Ridley's
Believe It Or Not--April 17, 2014:
As we approach Easter, hope the eggs are in the fridge all ready to be dyed and
then hidden and that the Easter Bunny with his Easter Basket will be welcome in a house filled with
Easter Lilies (assuming you have no cats).. 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. World Hemophilia Day—observed
to create awareness of hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, 75 % of the
sufferers of which are not aware of their illnesses.
2. 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.
3. National Haiku
Poetry Day—honoring
a unique form of Japanese poetry: “Desert sands gleam white/ waves touch the
white sands/ pathfinders for El Nino rains?”
4. Ford Mustang Day—commemorating this day in 1964
when the Ford Mustang was released to the public—great car in a great era.
5. National Cheeseball
Day—finally broke
the string of ham holidays with a food always welcome at a party, especially
with some great crackers.
On this day in:
a. 1937 that lovable and insane duck, Daffy Duck, made his first appearance in
Porky’s Duck Hunt.
b. 1949 26 counties in Ireland
at midnight leave the British Commonwealth heralding the creation of the Republic
of Ireland—Erin go Bragh!
c. 1997 at the spry age of 115 John E.
Bell had his pacemaker that was installed at the even spryer age of 104 replaced
as he had outlived the battery; unfortunately could not find even with many
Google attempts when the battery ended up outliving him.
A question to ponder on National Poetry Month--how is it a blind man reciting around a
campfire can see the Gods in action and the souls, minds and hearts of men piercing their armor and
shields and those visions last as long as humans inhabit the Earth? “ No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.” John Myhill,
noted writer and author on the subject of language.
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 17, 2014
Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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