DIANE'S CORNER ...
Celebrate World Homeless Day
World Homeless Day was born out of discussions between aid workers around the world, all of whom were helping the homeless in their own countries. The aim and slogan of the Day is ‘locals act locally on a global day’. The emphasis is on giving hands-on aid that is sensitive to local needs, while being aware of the global problem of homelessness and feeling solidarity with other charity workers around the world.
On this day, you can celebrate by helping to raise awareness for the homeless in your own community. Grassroots campaigns and fundraisers work at the local level, while taking advantage of the increased publicity and solidarity a global platform provides.
Use this Day as an opportunity to educate people about the homeless in your area, the infrastructure that already exists to help them and how it can be improved. World Homeless Day fundraisers and celebrations can be converted into gains which will help the homeless long after the Day is over.
thanks for the interesting, old photos, Elaine
The first Waffle House? - circa 1900-1916. The Two Girls Waffle House was located in the tent city on the north side of Ship Creek in what is now Anchorage, Alaska.
Pictures of the day
Houses at Auvers is an oil-on-canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh, painted towards the end of May or beginning of June 1890, shortly after he had moved to Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town northwest of Paris, France. His move was prompted by his dissatisfaction with the boredom and monotony of asylum life at Saint-Rémy, as well as by his emergence as an artist of some renown following Albert Aurier's celebrated January 1890 Mercure de France review of his work. In his final two months at Saint-Rémy, van Gogh painted from memory a number of canvases he called "reminisces of the North", harking back to his Dutch roots. The influence of this return to the North continued at Auvers, notably in The Church at Auvers. He did not, however, repeat his studies of peasant life of the sort he had made in his Nuenen period. His paintings of dwellings at Auvers encompassed a range of social domains. Houses at Auvers is now in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, United States.
Stockholm
Old General Store - circa 1917
knit
thanks, Charlotte
knit ... Halloween
thanks, Emily
knit
Joke of the Day
LOOKING UP THE FAMILY TREE
My friend that has come into money is telling me that he is having his family tree researched.
"Yes, and it is quite expensive, it cost $5,000."
"Wow", I replied, "that is expensive!"
"Yes, but it only cost $2,000 to have it looked up. It cost another $3,000 to have it hushed up."
"Yes, and it is quite expensive, it cost $5,000."
"Wow", I replied, "that is expensive!"
"Yes, but it only cost $2,000 to have it looked up. It cost another $3,000 to have it hushed up."
An evening at home - date unknown.
Word of the Day
Tapleyism
“Well, there’d be some credit in being jolly with an inflammation of the lungs.”
MEANING:
noun: Extreme optimism, even under most hopeless circumstances.
ETYMOLOGY:
After Mark Tapley, a character in Charles Dickens’s Martin Chuzzlewit (1843-44). Earliest documented use: 1857.
NOTES:
The mission of Mark Tapley is to remain “jolly” under all circumstances. It is tested when he accompanies his boss Martin Chuzzlewit on a trip to America and comes down with malaria while living in a swamp. When asked how he’s doing, he responds: “Floored for the present, sir, but jolly!” Other examples of words coined after characters from the same book are pecksniffian and gamp.
USAGE:
“I have a good share of Tapleyism in me and come out strong under difficulties.”
William James; Memories and Studies; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1911.
William James; Memories and Studies; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1911.
Rural Mail Delivery - circa 1914.
Idiom of the Day
FACE THE MUSIC
To accept responsibility for something bad you have done
I’m meeting Hannah tonight and it’s the first time I’ll have seen her since our argument. I guess I’ll finally have to face the music.
I’m meeting Hannah tonight and it’s the first time I’ll have seen her since our argument. I guess I’ll finally have to face the music.
Detroit Opera House - 1906
Detroit Opera House - 1906
This Day in History
1813 - Composer Giuseppee Verdi was born. He composed 26 operas.
1845 - The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, MD.
1865 - The billiard ball was patented by John Wesley Hyatt.
1886 - The tuxedo dinner jacket made its U.S. debut in New York City.
1933 - Dreft, the first synthetic detergent, went on sale.
1959 - Pan American World Airways announced the beginning of the first global airline service.
1962 - The BBC banned the song "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett.
1965 - The Red Baron made his first appearance in the "Peanuts" comic strip.
1977 - Joe Namath played the last game of his National Football League (NFL) career.
1978 - The U.S. bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
1979 - The city of Los Angeles declared "Fleetwood Mac Day." The group was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1987 - Tom McClean finished rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. It set the record at 54 days and 18 hours.
1995 - Gary Kasparov won a chess championship against Viswanathan Anand that had lasted about a month.
1997 - The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, opened to the public. Architect Frank Gehry designed the 450 ft. long and 98 ft. wide building.
2010 - In China, Canton Tower opened to the public.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today, October 10
You possess the charm, sense of balance, and intelligence of Libra, but you are more confrontational and outgoing than others born under the sign of the Balance. You seek to forge an identity that is unique and distinctive. You have excellent organizational skills and you have the ability to lay down solid, practical plans. You have an unusual and charming voice or manner of speech, and you take special pleasure and delight in surprising, or even shocking, others. With your playful and friendly manner, it might surprise people to know that you are actually quite ambitious. Famous people born today:
1813 Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), born in Busseto (d. 1901)
1861 Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer and advocate for refugees (Nobel Peace Prize 1922), born in Store Frøen, Christiania (d. 1930)
1900 Helen Hayes, American actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1993)
1911 Clare Hollingworth, British war correspondent who was the first to report on the outbreak of WWII, born in Knighton, England (d. 2017)
1954 David Lee Roth, American rock singer (Van Halen), born in Bloomington, Indiana
1968 Chris Ofili, English painter (Turner prize - elephant dung), born in Manchester
thanks, Michelle
READERS INFO
1.
(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:
No, it wasn’t Enter the Dragon. It wasn’t the Chinese Connection. It wasn’t even The Game of Death. Before Bruce Lee became the martial arts legend that he [still] is today, he was doing movies from a very young age.
How young? How about 3 months old. That’s right, when Lee was just an infant himself, he was cast as a stand-in for the 1941 film titled, Golden Gate Girl. We’ll go ahead and assume he had no fight scenes in that one.
A Greek Wedding Tradition
The are plenty of wedding traditions that span the globe. Some are done for luck, some to ward off evil spirits, some to bless a new home. The Greeks have a tradition in which the bride will carry a sugar cube in one of her gloves. This is done to ‘sweeten the marriage’.
Pentheraphobia is the intense irrational fear of your mother-in-law.
2.
1935 -
The opera Porgy and Bess, music by critically acclaimed composer George Gershwin, premiered on Broadway. Lauded as the first great American opera, Porgy and Bess incorporated groundbreaking casting choices and some of the greatest songs in American musical-theater history to bring an entirely new sound and flavor to the Broadway stage. Although it received mixed reviews at the time, the music and lyrics of Porgy and Bess proved capable of withstanding the test of time. The original concept for a stage production of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy was a birthday present from his wife who wrote a play based on the story. The play premiered on Broadway in 1927 and ran for 367 performances. But even earlier than that, in 1926, George Gershwin read the novel and then wrote a letter to Heyward, suggesting a collaboration to write a musical, to which Heyward immediately agreed. However, it would be another seven years before work would begin on the adaptation in earnest, and in the intervening years, another performer, singer Al Jolson, attempted to create a musical version of the novel starring himself (a white man playing the role of the African-American protagonist). This effort was not successful, but Jolson's failure paved the way for the Gershwin-Heyward adaptation. The end result, Porgy and Bess, featured a talented cast of all African-American singers, the first of its kind. George Gershwin and Heyward worked together in South Carolina where George wrote all the music and Heyward wrote the libretto and lyrics for 16 of the songs including Summertime. Ira Gershwin wrote lyrics for eight of the songs, notably It Ain't Necessarily So, in New York and sent the lyrics to his brother by mail. The dynamic team managed to create some of the best-known songs in the history of Broadway productions. The incorporation of blues and jazz influences into the score was met with general apprehension from some top critics, and the show ran with only marginal success for four months before closing. In 1953 there was a revival of the opera that toured for many years. In 1959, a film adaption was made by Samuel Goldwyn, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge, but the film was not successful, and the Gershwin family disliked it, buying and destroying as many copies of it as they could. A production of the opera that included music that had been cut before the first Broadway run was met with great enthusiasm in 1976.The collaborative effort of the Gershwins and Heyward in Porgy and Bess is considered one of America's most important musical works of the 20th century.
3.
1845 - The United States Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, MD.
1977 - Joe Namath played the last game of his National Football League (NFL) career.
1978 - The U.S. bill authorizing the Susan B. Anthony dollar was signed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
1987 - Tom McClean finished rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. It set the record at 54 days and 18 hours.
1995 - Gary Kasparov won a chess championship against Viswanathan Anand that had lasted about a month.
1997 - The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, opened to the public. Architect Frank Gehry designed the 450 ft. long and 98 ft. wide building.
2010 - In China, Canton Tower opened to the public.
DAILY SQU-EEK
1968 Chris Ofili, English painter (Turner prize - elephant dung), born in Manchester
thanks, Michelle
Pentheraphobia is the intense irrational fear of your mother-in-law.
The opera Porgy and Bess, music by critically acclaimed composer George Gershwin, premiered on Broadway. Lauded as the first great American opera, Porgy and Bess incorporated groundbreaking casting choices and some of the greatest songs in American musical-theater history to bring an entirely new sound and flavor to the Broadway stage. Although it received mixed reviews at the time, the music and lyrics of Porgy and Bess proved capable of withstanding the test of time. The original concept for a stage production of DuBose Heyward's 1925 novel Porgy was a birthday present from his wife who wrote a play based on the story. The play premiered on Broadway in 1927 and ran for 367 performances. But even earlier than that, in 1926, George Gershwin read the novel and then wrote a letter to Heyward, suggesting a collaboration to write a musical, to which Heyward immediately agreed. However, it would be another seven years before work would begin on the adaptation in earnest, and in the intervening years, another performer, singer Al Jolson, attempted to create a musical version of the novel starring himself (a white man playing the role of the African-American protagonist). This effort was not successful, but Jolson's failure paved the way for the Gershwin-Heyward adaptation. The end result, Porgy and Bess, featured a talented cast of all African-American singers, the first of its kind. George Gershwin and Heyward worked together in South Carolina where George wrote all the music and Heyward wrote the libretto and lyrics for 16 of the songs including Summertime. Ira Gershwin wrote lyrics for eight of the songs, notably It Ain't Necessarily So, in New York and sent the lyrics to his brother by mail. The dynamic team managed to create some of the best-known songs in the history of Broadway productions. The incorporation of blues and jazz influences into the score was met with general apprehension from some top critics, and the show ran with only marginal success for four months before closing. In 1953 there was a revival of the opera that toured for many years. In 1959, a film adaption was made by Samuel Goldwyn, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge, but the film was not successful, and the Gershwin family disliked it, buying and destroying as many copies of it as they could. A production of the opera that included music that had been cut before the first Broadway run was met with great enthusiasm in 1976.The collaborative effort of the Gershwins and Heyward in Porgy and Bess is considered one of America's most important musical works of the 20th century.
Houston Humane Society Fall Festival 2019
Oct 12, 2019 | Houston, TX
Houston Humane Society|14700 Almeda Rd
The Houston Humane Society Fall Festival is daylong event to promote the adoption of pets in shelters and raise awareness of humane animal treatment. While there are usually required fees when adopting a pet, the Houston Humane Society waives these fees on the day of the festival. Additional activities include pumpkin painting, face painting and sampling from the many food vendors.
further information: Fall Festival at Houston Humane Society
4.
Crowe’s Nest Farms Fall Family Fun Days 2019
Oct 24, 2019 | Austin, TX
Crowe's Nest Farm is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to fostering public appreciation, knowledge, and wise stewardship of the agricultural and wildlife resources of Texas.
further information: Fall Family Fun Days at Crowe's Nest Farm
5.
Georgia Mountain Fall Festival 2019
Oct 11 - 19, 2019 | Hiawassee, GA
Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds|1311 Music Hall Rd
9-day event features exciting musical performances, Arts & Craft vendors, educational demonstrations, a flower show and the ever-popular Georgia’s Official State Fiddlers' Convention.
further information: Georgia Mountain Fall Festival in Hiawassee, GA | iTickets
| José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (Pancho Villa) - circa 1914. |
Pictures of the day
Houses at Auvers is an oil-on-canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh, painted towards the end of May or beginning of June 1890, shortly after he had moved to Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town northwest of Paris, France. His move was prompted by his dissatisfaction with the boredom and monotony of asylum life at Saint-Rémy, as well as by his emergence as an artist of some renown following Albert Aurier's celebrated January 1890 Mercure de France review of his work. In his final two months at Saint-Rémy, van Gogh painted from memory a number of canvases he called "reminisces of the North", harking back to his Dutch roots. The influence of this return to the North continued at Auvers, notably in The Church at Auvers. He did not, however, repeat his studies of peasant life of the sort he had made in his Nuenen period. His paintings of dwellings at Auvers encompassed a range of social domains. Houses at Auvers is now in the collection of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio, United States.
Stockholm
Rådhuset metro station. East entrance/exit.
Old General Store - circa 1917
knit
thanks, Charlotte
knit ... Halloween
thanks, Emily
knit
Knit Pattern of the Day:
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
Cincinnati Street Car - circa 1913.
crochet
thanks, Joy
Cincinnati Street Car - circa 1913.
crochet
thanks, Joy
crochet ... Halloween
Bea Arthur (nee Bernice Frankel) (1922-2009) SSgt. USMC 1943-45 WW II ... Enlisted and assigned as typist at Marine HQ in Wash DC, then air stations in VA and NC. Best remembered for her title role in the TV series "Maude" and as Dorothy in "Golden Girls".
RECIPE
thanks, Patsy
Lucille Ball - circa 1930.
CROCKPOT RECIPE
thanks, Shirley
Miss America - 1924. My, my - how our standards of beauty have changed!
SWEETS
thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent
Washington, D.C., circa 1919 ... Walter Reed Hospital flu ward. One of the very few images in Washington area photo archives documenting the influenza contagion of 1918-1919, which killed over 500,000 Americans and tens of millions around the globe. Most victims succumbed to bacterial pneumonia following influenza virus infection.
ADULT COLORING
Emily Todd was Mary Todd Lincoln's half-sister. In 1856 she married Benjamin Helm, a Confederate general. After Helm's death in 1863 Emily Helm passed through Union Lines to visit her sister in the White House. This caused great consternation in the Northern newspapers. Emily Helm took an oath of loyalty to the Union and was granted amnesty.
CRAFTS ... Halloween
thanks, Lucy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy - as a boy.
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Halloween
thanks, Renee
Pumping gasoline - circa 1925.
WORD SEARCH
Naomi Parker-Fraley, who was the inspiration behind the famous Rosie the Riveter poster.
QUOTE
Wagon train on Marietta Street, Atlanta.
CLEVER
A studio portrait owned by the Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library, and was made in 1884 or 1885
PUZZLE
PUZZLE
Pumping gasoline - circa 1925.
WORD SEARCH
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Market Street, San Francisco, after the earthquake, 1906.
SUDOKU ... easy
SUDOKU ... easy
solution:
Naomi Parker-Fraley, who was the inspiration behind the famous Rosie the Riveter poster.
QUOTE
thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent
April 1945. Chief Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays "Going Home" as FDR's body is borne past in Warm Springs, GA, where the President was scheduled to attend a barbecue on the day he died.
April 1945. Chief Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays "Going Home" as FDR's body is borne past in Warm Springs, GA, where the President was scheduled to attend a barbecue on the day he died.
Wagon train on Marietta Street, Atlanta.
CLEVER
thanks, Beth
1916 4th of July Parade, Front Street, Nome Alaska.
Bonnie and Clyde's car following the shootout that ended the two outlaws. The gunfire barrage was so loud that many members of the posse experienced temporary deafness.
EYE OPENER
thanks, Winnie
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set. -Lin Yutang, writer and translator (10 Oct 1895-1976)Bonnie and Clyde's car following the shootout that ended the two outlaws. The gunfire barrage was so loud that many members of the posse experienced temporary deafness.
OPTICAL ILLUSION
The picture, My Wife and My Mother-in-Law, is a good example of two images existing in one, and was published in 1915 by the cartoonist W.E. Hill.
How many figures can you see in the image below?
Answer: If you look closely, you can see both a young and an elderly woman.
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