International Dot Day - September 15, 2020

 DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate In't Dot Day

International Dot Day is staged to encourage people of all ages to harness their creativity. The inspiration behind the event is the children’s book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. It relates the tale of a teacher who challenges one of his female pupils to take courage in her abilities and from a dot on a page the youngster goes on to make her mark.

Real-life teacher Terry Shay brought this book to his class in the late 2000s and it was this that sparked Dot Day to life. It has grown from this one classroom to now be a worldwide celebration each year. Teachers can encourage students to get busy on the day with writing, drawing, painting, or other creative outlets and share this with the Dot Day website to inspire others. It’s not just for students though and anyone can get involved to show their talents.

thanks for the pics, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

I very quietly confided to my best friend that I was having an affair. She turned to me and asked, "Are you having it catered?" And that, my friend, is the sad definition of "OLD".

Joke of the Day

thanks, Olivia

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, "How old was your husband?" "98," she replied: "Two years older than me." "So you're 96," the undertaker commented. She responded, "Hardly worth going home, is it?"

Word of the Day

supercargo

MEANING:

noun:
1. An officer on a merchant ship who is in charge of the cargo.
2. A superintendent or an agent.

ETYMOLOGY:

By alteration of supracargo, from Spanish sobrecargo, from sobre (over), from Latin super (super) + cargo. Earliest documented use: 1667.

USAGE:

“Thurso carries a passenger nobody sees but himself, a kind of divine supercargo who relays messages from some more abstract deity.”
Barry Unsworth; Sacred Hunger; Hamish Hamilton; 1992.

“Robert Campbell of the University of Rhode Island, one of Healey’s supercargo of scientists, outlined the details.”
Awakening; The Economist (London, UK); Feb 14, 2015.

Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: "And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?" the reporter asked. She simply replied, "No peer pressure."

Idiom of the Day

Add fuel to the fire

If people add fuel to the fire, they make a bad situation worse.

I've sure gotten old! I have outlived my feet and my teeth. I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; Hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. 

Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license!

This Day in History

1775 - An early and unofficial American flag was raised by Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Mott after the seizing of Fort Johnson from the British. The flag was dark blue with the white word "Liberty" spelled on it.

1853 - Reverend Antoinette Brown Blackwell was ordained becoming first female minister in the United States.

1883 - The University of Texas at Austin opened.

1903 - Country singer Roy Acuff was born. He was the first living artist to be elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

1909 - Charles F. Kettering applied for a patent on his ignition system. His company Delco (Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company) later became a subsidiary of General Motors.

1916 - During the Battle of the Somme, in France, tanks were first used in warfare when the British rolled them onto the battlefields.

1923 - Oklahoma was placed under martial law by Gov. John Calloway Walton due to terrorist activity by the Ku Klux Klan. After this declaration national newspapers began to expose the Klan and its criminal activities.

1928 - Alexander Fleming discovered the antibiotic penicillin in the mold Penicillium notatum.

1949 - "The Lone Ranger" premiered on ABC. Clayton Moore was the Lone Ranger and Jay Silverheels was Tonto.

1955 - Betty Robbins became the first woman cantor.

1971 - Greenpeace was founded.

1982 - The first issue of "USA Today" was published.

1997 - The domain name "google.com" was registered.

2012 - Legoland Malaysia opened in Nusajaya, Johor, Malaysia.

DAILY SQU-EEK

If You Were Born Today, September 15

Artistic talent is strong with this birthday. As grounded as you are, every now and again you face deep changes that force you to let go and then reinvent yourself. Your experiences in life bring greater awareness and heightened intuition. You have strong sex appeal and are highly attracted to romantic relationships. People are drawn to you for advice, help, and comfort. Your intuition is well-developed, and so is your imagination, which seems to know no bounds. You’re a bit of a maverick. Although sensitive, you are not afraid to do your own thing. Famous people born today: 

1254 Marco Polo, Italian explorer (Il Milione), born in Venice, Venetian Republic (d. 1324)

1789 James Fenimore Cooper, 1st major American novelist (Last of Mohicans), born in Burlington, New JerseY (d, 1851)

1857 William Howard Taft, 27th US President (Republican: 1909-13) and Chief Justice, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1930)

1890 Agatha Christie, English crime writer (Murder on the Orient Express), born in Torquay, Devon (d. 1976)

1909 Jean Batten, New Zealand aviator (first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936), born in Rotorua, New Zealand (d. 1982)

1984 Prince Harry [Henry Charles Albert David Windsor], Prince of Wales, 5th in British succession, born in London, England

READERS INFO

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(Not So) Totally Useless Facts of The Day:

It's a federal law that no living man or woman can appear on U.S. coins. Presidents must be dead for at least two years before they are considered for inclusion in the Presidential Dollar series.

Oysters make pearls so they can feel better. When a grain of sand or debris gets stuck in their bodies, they ease the pain and irritation by coating it with multiple layers of nacre, the mineral that lines the inside of their shells, and a pearl begins

to form. Basically, pearls are like blisters, only much prettier.

Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for $50 million in 2000. They turned it down to go into business with Enron.

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1915 - 

TODAY: P. G. Wodehouse's short story "Extricating Young Gussie" is published in The Saturday Evening Post, introducing the characters Jeeves and Bertie.

3.

Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO Correspondent

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape. So I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.

Pictures of the day

Macrotyloma uniflorum, commonly known as horse gram, is a legume native to tropical southern Asia. The plant grows from a rhizome, sending up annual shoots to a height of 60 cm (24 in). The flowers are cream, yellow or pale green and are followed by short pods. The seeds, pictured here, have been consumed in India for at least 4,000 years and are used both for animal feed and human consumption, including Ayurvedic cuisine. In other tropical countries in southeastern Asia, and in northern Australia, the plant is grown mainly as a fodder crop and for use as green manure. It is a drought-tolerant plant, largely cultivated in areas with low rainfall.

Trapeze Artist Falling Onto a Net Covered in Leaves

Trapeze artist Nicholas Port gives us a look at the principles of physics and inertia by capturing slow motion footage of falling onto a net covered in leaves. 

An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests: first, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart. "Wal-Mart?" the preacher exclaimed."Why Wal-Mart?" "Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week"

knit
thanks, Sheri

Quinn fox set pattern by Muki Crafts

knit
thanks, Helen

SWAN knitting pattern - Block 21 of Beginner KAL 2020

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Flower Scarf pattern by Robyn Diliberto

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Three Birds In New York pattern by Siji Karat Meethal

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Shades of Sky / DROPS 168-2

My memory's not as sharp as it used to be .. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.

Crochet Patterns of the Day: 

thanks, Valerie, Canadian Correspondent

crochet lacy love shrug

crochet off the shoulder blouse

These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, 'For fast relief.'

crochet
thanks, Clara

La Paloma Wrap pattern by Kristin Omdahl

crochet
thanks, Lois

Free Range Kimono pattern by Jess Coppom

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The Campfire Cardigan

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Faux Knit Pinwheel Beanie (All sizes)

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The Versatile Vest

Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

Quarantine Cooking Recipes

thanks, Debbie

Yankee Red Flannel Hash

THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

RECIPE

thanks, Shelley, New York Food Correspondent

Sweet Potato and Bacon Gratin

It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.

CROCKPOT RECIPE

thanks, Jane

Philly cheese steak dip, slow cooker

thanks for the pics, Bev

VEGAN/ VEGETARIAN RECIPE

Both vegetarian and vegan diets may provide health benefits, including reduced body weight, lower cholesterol levels, and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, it is important for vegetarians and vegans to ensure that they are meeting all of their nutritional requirements.

thanks, Alice

Avocado Egg Salad Sandwiches

COPYCAT RECIPE 

thanks, Jenny

Authentic Mrs. Fields Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

and DON'T tuck it under your nose either

SWEETS

Rosh Hashana Dessert

Easy, Light, and Tender Honey-Vanilla Almond Cake Recipe

what are you doing for the world during COVID???

ADULT COLORING

FUN

Can you help the adventurers find their way to the treasure?

solution:

CRAFTS

thanks, Jeri    

personalized pendleton

no mask? no problem if you just hide...

CHILDREN'S CORNER

thanks, Jill

Easy DIY No-Sew Yarn Wrapped Pumpkins

PUZZLE

Rope Cleat G Jigsaw Puzzle

WORD SEARCH

become beet decide duet elite gene hope

instep keeper month motto nervous never noise nutrient

option penalty people point poker pore preparations productive

rues scout seen serve shirt sincere square

statistics steer supposition tell think throw torn tough wrong

SUDOKU ... medium

solution:

QUOTE

thanks, Amy

CLEVER 

thanks, Mary

Crochet Terms In German to English

things just keep happening....

EYE OPENER 

thanks, Becky

Grandchildren who look just like their legendary grandparents

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Understand this, I mean to arrive at the truth. The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it. -Agatha Christie, author (15 Sep 1890-1976)

thanks for the pics, Helen

OPTICAL ILLUSION

If you've ever spent any time gazing up at the night sky, then you've probably noticed the moon illusion, in which the moon looks bigger on the horizon than it does higher up in the sky. Why does this happen?

Many theories have been proposed, although there is no universally agreed-upon explanation. You can read about how the moon illusion works and some of the possible theories that have been suggested.

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