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Happy Hanukkah 2024!
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Merry Christmas 2024!
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November 2024 Literary Calendar
Events in the month of November for writers and readers
National Family Literacy Month
National Memoir Writing Month
Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
Picture Book Month
- November 1 – Author’s Day; Day of the Dead; World Vegan Day
- November 2 – All Soul’s Day; International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists; Plan Your Epitaph Day
- November 4 – Book Lovers Day
- November 9 – International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism; World Adoption Day; World Freedom Day
- November 10 – World Science Day for Peace and Development
- November 11 – Veterans Day (U.S.)
- November 12 – World Pneumonia Day
- November 13 – World Kindness Day
- November 14 – Young Readers Day
- November 15 – Day of the Imprisoned Writer; I Love to Write Day
- November 16 – International Day for Tolerance; World Philosophy Day
- November 18 – Margaret Atwood’s Birthday; High-Five a Librarian Day
- November 19 – International Men’s Day
- November 21 – Voltaire’s Birthday
- November 25 – International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- November 28 – Thanksgiving (U.S.)
- November 29 – Louisa May Alcott’s Birthday
- November 30 – International Computer Security Day
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Happy Father’s Day 2024!
“If there is any immortality to be had among us human beings, it is certainly only in the love that we leave behind. Fathers like mine don’t ever die.”
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Happy Easter 2024
“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining – they just shine.”
Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2023
“If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come.”
Native American Proverb (Arapaho)
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The Heart Has No Wrinkles
This is a simple, yet extraordinary post from fellow blogger Catnip of Life. Indeed, the heart never gets wrinkled! Thank you, Sharla!
“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.”
It is inevitable for the wrinkles of life to show their ‘ugly’ signs throughout the aging process. For some, the signs of aging appear much earlier than others. How soon they appear and the deepness of their appearance depends upon life itself…its ups & downs, as well as detours along the way.
“Wave the magic wand!” we might say at some point. Ah-h-h-h, if only that would work but then we could find ourselves in the midst of a global storm! Yet, if we were without those wrinkles, what would that say about our lives? Would we have truly lived? Would we have smiled and laughed, as well as frowned and cried? Or, would our faces look pasty without any indications of former emotion?
Reflect back on times in your life perhaps when a wrinkle might have first appeared. What was your reaction? Did signs of any wrinkling change the love and compassion you feel in your heart? To love and to be loved never ages regardless if wrinkles appear!
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Happy Saint Patrick’s Day 2023!
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Happy Valentine’s Day 2023!
“This fire that we call Loving is too strong for human minds. But just right for human souls.”
Image: Jean Baptiste Robie, A Still life with Flowers and Raspberries
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