Banking on Tomorrow

 Today is the 7th day of the 21st week, the 27th day of the 5th month, the 147th day of 2023, and: Amateur Radio Military Appreciation Day International Jazz Day Joe Cool Day  - is the Peanuts gang still a thing these days, or am I showing my age again?  My granddaughters certainly don't know anything about Snoopy et al  Julia Pierpont Day - some sites list this as the 28th, but West Virginia declared this a holiday in 2005.  She is often credited with the origination of Decoration Day, which became Memorial Day    National Cellophane Tape Day National Grape Day National Grape Popsicle Day National Gray Day National Italian Beef Day National Learn to Swim Day Nothing to Fear Day Old-Time Player Piano - Grandmom Riley had one of those and she had the music books and the old cylinders to make it work.  It fascinated me, but she didn't like setting it up to play and I only remember her doing it once or twice after I pestered her.  I used to tinkle on the keys a bit, but never actu

 Today is the 6th day of the 21st week, the 26th day of the 5th month, the 146th day of 2023, and: European Neighbors' Day Independence Day - Guyana from the UK in 1966 National Blueberry Cheesecake Day National Chardonnay Day National Cherry Desert Day National Cooler Day National Death Busters Day National Don't Fry Day National Heat Awareness Day National Paper Airplane Day National Polka Day National Road Trip Day National Sorry Day [ nope not Canada, but Australia ] National Title Track Day National Wig Out Day [ I really miss wearing my wigs!  It was different actually having lots of hair ] Sally Ride Day Savuot World Dracula Day - hard to believe that Bram Stoker was published 126 years ago.  Everyone agreed that in 1930, Bela Lugosi made the role his own, but my favorite has been Frank Langella .   World Lindy Hop Day World Redhead Day Quote of the day : "The meditative experience is the practice of dying, the practice of letting go    ~ Bruce Joel Rubin, " Re

 Today is the 5th day of the 21st week, the 25th day of the 5th month, the 145th day of 2023, and: [ NOTE:  Somewhere my numbering got screwed up - don't know where I double posted or if I actually accidentally overwrote an existing post, but the past couple of days have been off.  I cannot tell how far back the error goes, but I really have written a post every single day!  Well there was that one day when I forgot and just post "oops" so maybe I can blame that for the miscount.  From this point forward, the number of the day of the year should be correct - at least until the next typo   ] Africa Day [ AKA African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day ] - c elebrating the foundation of the Organization of African Unity 60 years ago Cookie Monster's Birthday [ or it might be November 2nd ] Eat More Fruits and Vegetables Day Greek Pride Day Independence Day - Jordan from the UK in 1946 International Plastic Free Day Last Bell - the end of classes presaging the beginn

 Today is the 4th day of the 21st week, the 24th day of the 5th month, the 143rd day of 2023 [ and no, this is not redundant info because the day noted in the title marks the number of consecutive blogging babbles I have racked up ], and:  Aldersgate Day or Wesley Day Asparagus Day Aviation Maintenance Technician Day Bermuda Day [ the traditional day altho in 2018 the government moved it to the nearest Friday.  Time to go to the sea, and to break out the Bermuda shorts! ] Brothers' Day Emergency Medical Services for Children Day  [ again?  who keeps these lists accurate, anyway? ] Independence Day - Eritrea from Ethiopia in 1993  [ I knew about this country as they had a spot in one of the temporary pavilions in EPCOT for the turn of the century celebrations.  I was exploring alone, and the lovely young lady served me a very thick, sweet coffee and talked about why her country was different for almost 45 minutes ] International Tiara Day Morse Code Day [ some observe this on April

 Today is the 3rd day of the 21st week, the 23rd day of the 5th month, the 142nd day of 2023, and: Declaration of the Báb Day: a merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement, which has come to be knows as the Baháʼí Faith. National Best Friend-in-law Day National Day to End Obstetric Fistula National Lucky Penny Day National Taffy Day  World Chron's and Colitis Day World Turtle Day Note in passing :  on this day in 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.  Quote of the day : " You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support. " ~ Sabrina Bryan, AKA Reba Sabrina Hinojos, American dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer My respect for my son-in-law is boundless and I can only watch with awe as he balances working a stressful full-time job, with caring for a disabled wife and two little girls, with keeping a growing garden flourishing, all while keeping h

Today is the 2nd day of the 21st week, the 22nd day of the 5th month, the 141st day of 2023 [with only 216 shopping days until Christmas], and Barbara May Cameron's 69th birthday - check out today's google doodle  Bitcoin Pizza Day Canadian Immigrants Day Harvey Milk Day International Being You Day - Dr Dain Heer's book apparently has kicked off an entire cottage industry !   International Day for Biological Diversity National Buy a Musical Instrument Day National Craft Distillery Day National Maritime day National Solitaire Day National Vanilla Pudding Day NF2 Awareness Day Sherlock Homes Day - celebrated on this day as Arthur Conan Doyle was born 164 years ago US Colored Troops Day - this refers to the regiments that were formed on this day in 1863, then disbanded in October 1865    Victoria Day World Goth Day World Paloma Day and Voyager 1 is 22h 03m 33s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day : "The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into