Ridley's
Believe It Or Not—May 1, 2014: As always, after some searching, I found
these holidays worthy of mention or celebrating in culinary fashion, to go with
the factoids and quotes to enjoy as you are nearing the weekend and are
spiritually refreshed by your observance of National
Day of Prayer.
1. International
Workers’ Day (aka May Day) –celebrating the working class and its struggle
for better working conditions against
capitalism in a holiday observed in over 80 countries and by children with
ribbons of multi-hues dancing around the Maypole.
2. Law Day—celebrated in the United States and
implemented first in 1958 through the efforts of President Eisenhower to
promote the rule of law.
3.
National Day of Prayer—occurring on the
first Thursday in May and codified in 1952 and calling on men and women of all
faiths to turn to God in prayer and meditation—given the chaos in the world and
the partisan rancor in this country, a great holiday to observe.
4. International Guerrilla Sunflower Gardening Day—first celebrated in 2007 by “guerrilla
gardeners” planting sunflowers on land not owned by them, such as parks, vacant
lots, freeway medians, etc. Great way to beautify the neighborhood but wonder
in places like Denver or Boulder if the sunflower seeds are being replaced by
seeds with more potent plants.
5. National
Chocolate Parfait Day—celebrating one of this poet’s all time favorite desserts,
especially when served with blackberries.
On this day
in:
a. 1927 the first cooked meals were served on a scheduled airline, Imperial
Airways, on a flight from London to Paris; today in coach it’s only peanuts and
a soft drink.
b. 1953 in an apparent conflict
with National Day of Prayer, the Humanist Manifesto I written largely by
Raymond Bragg was published to promote the replacement of deity based systems
that those observing National Day of Prayer
were praying to.
c. 1956 the Salk polio vaccine is released to the public to begin the end of a
parent’s worst nightmare that a child or young adult would be out of the blue
be struck down like FDR by polio.
To be a real triple threat in the sport of life: “He who
works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is
a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an
artist. -- St. Francis of Assisi Let’s hope we have the surplus to enjoy the
works of the artists, including of course, poets. 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 2014 Boston Marathon; 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;
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 just released non-redacted Benghazi
emails; Kerry’s apartheid characterization of Israel; Obama’s admission that he
does not know whether new “sanctions” will work against Putin; the scandal of
vets dying in Phoenix while waiting to see a doctor; Blues in Illinois caught
in questionable procedures and forced to rescind $100 million to Obama
Presidential Library; coffee as the new wonder drug to curtail Type II
Diabetes; the futility of aiding Ukraine
with MRE’s to join numerous other comments on news events always in rhyme of
course.
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