harvests)
Telescope Day -- marking its invention by Galileo in 1621
Tinsel Day -- remember when this stuff used to contain lead?
Anniversaries Today:
Illinios becomes the 21st US State, 1818
Birthdays Today:
Alicia Sacramone, 1987
Amanda Seyfried, 1985
Bruno Campos, 1974
Holly Marie Combs, 1973
Bucky Lasek, 1972
Brendan Fraser, 1968
Katarina Witt, 1965
Daryl Hannah, 1961
Julianne Moore, 1961
Julianne Moore, 1960
Rick Ravon Mears, 1951
Ozzy Osbourne, 1948
Jaye P. Morgan, 1932
Jean-Luc Godard, 1930
Andy Williams, 1927
Ferlin Husky, 1927
John Backus, 1924
Nino Rota, 1911
Carlos Montoya, 1903
Joseph Conrad, 1857
Charles Alfred Pillsbury, 1842
Gilbert Charles Stuart, 1755
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Camelot"(Musical), 1960
"Troilus and Cressida"(Opera), 1954
"A Streetcar Names Desire"(Play), 1947
Alka-Seltzer, 1931
Today in History:
Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, 1586
In an uprising over mining licenses, which came to be called the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade, more than 20 goldminers at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia are killed by state troopers in what many claim to be the birth of Australian democracy, 1854
The trial of Jefferson Davis starts with the first blacks on a US trial jury, 1868
Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah, Israel, 1878
The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine, 1904
Neon lights make their public debut at the Paris Auto Show, 1910
The Quebec Bridge, after almost 20 years of planning and construction, opens, 1917
The first successful Technicolor movie, "Tall of the Sea," premiers in NYC, 1922
Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100, 1948
Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast, 1950
At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human, 1967
Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter, 1973
In one of the worst industrial disasters ever, a methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills thousands and injures hundreds of thousands, 1984
In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries, not including the US, Russia, or China, sign The Ottawa treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines, 1997
XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California, 2005
The Nissan Leaf, one of the first mass marketed electric cars, is launched, 2010
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces all combat roles in US armed forced will be opened to women, 2015
The first pizza party in space held by astronauts of the International Space Station, 2017
The 70th anniversary of NATO is marked by a gathering of world leaders in London at a reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth II, 2019