It is Sunday, February 21 and there are only 308 days until Christmas.  Based on the way retailers have been pushing seasons, the stores should have their decorations up soon.  Today we remember the birthdays of Christoph Stoltzenberg, Eduard Rappoldi and Pierre Mercure.  On this day in 1431 England began the trial of Joan of Arc, in 1846 Sarah G Bagley became the first woman telegrapher 

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.--- --- -…  … .- .-. .- ….) and in 1972 Richard Nixon became the first US President to visit China.  In Bangladesh it is Bangladesh Martyrs Day/National Mourning Day and world wide it is Brotherhood Day.

I apologize that I do not really have anything this week.  Things have been a little busy and I just have not had the opportunity to observe the crazies.  I will admit that there were a couple items I wanted to bring up, but I did not write them down and now they have escaped my mind.  The lovely Elaine has always said that she does not want to learn and remember new things.  She reasons that there is only so much brain capacity available.  That means that if something new comes in something old might go out. She is concerned that the old item might be something like how to breathe or when to use the bathroom.  I have no proof that she is right, but I have no proof that she is wrong.

I was going to say that there were no interesting holidays to talk about, but I decided to do some research.  I have come up with some that I think we should all observe.  There are a couple we missed but are worth mentioning for next year.  Specifically, February 5 was National Shower with a Friend Day and February 18 was National Drink Wine Day.  We actually did drink wine on the 18^th, but were unaware that we were celebrating.  We just thought we were having wine.  Coming up tomorrow is National Margarita Day.  I think I will make a point of observing that one. 

 

For those of you who like to plan ahead, here are some good days coming up in March.  On 3/4 it is Nat’l Pound Cake Day, 3/6 is Nat’l Oreo Cookie Day, 3/8 is Nat’l Pancake Day, 3/9 is Nat’l Meatball Day, 3/13 is Nat’l Open an Umbrella Indoors Day, 3/14 is Nat’l Napping Day (a new favorite of mine), 3/19 Nat’l Chocolate Caramel Day (another new favorite) and on 3/23 Nat’l Chip and Dip Day.  So now you can be prepared and not miss the celebrations.

In the future, I will try to remember how I found this site so that I can alert you to upcoming national days.  But, to quote my older grandson, “I’m not making any promises.”

This week our fact tells us that America’s first nudist organization was founded in 1929 by three men.  Go figure!  Three men started an organization to get people to walk around nude.  They claimed it was healthy.  We all know they just used it as an excuse to see women naked.