DIANE'S CORNER ..
Celebrate World Meditation Day
When you’re a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you don’t have a thought in your mind. It’s purely meditation, and we lose that.
Dick Van Dyke
When the world around you is ensconced in madness, and you can’t quite seem to find a moment of peace in the storm of the day, it’s time to step back and remember those blissful moments as a child where we merely lost ourselves in the world. World Meditation Day is a call to the world to take time to participate in this millennia-old practice and clear our minds, remembering that we are people first, and workers second.
History of World Meditation Day
The History of World Meditation Day can be traced through the History of Meditation itself. Meditation has been an integral part of many religions and was first found spoken of in written form in about 1500 BCE in India.
It plays a prominent role in many religions throughout the world, especially Buddhism and other Eastern faiths, but is also practised by those who are neither spiritual nor religious as a way of easing stress and clearing their mind.
In today’s world meditation is vital regardless of whether you’re a spiritual person or not, the frantic hustle and bustle of daily activity prevent many of us from ever having a moment’s peace.
Joke of the Day
Word of the Day
pooh-bah
An ad for Coats thread, c. 1870-1900
MEANING:noun:
1. A person who holds a high office or has great influence.
2. A pompous, self-important person.
3. A person holding many offices or positions of power.
ETYMOLOGY:After Pooh-Bah, a government official in Gilbert & Sullivan’s 1885 operetta The Mikado. Pooh-Bah holds all the high offices of the state (except Lord High Executioner), including relating to complaints about himself. He is also known as the Lord High Everything Else. Earliest documented use: 1886.
USAGE:“Yeah, yeah. I know every sport has a federation, a long history and a stuffy pooh-bah in charge.”
Allan Maki; Blog Hits; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Aug 12, 2008.
1. A person who holds a high office or has great influence.
2. A pompous, self-important person.
3. A person holding many offices or positions of power.
Allan Maki; Blog Hits; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Aug 12, 2008.
Idiom of the Day
What does 'At the top of your lungs' mean?
If you shout at the top of your lungs, you shout as loudly as you possibly can.
If you shout at the top of your lungs, you shout as loudly as you possibly can.
DAILY SQU-EEK
You are exceptionally witty, playful, and possess a youthful quality to your personality your entire life. You are highly creative on a mental level, have an excellent memory, and love a good debate. Sometimes short on patience, you might feel that others don't move as quickly in thought as you do. However, you are also a people person. Famous people born today:
3.
1) - This is a picture of an octopus. It has eight testicles. (Kelly, age 6)
2) - Oysters' balls are called pearls. (Jerry, age 6)
3) - If you are surrounded by the ocean, you are an island. If you don't have an ocean all round you, you are incontinent. (Mike, age 7)
4) - Sharks are ugly and mean, and have big teeth, just like Emily Richardson. She's not my friend any more. (Kylie, age 6)
5) - A dolphin breathes through an asshole on the top of its head. (Billy, age 8)
6) - My uncle goes out in his boat with another man and two women and pots and comes back with crabs. (Millie, age 6)
7) - When ships had sails, they had to use the trade winds to cross the ocean. Sometimes when the wind didn’t blow the sailors would whistle to make the wind come. My brother said they would have been better off eating beans. (William, age 7)
8) - Mermaids live in the ocean. I like mermaids. They are beautiful and I like their shiny tails, but how on earth do mermaids get pregnant? Like, really? (Helen, age 6)
9) - I'm not going to write about the ocean. My baby brother is always crying, my Dad keeps yelling at my Mom, and my big sister has just got pregnant, so I can't think what to write. (Amy, age 6)
10) - Some fish are dangerous. Jellyfish can sting. Electric eels can give you a shock. They have to live in caves under the sea where I think they have to plug themselves in to chargers. (Christopher, age 7)
11) - When you go swimming in the ocean, it is very cold, and it makes my willy small. (Kevin, age 6)
12) - Divers have to be safe when they go under the water. Divers can't go down alone, so they have to go down on each other. (Becky, age 8)
13) - On vacation my Mom went water skiing. She fell off when she was going very fast. She says she won't do it again because water fired right up her big fat ass. Julie, age 7)
14) - The ocean is made up of water and fish. Why the fish don't drown I don't know. (Bobby, age 6)
15) - My dad was a sailor on the ocean. He knows all about the ocean. What he doesn't know is why he quit being a sailor and married my mom. (James, age 7)
PATTERN BOOK FRIDAY
Pictures of the Day
Mara
knit
thanks, Vicky
knit
thanks, Ivy
knit
thanks, Bertha
crochet
thanks, Helen
Quarantine Cooking Recipes
CROCKPOT RECIPE
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.
SWEETS
COOKBOOK FRIDAY
ADULT COLORING
KAR120C was the registration of a yellow Lotus 7, in which 1960s cult UK TV series? THE PRISONER
In which Dickens novel was Miss Havisham jilted on her wedding day? GREAT EXPECTATIONS
What is an otter’s home called? HOLT
Who had a 1985 hit with Saving All My Love For You? WHITNEY HOUSTON
Which actor appeared to have a wooden leg in the 1956 film Moby Dick? GREGORY PECK (Captain Ahab)
How have vegetables been cut which are served Julienne? THIN STRIPS (or shreds or sliced lengthways)
Which mountain overlooks Rio De Janeiro and its harbour? SUGAR LOAF
UNHCR is the United Nation’s High Commission for what? REFUGEES
Who hosted UK TV’s ‘Family Fortunes’ after Bob Monkhouse and before Les Dennis? MAX BYGRAVES
Which Dickens’ character was always ‘expecting something to turn up’? MR MICAWBER (David Copperfield)
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER
PUZZLE
WORD SEARCH
| agree being best bicker brae chase class confusion | earth fine flesh gland grooves ground | honest hurdle hurry hutch invite locate madness money | nation paint pitch relay right route | seas shin snapdragon strain tight tribe truth twist where |
SUDOKU .. very hard
solution:
What Are You Really Good At, But Kind Of Embarrassed That You Are Good At It?
QUOTE
Tin Can Alley
OPTICAL ILLUSION
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