September 5: Labor Day & Cheese Pizza Day

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 5, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.  ~Ovid ★~Labor Day: A yearly, national acknowledgement of the contributions American workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. This holiday was first celebrated in 1882 in New York … Continue reading September 5: Labor Day & Cheese Pizza Day

September 4: Newspaper Carrier Day and Macadamia Nut Day

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 4, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.  H. L. Mencken ★~National Newspaper Carrier Day: Newspaper Carrier Day commemorates the hiring of the very first newspaper carrier,  ten-year old Barney Flaherty. Benjamin Day, who was the publisher … Continue reading September 4: Newspaper Carrier Day and Macadamia Nut Day

Mussing: Blueberry Popsicles and Rants

  September 2, 2011: Blueberry Popsicle Day Food of the Day for a One-Year Goal Day: #58 Blueberry Popsicle Day? Really? Who eats blueberry popsicles? Cherry, orange, grape are the correct flavors for popsicles. Blueberry popsicles are pretending they are “healthy”, but they aren’t a bit healthier than a cherry popsicle — unless they are … Continue reading Mussing: Blueberry Popsicles and Rants

September 2: Beheading Day & Blueberry Popsicle Day

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 2, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head ~ Marge Simpson ★~ Beheading Day: When I learned it was Beheading Day, the first two lines of Rudyard Kipling’s poem If immediately came to mind: If you can keep your … Continue reading September 2: Beheading Day & Blueberry Popsicle Day

September 1: Emma Nutt Day, Cherry Popover Day, Wine Day

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 1, 2011 ★~  Today’s Quote: "Happily we bask in this warm September sun, Which illuminates all creatures..." -  Henry David Thoreau ★~ Emma M. Nutt Day: In the beginning, there were no female telephone operators, and callers complained that male operators were curt and very rude. So a woman was … Continue reading September 1: Emma Nutt Day, Cherry Popover Day, Wine Day