Floral Design Day – This day
was created by Governor Weld of Massachusetts as a way to celebrate
Carl Rittner's birthday. Mr. Rittner founded The Rittners School of
Floral Design in Boston and has spent years imparting his skills and
knowledge of floral design to his students and fellow lovers of
floral beauty. For thousands of years, people have used flowers to
create beautiful works of art and to bring color and beauty to places
where you don't usually find it naturally.
http://www.floralschool.com/floral-design-day.htm
National Public Sleeping Day – The general public is desperately sleep deprived. I talk to some of my friends who routinely get only three or four hours of sleep every night and I am amazed that they are upright at all. But many of these sleep deprived individuals have learned to grab a few zzzz's wherever and whenever they can. Go into any train station or airport or bus depot and you are almost guaranteed to find someone sleeping. Park benches and public libraries are another good place to see some snoozers. This is a day to join the crowd, wherever you are....at your desk, in a restaurant, in a parking lot (Please don't try to sleep while you're driving, but if you're parked, it's quite okay.), wherever you can find a place to rest your weary head, close your eyes and have a nap.
National Tooth Fairy Day –
Once again we have a discrepancy here as some believe that the Tooth
Fairy should be celebrated today and others believe that celebration
should take place on August 22nd. Well, the Tooth Fairy
works incredibly hard, if you think about it. Do you have any idea
how many children lose teeth every day? Way too many for me to think
about. So maybe she should have two days to celebrate. Let's all do
her a favor today and not lose any teeth so maybe she can have a day
of rest today.
Rare Disease Day – Celebration
is probably not the best term for what people do on this day. It is
really a day that is more about raising awareness of rare diseases
and trying to raise money for research to find cures for them.
Unfortunately, since rare diseases affect only a small percentage of
the population, there isn't the same level of financial support for
research that you find with the diseases that affect more people such
as breast cancer. This means that progress on fighting these
diseases is slow, which is heartbreaking for the families that are
profoundly impacted. http://rarediseaseday.us/
National Chocolate Souffle Day –
I have seen a reference to the possibility that the first souffle
recipe appeared in 1742, in France. They were fairly common by the
mid 1800's and could be found in most any cook book. They do indeed
have a tendency to collapse when removed from the oven so you have to
be really, really careful. You can make them without chocolate, but
I don't personally recommend it.
To
celebrate today, have a public nap wherever you find a place to sit
or lean, make chocolate souffle for dinner, create a small floral art
piece and leave it by your pillow for the tooth fairy tonight instead
of a tooth and get online to find a way to support rare disease
research.
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