Donor Day is a holiday that celebrates all those people who have helped save people’s lives by donating blood, marrow, tissue, and even organs. It’s a holiday that drives home exactly how amazing and giving the human spirit is because it pays tribute to so many people who have donated of themselves, often to help save the life of someone they’ve never met.
So, how can you celebrate Donor Day? It’s quite easy, and don’t worry because you don’t have to go out and actually find someone who needs an organ. You can take a small step by donating some blood, which is a completely painless process. However, your blood could be instrumental in saving someone’s life because blood transfusions are responsible for saving millions of lives annually.
Finding out where you can donate blood is relatively simple. You can conduct an online search to find out where you can donate in your local area. You could also speak to your doctor, who’ll be able to give you all the information you need. There are also apps available that not only show how many people require a certain blood type at any one time but also organ, tissue, and marrow requirements.
Donor Day is all about being selfless and giving of yourself to save another person’s life. It’s a celebration of everything that’s wonderful about humanity, and a holiday we should all be celebrating.
Word of the Day
appurtenance
MEANING:
noun:
1. An accessory, equipment, gear, etc. associated with an activity or style of living.
2. A subordinate part.
3. In law, rights belonging to a principal property (for example, the right of way).
1. An accessory, equipment, gear, etc. associated with an activity or style of living.
2. A subordinate part.
3. In law, rights belonging to a principal property (for example, the right of way).
USAGE:
“So we buy handbags and hats and other overpriced appurtenances of successful people because we have to nurture our confusing identities.”
Wan A. Hulaimi; Walking Through the Clutter of Modern World; New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur); Feb 1, 2015.
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Wan A. Hulaimi; Walking Through the Clutter of Modern World; New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur); Feb 1, 2015.
Idiom of the Day
Bite the Bullet
To bite the bullet is to make yourself do something or accept something difficult or unpleasant.
Example Usage: They decided to bite the bullet and pay the extra for the house they really wanted; Car drivers are biting the bullet after another rise in petrol prices.
Did you know...? It is thought that this phrase originated from the practice, during war, of having a patient bite on a bullet to help them cope with the pain of surgery, if anesthetic were not available.
This Day in History
1803 - Moses Coates received a patent for the apple parer.
1849 - The first photograph of a U.S. President, while in office, was taken by Matthew Brady in New York City.President James Polk was the subject of the picture.
1859 - Oregon became the 33rd member of the Union.
1889 - In Los Angeles, CA, oranges began their first trip to the east.
1903 - The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established.
1912 - Arizona was admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1920 - The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago. The first president of the organization was Maude Wood Park.
1946 - ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled. The device, built at the University of Pennsylvania, was the world's first general purpose electronic computer.
1954 - The TV show "Letter to Loretta" changed its name to "The Loretta Young Show." The show premiered on September 20, 1953.
1962 - U.S. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy gave a tour of the White House on television.
1966 - Rick Mount of Lebanon, IN, became the first high school, male athlete to be pictured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated".
1967 - Aretha Franklin recorded her song "Respect" in New York.
1968 - The fourth Madison Square Gardens opened.
1972 - "Grease" opened off-Broadway, where it ran for the next decade for a total of 3,388 performances.
1977 - Jimmy Buffett's "Margaritaville" was released.
1980 - Walter Cronkite announced his retirement from the "CBS Evening News."
1989 - The first satellite of the Global Positioning System was placed into orbit around Earth.
2003 - In Madrid, Spain, a ceramic plate with a bullfighting motif painted by Pablo Picasso in 1949 was stolen from an art show. The plate was on sale for $12,400.
2005 - The video-sharing website YouTube was activated.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, February 14
Youthful no matter your age, you are spirited and playful, yet you are no stranger to hard work. Your ideas are unique and well ahead of your time. You are a natural born entrepreneur with seemingly unlimited ideas for not only making money but also for unique products and services. Many of you have a strong interest in history. Given to some worry, this does help you to meet your responsibilities and commitments, but keeping a fresh perspective is something you need to work on in order to avoid pessimism or nervousness. Famous people born today:
1818 Frederick Douglass, African-American abolitionist, lecturer and editor who was also an escaped slave (exact birth year unknown), born in Talbot County, Maryland (d. 1895)
1944 Carl Bernstein, American investigative reporter who covered Watergate for the Washington Post, born in Washington, D. C.
1970 Simon Pegg [Buckingham], English comedian& actor (Shaun of the Dead, Mission: Impossible), born in Brockworth, England
READERS INFO
1.
thanks, Shelley
2.
1803 - Moses Coates received a patent for the apple parer.
1903 - The U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor was established.
1912 - Arizona was admitted as the 48th U.S. state.
1920 - The League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago. The first president of the organization was Maude Wood Park.
1946 - ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was unveiled. The device, built at the University of Pennsylvania, was the world's first general purpose electronic computer.
1954 - The TV show "Letter to Loretta" changed its name to "The Loretta Young Show." The show premiered on September 20, 1953.
1966 - Rick Mount of Lebanon, IN, became the first high school, male athlete to be pictured on the cover of "Sports Illustrated".
1968 - The fourth Madison Square Gardens opened.
1972 - "Grease" opened off-Broadway, where it ran for the next decade for a total of 3,388 performances.
1980 - Walter Cronkite announced his retirement from the "CBS Evening News."
DAILY SQU-EEK
READERS INFO
Valentine poetry
The earliest surviving valentine is a 15th-century rondeau written by Charles, Duke of Orléans to his wife, which commences.
Je suis desja d'amour tanné
Ma tres doulce Valentinée...
— Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2[54]
At the time, the duke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.
![Image result for Valentine poetry The earliest surviving valentine is a 15th-century rondeau written by Charles, Duke of Orléans to his wife, which commences. Je suis desja d'amour tanné Ma tres doulce Valentinée... — Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2[54] At the time, the duke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.[55] The earliest surviving valentines in English appear to be those in the Paston Letters, written in 1477 by Margery Brewes to her future husband John Paston "my right well-beloved Valentine".[56] Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1600–1601): To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine. Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes, And dupp'd the chamber-door; Let in the maid, that out a maid Never departed more. — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5 John Donne used the legend of the marriage of the birds as the starting point for his epithalamion celebrating the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England, and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, on Valentine's Day: Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is All the Ayre is thy Diocese And all the chirping Queristers And other birds ar thy parishioners Thou marryest every yeare The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue, The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue, The houshold bird with the redd stomacher Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone, As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed. This day more cheerfully than ever shine This day which might inflame thy selfe old Valentine. — John Donne, Epithalamion Vpon Frederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on St. Valentines day The verse Roses are red echoes conventions traceable as far back as Edmund Spenser's epic The Faerie Queene (1590): She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew, And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.[57] The modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes Gammer Gurton's Garland (1784): The rose is red, the violet's blue, The honey's sweet, and so are you. Thou art my love and I am thine; I drew thee to my Valentine: The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortune said it shou'd be you](https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F4%2F4b%2FValentine_Postcard_43902.jpg&t=1550131684&ymreqid=a4b636c4-b874-75df-1cb0-e0003201ac00&sig=8jQ2ldwGw5UqHfE5F7mfqw--~C)
The earliest surviving valentines in English appear to be those in the Paston Letters, written in 1477 by Margery Brewes to her future husband John Paston "my right well-beloved Valentine".
Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1600–1601):
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5
John Donne used the legend of the marriage of the birds as the starting point for his epithalamion celebrating the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England, and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, on Valentine's Day:
Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is
All the Ayre is thy Diocese
And all the chirping Queristers
And other birds ar thy parishioners
Thou marryest every yeare
The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue,
The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue,
The houshold bird with the redd stomacher
Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone,
As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon
The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd
And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed.
This day more cheerfully than ever shine
This day which might inflame thy selfe old Valentine.
— John Donne, Epithalamion Vpon Frederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on St. Valentines day
![Image result for Valentine poetry The earliest surviving valentine is a 15th-century rondeau written by Charles, Duke of Orléans to his wife, which commences. Je suis desja d'amour tanné Ma tres doulce Valentinée... — Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2[54] At the time, the duke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.[55] The earliest surviving valentines in English appear to be those in the Paston Letters, written in 1477 by Margery Brewes to her future husband John Paston "my right well-beloved Valentine".[56] Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in William Shakespeare's Hamlet (1600–1601): To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window, To be your Valentine. Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes, And dupp'd the chamber-door; Let in the maid, that out a maid Never departed more. — William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5 John Donne used the legend of the marriage of the birds as the starting point for his epithalamion celebrating the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England, and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, on Valentine's Day: Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is All the Ayre is thy Diocese And all the chirping Queristers And other birds ar thy parishioners Thou marryest every yeare The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue, The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue, The houshold bird with the redd stomacher Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone, As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed. This day more cheerfully than ever shine This day which might inflame thy selfe old Valentine. — John Donne, Epithalamion Vpon Frederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on St. Valentines day The verse Roses are red echoes conventions traceable as far back as Edmund Spenser's epic The Faerie Queene (1590): She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew, And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.[57] The modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes Gammer Gurton's Garland (1784): The rose is red, the violet's blue, The honey's sweet, and so are you. Thou art my love and I am thine; I drew thee to my Valentine: The lot was cast and then I drew, And Fortune said it shou'd be you](https://ecp.yusercontent.com/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fencrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com%2Fimages%3Fq%3Dtbn%3AANd9GcRmDQAncv9pCnG7KkJaOjHyVqQifzsJfbqDLIJQFat4Jf9jEF2-wQ&t=1550131684&ymreqid=a4b636c4-b874-75df-1cb0-e0003201ac00&sig=8H38pNylnDLURM9RicnblQ--~C)
The verse Roses are red echoes conventions traceable as far back as Edmund Spenser's epic The Faerie Queene (1590):
She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.
The modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes Gammer Gurton's Garland (1784):
The rose is red, the violet's blue,
The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine:
The lot was cast and then I drew,
And Fortune said it shou'd be you
3.
Je suis desja d'amour tanné
Ma tres doulce Valentinée...
Ma tres doulce Valentinée...
— Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2[54]
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5
John Donne used the legend of the marriage of the birds as the starting point for his epithalamion celebrating the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England, and Frederick V, Elector Palatine, on Valentine's Day:
Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is
All the Ayre is thy Diocese
And all the chirping Queristers
And other birds ar thy parishioners
Thou marryest every yeare
The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue,
The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue,
The houshold bird with the redd stomacher
Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone,
As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon
The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd
And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed.
This day more cheerfully than ever shine
This day which might inflame thy selfe old Valentine.And all the chirping Queristers
And other birds ar thy parishioners
Thou marryest every yeare
The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue,
The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue,
The houshold bird with the redd stomacher
Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone,
As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon
The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd
And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed.
This day more cheerfully than ever shine
— John Donne, Epithalamion Vpon Frederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on St. Valentines day
She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.
The rose is red, the violet's blue,
The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine:
The lot was cast and then I drew,
And Fortune said it shou'd be youThou art my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine:
The lot was cast and then I drew,
3.
Teen Bookfest By The Bay 2019
Feb 16, 2019 | Corpus Christi, TX
American Bank Center|1901 N Shoreline Blvd
Eyes will quickly dart to the nearest device for another bingeing session and pay no mind to their dust-collecting bookshelf. Getting teens to read more often is an obstacle not all parents are able to overcome, which is why they need to ship their hormonal darlings to the Teen Bookfest in Corpus Christi. They can get their hands on a variety of outstanding books with crisp, turn-worthy pages that their electronic devices could never replicate.
further information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teen-bookfest-by-the-bay-tickets-54795559995
4.
Bay Area Renaissance Festival 2019
Feb 16-17, 2019 | Feb 23-24, 2019 | Tampa, FL
Bay Area Renaissance Festival|11315 N 46th St
Thy presence hath been requested at the behest of the village’s King and Queen at yon Bay Area Renaissance Festival in Tampa, Florida. The bay area is transformed into a 16th century village featuring over 12 stages of mistrel, marionette, magic, court jester and dance shows as well as full armor jousting competitions, a live mermaid cove, arts and crafts, roaming musicians and traditional and modern day treats and savory eats.
further information: https://www.bayarearenfest.com/
The cat is a small feline carnivorous mammal that has been domesticated for several millennia. A male cat is usually called a tom cat, a female cat is called a queen. A young cat is called a kitten (as are baby rats, rabbits, hedgehogs and squirrels).
Circus Love
nontraditional circus entertainers, whose acts rely less on animal tricks and high-wire stunts than on arts such as mime and dance
knit
thanks, Sheri
Historical Note: These caps were worn by the Voyageurs that made a name for themselves in the woods of Canada and in the Minnesota region for their hardiness and strength as they worked the fur trade. These are also similar to the style worn by the revolutionaries in France as heads rolled in the later 1700's. It was not uncommon to have such words as "Liberty" or "Fraternity" stitched into the caps near the brim and they also go by the name "Liberty Caps"
knit
thanks, Wendy
knit
Little Roses Dog Collar Knitting Pattern
knit
knit
Crochet Pattern of the Day: Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Using a 12mm hook and thick yarn, chain 18.
Continue with Open Checkers Stitch until desired length is reached
Join the beginning to the end of project using a row of single crochet
Weave in ends
Continue with Open Checkers Stitch until desired length is reached
Join the beginning to the end of project using a row of single crochet
Weave in ends
Open Checkers Stitch
Foundation Chain: Multiples of 6 + 9
Row 1: skip 3ch, 1dc into each of next 2ch, * 3ch, skip 3ch **, 1dc in each of next 3ch; rep from * to last ch ending at **, 1dc in last st, turn.Row 2: 3ch, 2dc in first ch sp, *3ch, 3dc in next 3ch sp; rep from * to end, 3 ch, 1dc in top of tch.
Repeat row 2 until you have reached your desired length.
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crochet
thanks, Sasha
crochet
thanks, Violet
crochet
crochet
LOST IN TIME
crochet
RECIPE
thanks, Winnie
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Ida
SWEETS
thanks, Helen
The recipe for the Red Velvet Scones comes from the 2015 February issue of Tea Time magazine. I made a mock Devonshire cream to serve with the scones.
Red Velvet Scones
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- ¼ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cold salted butter, cut into pieces
- ¾ cup cold heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon red liquid food coloring
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon white sparkling sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Spray wells of 2 (6-well) heart-shaped baking pans with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside. (I used one heart shaped pan, and then patted the rest of the dough out and cut the scones with a heart-shaped cookie cutter.)
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt, whisking well.
- Using a pastry blender, cut butter into flour mixture until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
- In a liquid-measuring cup, combine cream, food coloring, and vanilla extract, whisking to blend. Add to flour mixture, stirring to combine. (If dough seems dry, add more cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough is uniformly moist.) Working gently, bring mixture together with hands until a dough forms and is evenly red.
- Using a levered 3-tablespoon scoop, divide dough evenly among wells of prepared pans. Pat dough into wells to create a level surface. Sprinkle scones with sparkling sugar.
- Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the centers comes out clean, approximately 15 minutes. Let cool in pans for 5 minutes. Remove scones from pan.
- Serve warm with Mock Devonshire Cream (recipe follows).
Mock Devonshire Cream (recipe is from Oxmoor House, at My Recipes):
I've never had the real Devonshire Cream, therefore I don't know how to compare it, but this was really good with the scones, and also on top of fresh berries.
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
thanks, Claire
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
thanks, Jill
PUZZLE
| adore arrows attraction beau caress | dealt declaration delight dozen embrace evening first flame | gentle gifts kisses lover loyal nestle noun nuzzle | paramour quiet roses snuggle spark spouse stroke | tingle total touch unity wire |
SUDOKU ... medium
solution:
QUOTE
Turn plastic bottles into perfect Valentine’s gifts
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