For hundreds of years communication took place through just a couple of ways, you either sat down and had a conversation with someone or you wrote your thoughts and feelings down on a letter and had it delivered to them by courier. The nature of letters made them incredibly intimate, as each carried the indelible mark of its creator. Everything from the subtle scents of your home and perfume, to snippings from your garden could be included in a mailed letter. Digital media just doesn’t quite carry the same personal level as this old method, and World Letter Writing Day is your opportunity to remember the wonders of the hand-written word.
World Letter Writing Day was established by Richard Simpkin as a tribute to the joy and excitement he felt when a hand-written letter would arrive in his mailbox. His appreciation of the hand-written word came about as a result of a project he was working on called “Australian Legends”, he would send out letters to everyone he considered to be an Australian Legend with the interest of arranging a personal interview and photography session. There was just something amazing about receiving a letter with the legends own personal touch to it, and it certainly doesn’t hurt that while hand-written letters are collectible, digital communication certainly is not.
Get out the pen and paper and start writing! Take the opportunity provided by World Letter Writing Day to work on your writing skills, and let a loved one know they’re worth a little extra effort.
Word of the Day
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| Definition: | (noun) A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition. | ||
| Synonyms: | boding, foreboding, premonition | ||
| Usage: | We've gone and lost your father's flat, Diana, and I have a presentiment that we'll not be allowed to row on the pond any more. | ||
Idiom of the Day
go at it hammer and tongs— To do something or perform some task with tremendous fervor, determination, energy, or forcefulness. An allusion to the force with which a blacksmith strikes metal using his or her hammer and tongs. |
History
Rocky Marciano (1923)
Marciano turned to professional boxing in 1947, after failing to become a professional baseball player. On his climb to the heavyweight title, he became the second boxer ever to knock out Joe Louis. He won the title in 1952 and defended it 6 times before retiring. The only heavyweight champion with a perfect professional record, he was undefeated in 49 fights—43 won by knockout.
Famadihana
| The Malagasy people of Madagascar believe that their deceased ancestors have become intermediaries between the living and God. Because they will spend eternity in their new existence, tombs are built to be much sturdier than houses. The Famadihana is a celebration in which people exhume the remains of their ancestors, treat them to a grand feast and party, replace their burial clothes, and then reintern them. The specific date of a family's Famidihana is determined by a spiritual leader, but, for hygenic reasons, it always takes place during the winter months, when the weather is dry. |
Rosetta Caught Close-Up Footage of a Comet Eruption
This February, something strange happened on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet that the Rosetta probe has been orbiting since 2014. There was an eruption, with gas and dust flying everywhere, and it was caught on film.READ MORE:
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1810 - The first plow with interchangeable parts was patented by John J. Wood.
1859 - The Pullman sleeping car was placed into service.
1878 - Emma M. Nutt became the first female telephone operator in the U.S. The company was the Telephone Dispatch Company of Boston.
1887 - Emile Berliner filed for a patent for his invention of the lateral-cut, flat-disk gramophone. It is a device that is better known as a record player. Thomas Edison made the idea work.
1970 - The last episode of "I Dream of Jeannie" aired on NBC-TV. The show premiered was on September 18, 1965.
1972 - America’s Bobby Fischer beat Russia’s Boris Spassky to become world chess champion. The chess match took place in Reykjavik, Iceland
1985 - The Titanic was found by Dr. Robert Ballard and Jean Louis Michel in a joint U.S. and French expedition. The wreck site is located 963 miles northeast of New York and 453 miles southeast of the Newfoundland coast.
1998 - J.K. Rowling's book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was released in the U.S. This was the first book in the Harry Potter series.
READER'S INFO
Vintage Tulsa Show
Sep 2-4, 2016 | Tulsa, OK
About This Festival
Vintage Tulsa Show is a art festival that takes place at Tulsa Expo Center.
First Friday Las Vegas
Sep 2, 2016 | Las Vegas, NV
About This Festival
Las Vegas’ First Friday is a community event held each month that attracts artists and patrons of the arts alike. Come hunt for unique treasures and hear live music at this family-friendly arts and crafts festival. Featuring local food vendors as well as visual and performing artists, this lively event is a hotspot for the community that encourages community, creativity and artist appreciation.
African Festival of the Arts
Sep 2-5, 2016 | Chicago, IL
About This Festival
Annually during Labor Day Weekend, the Festival grounds in Chicago’s Washington Park come alive in a simulated African village. Attendees are transported across the Diaspora with interactive engagements, vibrant drumming, museum quality and collectible artifacts, colorful and rich handwoven fabric and textile, and other program spaces and Interactive spaces include: Drum & Afro-folk Village, Children and Family, African Heritage, African Spirituality, Wellness (Health) Village, Books and Authors, Fine Art, Film and Video, Food Court, Seniors and Quilting, Black Dolls (making and collecting - 2015) and the African Marketplace.
Pictures of the day
A time lapse video showing one rotation of the Falkirk Wheel; in this video, the rotation period of approximately 10 minutes has been compressed to ten seconds. Connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal near Falkirk, Scotland, the rotating boat lift raises and lowers boats by 24 m (79 ft). It was opened in 2002 as part of the Millennium Link project.
Long Talks and Autumn Walks - Soaking in the colors of Autumn near the hamlet Börnste, Kirchspiel, Dülmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Angel Dress pattern by Susie Bonell
The dress is worked from the bottom up in the round with picot hem and divided for the front and back.
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Radiate pattern by Amanda Bjoerge
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Guitar Man Socks pattern by Rebecca Mercier
Pattern is featured Jan. 2-5 in the 2009 Knitting Pattern a Day Calendar
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Happy Days Mandala Square pattern by zelna olivier
Special DK by Stylecraft DK / 8 ply 100% Acrylic 322 yards / 100 grams average rating from 2364 votes 23629 projects stashed 16497 times
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Danville the Dachshund pattern by Coats & Clark
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Desert Rose pattern by D. Shipman
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Slippah Luggage Tag pattern by Hawai'i Ben Franklin Craf...
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Not Quite a Daffodil Square pattern by zelna olivier
A quick and easy to make floral solid square
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RECIPE
Pistachio-crusted salmon
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- Ingredients
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- Step 1Preheat oven to 190C or 170C fan-forced and line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper. Combine pistachios, dill and lemon zest in a bowl.
- Step 2Press top side of each salmon fillet into the pistachio mixture to coat evenly. Sprinkle any leftover mixture on fillets. Spray with oil.
- Step 3Bake salmon for 5 minutes, then cover loosely with foil and cook a further 5 minutes. Uncover and stand for 5 mins before servin
CROCKPOT RECIPE
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SWEETS, crockpot
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ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
soda can butterfly
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
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EYE OPENER
Did You Know?
• Ganseys are traditionally knitted in the round.
• Throughout the British Isles the same sweater shape is know as a Gansey, a Guernsey and a Jersey.
• Early Ganseys were used as under garments. Gansey shirts first appeared as outerwear in the early 19th century.
• Gansey-styled sweaters, paired with a dark skirt, became popular golfing attire in the 1880s. Fisherman's best ganseys were saved for Sundays, saint's days and special occasions. Ganseys were worn for weddings garb, bridal shirt, because many fishermen didn't own suits.
• Gansey and Guernsey mean the same thing according to to the Oxford English Dialect Dictionary of 1900. It may also be written as Ganzy.
• Most motifs in Gansey shirts are related to the sea. The use of motifs only in the upper part of the sweater was to conserve yarn in difficult times.
• Original fisherman sweaters are knit from an all wool yarn called sajet. After WWII synthetic yarn replaced sajet yarn in ganseys because it was cheaper. Traditional sajet colors are dark blue, black, gray, Nassau blue and Nassau beige.
Such an inspiration seeing all those pens dragged across paper! Loving the Guernseys too! The sweaters and the cows are both terrific!
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