Tell a Story Day

Tell a Story Day celebrates story-telling of all kinds. It doesn’t matter if it’s fiction or non-fiction, a tall tale, or folk lore. Today is a day to tell them all. Stories can be from a book, other written material, or from memory.

There are two distinct holidays, one in the U.S. The other is in Scotland and the UK. The latter is by far more prominent and organized. These two holidays are exactly six months apart.

Libraries celebrate this day with story telling hours for kids. You can enjoy today telling stories to your kids, family members, or organizations and groups that you belong to.

Make Tell a Story Day an important and pleasure-filled experience. To enhance the enjoyment of the story, try setting the atmosphere. If it’s an eerie or spooky story, turn down the lights. Bring decorations and memorabilia that speak to the theme. If it’s about a person, display a picture of the individual.

Happy Tell a Story Day!

National Make a Difference Day

Initiated in 1990, this is a national day is for devoted to helping others by doing volunteer work in the community. The activity can be almost anything. On this day, millions of Americans participate in community improvement projects. It takes the form of cleanup, fixup, painting, and repair in poorer neighborhoods, parks and municipal facilities. It doesn’t matter what project you take on. It doesn’t matter whether you help a non-profit organization, the community, your town, nursing home, a church, a food kitchen, or any other group in need. What matters is that you participate.

Make a commitment to help others for just one day. Make a difference on Make a Difference Day!

World Pasta Day

World Pasta Day is today. It should come as no surprise to discover that this special day promotes the consumption of pasta around the world. It seeks to increase awareness of the benefits of pasta.

Each year on World Pasta Day, events are held to help spread the world about pasta and it’s nutritional value. The National Pasta Association and pasta manufacturers sponsor these events and activities.

On World Pasta Day, pile up your plate, with a big dish of pasta and your favorite sauce!

National Bologna Day

National Bologna Day is a full of baloney!

Properly spelled Bologna, it is sometimes spelled “Baloney”. It is pronounced like the latter spelling. Bologna is a sausage. It’s commonly used as a luncheon meat. Mom and kids know it well.

When it comes to bologna, there definitely is variety. There is what you and I would call regular Bologna, German Bologna, Beef Bologna, Kosher Bologna, and more. Depending upon the kind of Bologna, it could include pork, beef, chicken, and spices.

It’s easy to enjoy National Bologna Day . Have a Bologna sandwich. Try fried bologna. And, don’t forget the mustard.

We certainly hope that at the end of National Bologna Day, that you are “full of Baloney”!

National Mole Day

Chemistry majors, teachers and Chemistry buffs, this special day is for you.

National Mole Day commemorates Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10^23)

To thoroughly enjoy National Mole Day, one must first understand what a “Mole” in Chemistry is.

A “mole” is a basic measuring unit. It equals the atomic mass of a single molecule. It is measured in grams. This measure was discovered by Italian Amadeo Avogadro.

Chemistry teachers celebrate this day, by getting kids more interested in chemistry. They create special lesson and lab experiments around the theme of chemical measurements.

Why celebrate from 6:02 a.m., to 6:02 p.m? Look at the chemical formula for a mole. It starts with the number 6.02.

National Nut Day

National Nut Day is today.

 This day celebrates nutritious and healthy nuts (food) of all kinds. Celebrate today by eating lots of nuts, either as a snack, or in baked goods.

This day also honours all of the nutty people in the world. It gives recognition to all the kooks, loony birds and daffy people in your life. Show them you care today!

Of course it is always possible that this day celebrates the “Nut” that screws onto a bolt for fastening things.

A couple of nutty facts:

• Peanuts are not really nuts. They are Legumes, a member of the “Pea” family.
• The center of seeds, like pumpkins and squash, is called a “nut”.

Have a happy National Nut Day !!

National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day

National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day celebrates a delicious Fall dessert. In October, pumpkins are literally glowing. So, why not put two of your favorites together…..pumpkins and cheesecake!? They make a great dessert. They are both nutritious and healthy.

Its easy to enjoy this special day. Go to a cheesecake store or bakery, and buy a pumpkin cheesecake. Or, better yet, make a homemade pumpkin cheesecake. It’s fun and its easy. Here is a a Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe to try.

Have a happy National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day !!

National Brandied Fruit Day

National Brandied Fruit Day celebrates sweet tasting fruit, soaked and marinated in brandy. This is a day that you have most certainly booked on your calendar, in eager anticipation. Well, it has finally arrived.

Brandied fruit…now that’s cause for a celebration! As a matter of fact, I’ll drink to that.

Enjoy a little brandied fruit on this day. Do so, with family and friends.

We hope you have a blissful National Brandied Fruit Day.

Evaluate Your Life Day

Evaluate Your Life Day is a bit scary. It sounds just a little bit too serious for my liking. And, what if I evaluate my life, and find out that I don’t like it??

Well, for starters, you can then make positive changes.

Evaluate Your Life Day gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect upon our life, where it’s been, and where it’s going.  Are things going well? What is bothering you? What do you need, or want to change? How’s your appearance? Are you gaining too much weight?

With a self evaluation, you can then make big changes to improve the quality of your life, as necessary. Or, if things are going well, just tinker with small adjustments.

We believe that  Evaluate Your Life Day is the beginning of a happier and healthier you!

No Beard Day

No Beard Day exists so you have a good reason to shave your beard.

You’ve had a beard so long, that you don’t know what you’d look like without one. And, your lady friend isn’t so fond of it. Today brings the extra incentive you need, to shave it off and go without a beard for the first time in who knows when.

So, bare it all and show off your chin. If you don’t like it, you can always grow it back.

Have a happy and  clean-shaven No Beard Day !!