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Just because Sandee of Comedy Plus is no longer hosting a Silly Sunday blog hop, do not expect me to quit telling Cajun jokes, especially as it has now become a habit.
Yesterday i took the bread Bigger Girl sent in the mail with me to Grandma and Grandpa's house. She'd wanted them to be able to try it.
It was an organic tomato basil sourdough. Sweetie thought it was splendid, and i enjoyed the first slice but held off after that to make sure there'd be plenty to take to NOLA.
Miss Eva gave it a big thumbs up, and Grandma was over the moon about it. In fact, i ended up leaving almost all of it for her, as she'd already eaten 1/3 of the loaf by herself.
Grandpa had a slice even though he told us, "I'm allergic to organic stuff, cause that means it's healthy, and I'm allergic to healthy food." He ate a very thin slice of the bread and said, "It's not too bad, but I certainly don't want any more!"
Clothile done decide to put de fam'ly on de health food. She done be searchin' ways to make de food dey eat more healthy, and puttin' mo' veg'table on de table. When Tee done argue wit' her dat he don' like it, she done tole him dat he need to grow up healthy an' to do dat he done need to eat healthy so he can live him a long life.
One day, Tee done see Boudreaux shakin' hims head at some o' what be on de table, and when Clothile done gone in de kitchen to get som'pin, he say, "Père, do it be true dat when you eat de healthy food, you lives longer?"
An' Boudreaux done shake hims head an' say, "Mais, it sure seem longer!"
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Bigger Girl's bread arrived in an oversized box and i had a slice right away, then took most of the rest to NOLA.
Mr. BA's orchids are doing well.
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Today is:
Bird Day and Arbor Day -- California, US (on Luther Burbank's birth anniversary)
Celebrate Your Name Week -- Sunday: Namesake Day, a day to think about how you got your name (week begun in 1997 by onomatology hobbyist Jerry Hill)
Get Grandma to Write Down Her Meatloaf Recipe -- or spaghetti, or pound cake, or whatever she specialized in, because if you don't, you will someday regret it
Girl Scout Sunday -- US (encouraging Girl Scouts to wear their uniforms to church services and represent their troop to their congregations; the first day of Girl Scout Week in the US)
Impeachment of March Goblins -- Fairy Calendar
Masaryk Day -- Czech Republic; Slovakia (birth anniversary of Tomas Masaryk, politician, sociologist, philosopher, and advocate of Czechoslovakian independence)
Meatfare Sunday -- Orthodox Christian (final day on which meat may be consumed before the Lenten fast); related event:
Maslenitsa -- Russia (between Meatfare Sunday and Cheesefare Sunday is Butter Week or Pancake Week, when you stuff yourself before the Orthodox Church Great Lent)
National Be Heard Day -- originally a day for small businesses to speak up, but the website promoting the materials is no longer working
National Cereal Day
National Crown Roast of Pork Day
National Words Matter Week -- US (focusing on the importance of words, particularly the written word; week originally sponsored by The National Association of Independent Writers and Editors)
Nones of March -- Ancient Roman Calendar; related observances
Festival of Junonalia -- for Juno
Festival for Vedovus -- god of the dead, swamps, and volcanic movements
Say Hello Day -- Bell recieved a patent for the telephone this day in 1876 (although he always believed it should be answered by saying, "Ahoy!" Yes, really.)
St. Felicity's and St. Perpetua's Day (Patrons of cattle, martyrs; Santa Perpetua de Mogoda, Spain)
Teacher's Day -- Albania
World Folk Tales and Fables Week -- encouraging all people to explore the cultural background and lessons learned from folk tales, fables, myths, and legends from around the world; originally sponsored by Language Lizard
World Glaucoma Week begins -- to expand global awareness of the Silent Thief of Sight
Birthdays Today:
Jenna Fischer, 1974
Denyce Graves, 1974
Rachel Weisz, 1971
Taylor Dayne, 1962
Ivan Lendl, 1960
Rik Mayall, 1958
Bryan Cranston, 1956
Franco Harris, 1950
John Heard, 1946
Peter Wolf, 1946
Michael Eisner, 1942
Tammy Faye Bakker, 1942
Daniel J. Travanti, 1940
Janet Guthrie, 1938
Willard Herman Scott, 1934
Anthony Armstrong-Jones, Lord Snowdon, 1930
Maurice Ravel, 1875
Piet Mondriaan, 1875
Luther Burbank, 1849
John Herschel, 1792
Stephen Hopkins, 1707
Rob Roy MacGregor, 1671
Henry Purcell, 1659
Kano Tanju, 1602
Debuting/Premiering Today:
The Nashville Network(TV network), 1983
"You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"(Musical), 1967
"The Autumn Garden"(Play), 1951
"The Grand Duke; or, The Statutory Duel"(Operetta), 1896
Today in History:
Roman Emperor Constantine I decrees that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire, 321
King Henry VIII's divorce request is denied by the Pope; Henry then declares that he, not the Pope, is supreme head of England's church, 1530
Massachusetts enacts the first bicameral legislature in the colonies, 1664
The French army enters Rome: the birth of the Roman Republic, 1798
Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand, 1827
Charles Miller patents the first US sewing machine to stitch buttonholes, 1854
The City of Lábrea in Amazonas, Brazil was founded, 1886
Roald Amundsen announces that, on Dec. 14, 1911, his expedition had reached the South Pole, 1912
An 8.0 earthquake strikes Tango, Japan, 1927
Bloody Sunday: Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma, 1965
Divers from the USS Preserver locate the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor, 1986
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that parodies of an original work are generally covered by the doctrine of fair use, 1994
British House of Commons votes to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected, 2007
The largest solar flare in five years, occurring March 6, 2012, nears the Earth, threatening to disrupt airline flights, GPS systems and power grids, 2012
The UN Security Council approves further North Korean sanctions for its nuclear testing, 2013
Malta's famous landmark the Azure Window collaspes into the sea after a storm, 2017
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain shares her first Instagram post, pictures of a letter between mathematician Charles Babbage and Prince Albert, 2019