Ridley's
Believe It Or Not--April 21, 2014:
Trust the Easter Bunny left a bountiful basket, all the eggs were recovered and
that you ended the day spiritually restored and energized ready to start the
work week running (literally and figuratively if one of the lucky or skilled
ones able to obtain a bib to run in Boston). As always, after some
searching, I found
these holidays, some unknown but worthy of mention or celebrating in a culinary
fashion, to go with the factoids and quote
to enjoy.
1. Patriot’s Day/ Boston Marathon—in yet another tribute to American
resilience and perseverance, with a “Boston Strong” twist, today marks the
celebration of the first shots for American independence, the Battles of
Lexington and Concord fought on April 19, 1775 and the running of the 118th
Boston Marathon, which was expanded to include over 5,000 runners who were
still on the course when the bombs went off and could not finish.
2. Aggie Muster Day—first
observed at Texas A&M on April 21, 1922 to honor those Aggies who had died
the previous year and now celebrated worldwide at over 300 locations.
3. National Poetry Month—this
is an observance given the power of poetry to move, inspire, encourage, emote,
etc. that should be celebrated daily; apologies for not picking this holiday up
to post on April 1.
4. Kindergarten Day—
celebrating the birthday of Friedrich Froebel who was born on this day in 1782
and who in 1837, started the first Kindergarten in Germany.
5. National Chocolate Covered
Cashews Day—another great
twofer—power of chocolate combined with the protein and heart healthy nutrients
of cashews.
On this day in:
a. 1836 in a “Remember the Alamo” moment, Texas
independence was secured at the Battle of San Jacinto as Texans under San
Houston soundly defeated the Mexican Army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa
Ana.
b. 1962 the Seattle World’s
Fair opened, complete with monorail and Space Needle—great view revolving
restaurant with mediocre food at high prices.
c. 1992 in a “we may not be
alone moment” the first discoveries of extrasolar planets orbiting the pulsar
PSR 1257+12 were announced by astronomers Alexand Wolszczan and Dale Frail.
Prejudice and bias in all trails of life sometimes
take time to overcome: “I'm not prejudiced against women; they just can't run in
my race!" -Jock Semple, Boston Athletic Association official on why he
tried to prevent Kathrine Switzer from running the Boston Marathon; he failed
and in 1967 she was the first woman to legally compete in the Boston
Marathon.
Please enjoy the 140 character poems on events of
interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and join almost
140 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my blogs.
Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links below.
www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for poems on the Mustangs going to the Dance with a losing
record; to honor Cindy Abbott, a half blind 54 year old mother suffering from a
rare disease who competed in last year's Iditarod until forced out with a
broken pelvis after 600 miles; on Bode Miller and the human spirit; for Cupid
on Valentine's Day; to honor Cory Remsburg to join a great collection of
my poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy. Go to Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times for poems on the
stupidity of Caprock Academy trying to ban a nine year old for shaving her head
to provide support for her 11 year old friend undergoing chemo; Putin pulling
the Moscow broadcast plug on Voice of America; Congressman McAllister on camera
kissing passionately his female staffer; the death of Pastor Fred Phelps,
founder of the Westboro Baptist Church; Obama's "sanctions" compared
to Rolling Thunder 49 years ago; the banning the wearing of the American
flag on Cinco de Mayo to join numerous other comments on news events always in
rhyme of course.
©April 21, 2014
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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