1.
Tartan Day—celebrating
the date of execution of the Declaration of Abroath on this is day in 1320
declaring Scotland to be an independent country and observing by the wearing of
tartans and the playing of bagpipes. The Alaskanpoet is one half Scot on his
mother’s side and her tartan is displayed below.
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Great day to be a Scot!
2. National Day of Hope—observed to
highlight child abuse and neglect and to mobilize communities to give victimize
children a sense of hope—definitely a day that should be observed daily and a
holiday the basis for which should be eradicated in this nation and throughout the
world.3. New Beer’s Eve Day—definitely a holiday to toast to—the celebration of legalization of the sale of beer and wine after the implementation of Prohibition by the enactment of the Cullen-Harrison Act on March 22, 1933 allowing the sale of 3.2% beer (believed to be to low in alcohol to cause intoxication) commencing on April 7, 1933. Lines of thirsty buyers on this day in 1933 waiting for the stroke of midnight rivaled lines outside shopping malls on the Eve of Black Friday.
4. National Caramel Popcorn Day—another holiday to sink one’s teeth into that speaks for itself.
5. Teflon Day—celebrating the accidental discovery of this coating on April 6, 1938 and loved by cooks ever since and bemoaned by commentators using it to describe too many of our politicians.
On this day in:
a. 1830 the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith and others.
b. 1947 the first Tony Awards for theatrical achievement were awarded.
c. 1965 Early Bird, a telecommunications
satellite, became the first satellite launched into a geosynchronous orbit.
If only for this day, a day
to break the cycle: “Child abuse is still sanctioned — indeed, held in high
regard — in our society as long as it is defined as child-rearing. It is a
tragic fact that parents beat their children in order to escape the emotions
from how they were treated by their own parents.” Alice Miller, noted Swiss psychologist and pioneer in
the study of parental abuse and authut of The Drama of the Gifted Child.
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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
death of Pastor Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church; Obama's
"sanctions" compared to Rolling Thunder 49 years ago: Mustangs
advance in the Dance to await the Shockers; Russian Roulette with Putin; EPA's
war against a Wyoming family; on Jolly's upset win over Sink in the House's
13th District of Florida; China's red line on war in Korea; De Blasio's payback
to his union contributors by attacking charter schools; Rutgers' faculty
despicable attempt to ban Condi Rice from being a commencement speaker; Newport
Beach's assault on recovery homes, including the Ohio House; on students
protesting Keystone XL as the world's largest oil producer militarily occupies
the Crimea: 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 6, 2014
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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