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Jamestown Day
How much do you know about Jamestown? My first brush with the topic was when I was four or five and got a book about Pocahontas. Learned all about the English settlement and then about the Pilgrims and the Mayflower, … Continue reading
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Independent Bookstores Day
The hubs is back on the book tour circuit, which means a lot of visits to bookstores. Much as I love a good Barnes and Noble and much as I lament the loss of Brentano’s (as my son laments the … Continue reading
Historic Marker Day
When I was a kid, my parents insisted we were too poor to fly anywhere, so we took a lot of road trips. Mostly, we went from California to Illinois and back to visit family. I don’t remember a lot … Continue reading
Bucket List Day
As my Bucket Day approaches, my list has (happily) gotten much shorter. This is partly because I’ve done a bunch of the things I always wanted, but it is partly because I get lazier and less imaginative as I get … Continue reading
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Tagged Bucket List, Family, Life, Recognition Day, Travel, Writing
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Monuments and Sites Day
Over the years, we have meandered over a lot of monuments and seen a lot of sites. In studying up on this, I ran myself down a rabbit hole trying to figure out why the Washington Monument—which is referred to … Continue reading
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Read a Road Map Day
My husband will be the first to tell you that his century of preference is the 19th one—except for air conditioning, indoor plumbing, satellite and high-def TV, and a slew of other things. One tech advancement that he deeply disdains, … Continue reading
Opening Day
Easter. Purim. Eid. Opening Day. Whatever, y’all, this a religious holiday for my husband and me. Our first real date was to a baseball game. We got married at a baseball game. Our kid was dragged to many ballgames until … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Family, Music, Recognition Day, Sports, Travel
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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
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
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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