Tell A Story Day - April 27, 2020

DIANE'S CORNER ... 

Celebrate Tell A Story Day

Tell a Story Day is celebrated in the United States, Scotland and the United Kingdom. The aim of the day to get participants telling, sharing and listening to each others stories. It is a celebration of the art of oral storytelling in all of its many forms, whether it be fiction or non-fiction, a tall tale, or folklore. The stories may be told from memory or from a book. Events can be held in community centres, churches, homes and gardens, hospitals, libraries, schools or more unusual venues!

The origin of the day is unknown, but there is surely a story to tell about it – maybe you can make one up for the next Tell a Story Day! For the day itself you can organize your own event with friends, family or colleagues and create a magical world of enchanting fairy tales, scary ghost stories or age-old family legends.

Health Care People .. Thanks for all you do!

Joke of the Day

TIME FOR PAY RAISE

I told my boss that three companies were after me, so I needed a raise in pay to stay with the current job.
He asked which companies?
I told him gas, electric, and cable.

Word of the Day

ambivert

MEANING:

noun: One having the characteristics of both an extrovert and an introvert.

NOTES:

An ambivert is one who can be an extrovert or an introvert depending on the situation. For example, with family or close friends one can be open and outgoing while being reserved in the presence of strangers. Also, an ambivert can refer to someone who falls somewhere between the two extremes and shows some tendencies of each.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin ambi- (both) + -vert (as in introvert/extrovert), from vertere (to turn). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wer- (to turn or bend), which also gave us wring, weird, writhe, worth, revert, universe, animadvert, divers, quaquaversal, obverse, obvert, and verso. Earliest documented use: 1923.

USAGE:

“Being an ambivert, I speak very less or nothing at unknown people and a lot at close ones.”
Sasidhar Kareti; Unconditional Uncommitted; Notion Press; 2018.

Idiom of the Day

15. Method to my madness

Meaning: An assertion that, despite one’s approach seeming random, there actually is structure to it.

This Day in History

1880 - Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the electrical hearing aid.

1897 - Grant's Tomb was dedicated.

1938 - Geraldine Apponyi married King Zog of Albania. She was the first American woman to become a queen.

1957 - Ricky Nelson's first record, "Teenager's Romance," was released.

1965 - "Pampers" were patented by R.C. Duncan.

1967 - In Montreal, Prime Minister Lester Pearson lighted a flame to open Expo 67.

1983 - Nolan Ryan (Houston Astros) broke a 55-year-old major league baseball record when he struck out his 3,509th batter of his career.

1989 - Student protesters took over Tienanmen Square in Beijing.

1987 - The U.S. Justice Department barred Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the U.S. He claimed that he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.


2006 - In New York, NY, construction began on the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center on the site of former World Trade Center.

thanks, Debbie

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, April 27

You are poised and come across as calm and refined. You are not easy to get close to, and much of your nature remains a mystery to others. Nevertheless, you are charming and others tend to respect you. You are extremely observant and generally think before you speak, and you are a great listener. Famous people born today:

1759 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, English writer and feminist (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman), mother of Mary Shelley, born in London (d. 1797)

1791 Samuel Morse, American inventor (telegraph, Morse code) and painter, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts (d. 1872)

1820 Herbert Spencer, British philosopher (Social Statics), born in Derby, England (d. 1903)

1822 Ulysses S. Grant, 18th US President (1869-77) and Union general, born in Point Pleasant, Ohio (d. 1885)

1927 Sheila Scott, English aviator (completes 1st round-the-world solo flight by a woman), born in Worcester, Worcestershire (d. 1988)

1932 Casey Kasem, American radio personality (creator of American Top 40), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2014)

1967 Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands (2013-present), born in Utrecht, Netherlands

READERS INFO

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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:

The only president to serve two non-consecutive terms tipped the scales at over 250 pounds, so it’s no wonder that he earned the nickname Uncle Jumbo. Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th President of the United
States, and therefore the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents. Grover Cleveland served as the mayor of Buffalo before becoming the governor of New York in 1882, where he became known by the
nickname “Uncle Jumbo” (his friends also called him Big Steve).

When it comes to wine, an aroma similar to cat pee is a
considered a good thing.

Cruise control was invented 1948 by Ralph Teetor, a mechanical engineer who was also an inventor. He was also blind, from the age of five. It would be another ten years before cruise control was commercially introduced.

2.

thanks for the Offbeat Holiday, Patty

APRIL 27: MORSE CODE DAY

Break out your best dots and dashes, it’s the birthday of Samuel Morse—co-inventor of the eponymous Morse Code. These days any Joe Schmoe can try his hand at transmitting lights, clicks, and tones to send a secret message. But this system of communication used to be a highly specialized field that required a license and a proclivity for spying on communists.

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Lake District Walks

England’s Lake District offers one of the finest natural spectacles in the country, covering over 2300 square kilometers of truly gorgeous scenery. With its rugged fells, pristine lakes, green rolling countryside and jaw-dropping views, this north-west corner of the United Kingdom is one of the country’s most popular destinations. 

10 Epic Walks in the Lake District - Full Guides & GPS

4.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

There may be hope for some elastic. A supplier in a nearby city (Richmond Hill) has some, and a gentleman from another city (Mississauga) whose wife also needs some for masks is willing to go pick some up and share. If anyone needs a good pattern for a Health Worker's Mask, here's one or three!

How to Sew Face Masks for Hospitals During the Coronavirus     Shortage

How to make a Face Mask to help Health Care Providers

How Can I Help Sew Masks for Health Care Workers?

Pictures of the day

Caroline Rémy de Guebhard (27 April 1855 – 24 April 1929)  was a French anarchist, journalist, and feminist, best known  under the pen name Séverine. She was associated with Jules  Vallès and became involved in his socialist publication Cri du  Peuple, taking control of the newspaper when his health  deteriorated. She left in 1888 after a confrontation with Marxist journalist Jules Guesde, but continued to write for other  publications, promoting women's emancipation and denouncing  social injustices. This picture of Rémy is a carte de visite taken by French photographer Nadar sometime between 1889 and  1899. The photograph, entitled "Séverine, debout, un poing sur  la hanche" ('Séverine, standing, a fist on her hip'), is in the  collection of the Bibliothèque Marguerite Durand in Paris.

Stevie

Stevie rolls through the halls at Knollwood Military Retirement Community

knit
thanks, Ruth

Op Art

knit

thanks, Millie

Polgooth Socks

knit

Kitten Kaboodle Dishcloth

knit

Elegant Mohair Lace Pullover pattern by Jennifer A. Tepper

knit ... Mother's Day

Color-Block Back Scrubber

Crochet Pattern of the Day: 

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

Mandala Monster

Delta Cocoon

crochet
thanks, Jessica

Bobbles Circle Tote

crochet
thanks, Laura

The Spring Cardi

crochet

Klara - Little Mermaid pattern by MyGurumi

crochet

We love nurses - they are the glue holding us all together right now.

St Jude and Nurse Chansey

crochet

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Sloppy Joes

CROCKPOT RECIPE

Molly's Chicken



SWEETS

thanks, Gloria

Microwave Mug Apple Crisp

ADULT COLORING

CRAFTS

thanks, Kitty

How To Make Coasters From Tart Tins - In 10 minutes!

CHILDREN'S CORNER ... Mother's Day

thanks, Sonja

Pom-pom Bouquet

Kids can make Mom an evergreen yarn bouquet to symbolize their everlasting love. Start by placing a green pipe cleaner parallel with the tines of a fork so that it extends 3 inches above the tines. Wrap yarn perpendicularly around all the tines. Fold the 3-inch section of pipe cleaner down over the yarn, slide everything off the fork, and wrap the two pieces of pipe cleaner together. Carefully cut the wrapped yarn and trim any scraggly ends. Repeat as desired. Wrap stems together with a length of ribbon.

PUZZLE

Column Contrast Jigsaw Puzzle



WORD SEARCH

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earthquake force front fully grain grass hangs

jockey joins label mugs nasty obsess

perforate release rune second sides skate starts strip strong

tease therapy there tights tycoon valor

SUDOKU ... very hard

solution:

QUOTE

thanks, Julia

CLEVER 

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Stuck Inside? Keep Walking

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason. -Mary Wollstonecraft, reformer and writer (27 Apr 1759-1797)

thanks, Wren

OPTICAL ILLUSION

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