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Category Archives: Recognition Day
Evacuation Day in Boston
Evacuation Day is celebrated on March 17 in Massachusetts. It commemorates when, in 1776, George Washington and the Continental Army drove Loyalists and British forces out of Boston, ending an 11-month siege. In history class, you read a lot about … Continue reading
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Panda Day
The first pandas arrived at the National Zoo in 1972. I was 1, and didn’t care. But when I was a little older and visiting my grandparents in Virginia, I was all about the bamboo loveys. I honestly don’t remember … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Family, Pandas, Recognition Day, Travel, Zoo
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Everything You Think Is Wrong Day
I don’t know, does this really warrant a blog post? Maybe I’m wrong about this. This is another one of those things that feels like every day for me—or at least every other day. I like to think that remembering … Continue reading
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Tagged Family, Hubris, Humility, Philosophy, Recognition Day, Relationships
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Popcorn Lovers Day
Like a lot of you, my childhood memory of popcorn is not instant gratification taking too long. It was oil in a pot with a lid. (My grandmother used bacon grease, which was pretty great.) I remember when I was … Continue reading
Hitchcock Day
I talked pretty recently about my love of Hitchcock movies and how that started with my dad showing Rebecca and Shadow of a Doubt as part of a library series. I realize it’s not politically correct to appreciate Hitchcock these … Continue reading
Johnny Appleseed Day
Am I alone in the impression that Johnny Appleseed has gone the way of quicksand and the Bermuda Triangle? I heard a lot about all three of those things as a kid but they have virtually disappeared from the cultural … Continue reading
Fill Our Staplers Day
“If they take my stapler, then I’ll set the building on fire.” For a long time, Office Space was a friend test for me: If you’d heard of it, you were OK, if you’d seen it and laughed, you were … Continue reading
Proofreading Day
Another day commemorating a big part of my professional career. I used to have an anonymous blog where I collected typos and other gaffes that I caught and fixed as an editor, but it was so anonymous that I can’t … Continue reading
Arwen Adams Bicknell 