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Celebrate Hug a Bear Day
Although it might be confusing, Hug a Bear Day isn’t about the big fuzzy beasts that roam the forests munching on nuts and berries and once a year or so busting out the fishing skills to scoop up salmon from the teeming rivers! Hugging one of those could, in fact, be very dangerous and lead to a very bad day.
This day is, instead, about our favorite fuzzy knights of Yore, sometimes called by the name “Teddy”. They are big and fuzzy and warm, they watch over children (and, perhaps, some adults) at night while keeping the monsters in the closet and under the bed at bay.
For many, a cuddly bear is often the first gift a child is ever given. Long afterward, many people tend to carry them forward into their adult lives as ‘memoirs’ of the past. But everyone knows the real reason people still have them is that their lives seem a little better, and a little saner, with those childhood protectors, still working on their behalf.
It’s time to enjoy Hug a Bear Day!
History of Hug a Bear Day
The history of stuffed animals goes back a long way. In fact, some archaeological evidence suggests that the tradition of having something soft to play with and hug goes as far as Ancient Egypt.
What is known for certain is that plush toys as they are now known, first started hitting the scene in the 1830s. Of course, the most iconic of all of them, the Teddy Bear, came about in 1902. The classic story goes that the American President at the time, Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, was hunting and refused to shoot a baby bear that he and his hunting companions came across. His companions thought him a bit “soft” and so the name of the Teddy Bear was coined.
Since that day, the Teddy Bear has stood as the childhood toy that, in many cultures, is given to almost every child. The term “Teddy” was even derived from the name of this self-same president. There are now millions of Teddy Bears produced every year, in a rainbow of styles and colors. No matter what the imagination may produce, there is likely to be a Teddy Bear that meets the idea of the perfect fuzzy protector!
thanks, Michele, Picture Coordinator
the roosters are calling us ....
WORD OF THE DAY
incarnate
MEANING:adjective: 1. Embodied in flesh. 2. Personified. 3. Flesh-colored; blood red.. verb tr.: 1. To give bodily form to. 2. To make real; to actualize. 3. To personify.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin incarnare (to make into flesh), from Latin caro (flesh). Ultimately from the Indo-European root sker- (to cut), which also gave us skirt, curt, screw, shard, shears, carnage, carnivorous, carnation, sharp, and scrape. Earliest documented use: 1395.
USAGE:“Now we have this little boy who’s just light and joy incarnate.”
Kara Baskin; Foster Care, Fleeting Custody, Enduring Love; Boston Globe (Massachusetts); Apr 15, 2022.
“This woman was poetry incarnate! She was pity incarnate! She was passion incarnate!”
Joseph Hocking; The Everlasting Arms; Hodder & Stoughton; 1919.
| adjective: | 1. Embodied in flesh. |
| 2. Personified. | |
| 3. Flesh-colored; blood red.. | |
| verb tr.: | 1. To give bodily form to. |
| 2. To make real; to actualize. | |
| 3. To personify. |
Kara Baskin; Foster Care, Fleeting Custody, Enduring Love; Boston Globe (Massachusetts); Apr 15, 2022.
“This woman was poetry incarnate! She was pity incarnate! She was passion incarnate!”
Joseph Hocking; The Everlasting Arms; Hodder & Stoughton; 1919.
so many churches.... so many empty buildings
TODAY'S ARTIST
IDIOM OF THE DAYWhat does 'blue-eyed boy' mean?
Meaning: Someone's blue-eyed boy is their favourite person.
beavers are busy building dams, so you KNOW winter is coming soon....
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1922 & Albert Einstein playing the piano at the Nara Hotel in Japan
(Not So) TOTALLY USELESS FACTS OF THE DAY
"Phantom Vibration Syndrome," a condition in which people falsely believe their cell phone is vibrating in their pocket, affects an estimated nine out of ten people.
Qatar is the only country that begins with a Q. Iraq is the only country that ends with one.
In 1973, a bank was robbed in Sweden, sparking a six-day standoff during which many of the hostages at the bank became sympathetic to their captors and hostile toward the authorities. That bank was located in the city of Stockholm,
and the episode was the origin of the term “Stockholm syndrome” for the (rare) phenomenon of some victims developing positive feelings toward an abuser or a captor.
how can I sleep with a bright light in my eyes???
and the episode was the origin of the term “Stockholm syndrome” for the (rare) phenomenon of some victims developing positive feelings toward an abuser or a captor.
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COFFEEthanks, Ella
COFFEE
her son thought he could help with the time change....
PICTURES OF THE DAY
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CROCKPOT RECIPE
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ADULT COLORING
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sharing an important moment
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Daylight Saving Time Ends - Top Events and Things to Do
- Replace the batteries on smoke and carbon dioxide detectors.
- Put the emergency winter kit back in the vehicle.
- Begin preparing for the coming holidays.
- Make sure outdoor lights are in working order.
- Put reflectors on bikes so that vehicles can more easily see you as it gets dark earlier.
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