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Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
I am not sure this day is necessary. I’ve only been doing this for a couple of months, but I’ve already encountered more ridiculous holidays than I would have imagined, and some that are more ridiculous than I could ever … Continue reading
Diabetes Alert Day
I don’t know much about diabetes in humans. I know lately my doctor has told me to go on a diet because I am “pre-diabetic” (which … means … “not diabetic”? I know it means insurance won’t pay for WeGovy…), … Continue reading
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Tagged Cats, Diabetes, Dogs, Health, Pets, Recognition Day
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Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day
I know I just wrote about food yesterday, and I really do prefer to mix my topics up a bit more than that, but I have an absolutely great story about these that I am dying to share. Guy I … Continue reading
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Tagged Chocolate Musings, Customer Service, Recognition Day
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Tamale Day
I am of a very pale descent and a very homogenized culture. Growing up, our food traditions were pretty bland, to be honest: Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas sugar cookies, birthday cake, the end. My ethnic background is English, Irish, German and … Continue reading
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Tagged Cooking Musings, Family, Food Musings, Recognition Day
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Walk in the Sand Day
My husband is a mountains guy. I am most avowedly a beach girl. The first one that I can recall visiting was Zuma Beach as a kid. My parents would load me into the car, sometimes with my uncle, and … Continue reading
Tattoo Day
I have three tattoos: An eye of Horus on each ankle, and a KBO under my wedding rings. I got my ankles done in my 20s. My mother had spent the better part of a decade forbidding me to get … Continue reading
Bibliomania Day
I am delighted to report that this day is an observance of what the word actually means, which is a mental disorder obsession with books, not just a love of them. (That’s bibliophilia.) This day commemorates the weird story of … Continue reading
Let’s Laugh Day
Three evergreen jokes—short, medium, and long—that work in almost any situation: 1: A dog limps into a bar, orders a whiskey and announces, “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.” *************** 2: A duck walks into a pharmacy … Continue reading
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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Tagged American History, American Revolution, Boston, History, Recognition Day, Revolutionary War
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Arwen Adams Bicknell 