DIANE'S CORNER .. Celebrate Pride Month
I think being gay and gay people are the most wonderful things in the world. I wish all of us could have the power and pride to benefit from what is rightfully ours. Why isn’t there an enormous building in Washington called the ‘National Association of Lesbian and Gay Concerns’ to lobby for us?
Larry Kramer
Pride Month is considered to be an important holiday, one that details the history of the LGBT community finding acceptance in the world. While today it’s more widely accepted, history tells long stories of why it wasn’t for the longest time. Pride Month is about being proud of who you are, so read more to learn about the LGBT community and how you can celebrate Pride Month.
History of Pride Month
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month or just Pride Month for short, is an annual holiday celebrated in the month of June that commemorates the Stonewall riots of 1968 in Manhattan. While during the 50’s and 60’s, the concept of being gay was never spoken of or publicly expressed due to the pressure of American society and the social norms that viewed being gay as a taboo and a mental disorder.
Thus, at the tip of the iceberg, when the Stonewall Inn started being raided by police because it was a gay bar, people started retaliating against police in defense of the gay bar and their believed right to be gay in the world.
LGBT pride has since been growing steadily over the past few decades, even when LGBT was considered taboo during the 70’s and 80’s. As more people started backing up the movement and people started understanding what being gay meant, Pride Month started becoming a popular concept during the 90’s and 2000’s.
Multiple holidays around out of the LGBT movement and Pride Month has become one of the biggest celebrations all over the United States, with its main center of action in New York City. In NYC, parades would commence along the streets and people would dress up in their most colorful and prideful outfits and celebrate the LGBT community for everyone to see.
JOKE OF THE DAY
WORD OF THE DAY
Mother Hubbard
Illustration: Alfred Kappes Mother Goose’s Melodies, 1879
MEANING:noun: A loose shapeless dress for a woman.
ETYMOLOGY:After Mother Hubbard, a character in the nursery rhyme “Old Mother Hubbard”. Earliest documented use: 1877.
NOTES:“Old Mother Hubbard” is a nursery poem which details adventures of Mother Hubbard and her dog. In illustrations she’s depicted as wearing a loose-fitting unbelted gown. The first stanza of the poem goes:Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the Cupboard,
To give the poor Dog a bone;
When she came there,
The Cupboard was bare,
And so the poor Dog had none.
USAGE:“She wore loose Mother Hubbard of gray cloth in which there had once been colored flowers, but the color was washed out now.”
John Steinbeck; The Grapes of Wrath; Viking; 1939.
TODAY'S ARTIST thanks, Natalie
Went to the Cupboard,
To give the poor Dog a bone;
When she came there,
The Cupboard was bare,
And so the poor Dog had none.
John Steinbeck; The Grapes of Wrath; Viking; 1939.
TODAY'S ARTIST
Boglárka Réka Fábián (1984), better known professionally as Bogi Fabian, is a Hungarian artist most known for her fluorescent and glow-in-the dark murals[1][2][3] and prints.
Her works also include installation art, body painting,[4] "traditional" painting,[5] ceramics[6][7][8][9][10] and visual design in general.
IDIOM OF THE DAY
What does 'Babe in arms' mean?
A babe in arms is a very young child, or a person who is very young to be holding a position.
DAILY SQUEEK
DAILY SQUEEK
If You Were Born Today, June 9:
You possess considerable personal power, charisma, and determination. You have a magnetic personality with a flair for the dramatic. While sensitive and considerate, you are also very strong-willed and not one to be controlled or directed. It is quite likely that you will achieve financial success. Famous people born today:
1781 George Stephenson, English engineer known as the "Father of Railways" (Locomotion No. 1, Standard Gauge), born in Newcastle, England
1891 Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate), born in Peru, Indiana (d. 1964)
1931 Jackie Mason, American comedian (World According to Me, Chicken Soup), born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
1961 Michael J. Fox, Canadian actor, author, comedian and activist (Family Ties, Back to the Future, Teen Wolf), born in Edmonton, Alberta
1963 Johnny Depp, American actor (21 Jump Street, Pirates of the Caribbean), born in Owensboro, Kentucky
1981 Natalie Portman [Neta-Lee Hershlag], Israeli-American actress (V for Vendetta, Black Swan, Star Wars), born in Jerusalem, Israel
thanks, Jessica
(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
If You Were Born Today, June 9:
You possess considerable personal power, charisma, and determination. You have a magnetic personality with a flair for the dramatic. While sensitive and considerate, you are also very strong-willed and not one to be controlled or directed. It is quite likely that you will achieve financial success. Famous people born today:
Traditionally, turkeys were given to presidents to be killed for their Thanksgiving dinner. In 1989, George H.W. Bush was the first president to 'pardon' a turkey, instead.
In 1967, a Senate subcommittee theorized that by the year 1985, Americans would be working only 22 hours a week and could possibly retire by age 38.
You can't usually smell your own house (or perfume) because of a survival instinct called "olfactory adaptation." The brain is always looking for new, unusual, or changing smells as a sign of possible danger, so it ignores all the smells that have already become familiar.
READERS INFO
1.
1954 -
Special Counsel for the U.S. Army Joseph N. Welch confronts Sen. Joseph McCarthy
In a dramatic confrontation, Joseph Welch (above), special
counsel for the U.S. Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph
McCarthy (below) during hearings on whether communism
has infiltrated the U.S. armed forces.
Welch’s verbal assault marked the end of McCarthy’s power
during the anticommunist hysteria of the Red Scare in the
U.S.
2.June 10, 1692 -First “witch” hanged in Salem Village
Being found guilty of “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries,” Bridget Bishop on this day in 1692 became the first person to be hanged during the Salem witch trials in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
3.Coronavirus Style by Sylvia, CAN DO CorrespondentCOFFEEthanks, Ella
Special Counsel for the U.S. Army Joseph N. Welch confronts Sen. Joseph McCarthy
In a dramatic confrontation, Joseph Welch (above), special
counsel for the U.S. Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph
McCarthy (below) during hearings on whether communism
has infiltrated the U.S. armed forces.
Welch’s verbal assault marked the end of McCarthy’s power
during the anticommunist hysteria of the Red Scare in the
U.S.
PICTURES OF THE DAY
The stadium could hold up to 30,000 spectators
Eviction attempt
knit .. Father's Day
thanks, Millie
knit
thanks, Ruth
knit
knit
knit .. Independence Day
crochet .. Independence Day
thanks, Lois
crochet
thanks, Tara
crochet
crochet
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.
COPYCAT RECIPE
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
FUN
answer:
PUZZLE
WORD SEARCH
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SUDOKU .. hard
solution:
thanks for the pics, Bev
If God Sneezes, What Should You Say?
CLEVER
OPTICAL ILLUSION
- Stare at the dots located at the center of the woman's face for about 30 seconds to a minute.
- Then turn your eyes immediately to the center x of the white image on the right of the woman's face.
- Blink quickly several times.
What do you see?
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