There’s a lot we can learn if we just slow down and pay attention. Sibling species are willing to share their secrets for a happy life if we’re interested.
Today is Nature Photography Day and above is an early morning picture from our front yard. Below is today’s haiku:
Turtle Wisdom
Nature has a way,
of showing what’s important:
let’s live and let live
Here’s a link for more information:
Nursery rhymes often contain messages for adults. Today’s feature seems especially appropriate as we watch global inflation and poverty rise. These times call for compassion, wisdom and perhaps, some light-heartedness.
Pop Goes the Weasel Day
There’s no need to sigh,
that’s the way the money goes:
POP goes the weasel.
Check out this link: https://nationaltoday.com/national-pop-goes-weasel-day/
Not everyone is ready to become a vegan immediately. Yet, it is possible to improve our diets and be more compassionate in our food choices now. Today is Eat Flexitarian Day and here is a haiku for your consideration:
Friends Not Food
A better future
for us and sibling species:
Flexitarian?
For more information, check out this link:
Today is Trinity Sunday. Whatever your faith or non-faith tradition, there’s wisdom in knowing we’re stronger as a supportive group than we are as individuals. Here’s today’s haiku:
Going As a River
Parents and offspring,
empowered by joyful love,
build community
For a more traditional religious perspective, you may also enjoy a sonnet by Malcolm Guite: https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2022/06/10/a-sonnet-for-trinity-sunday-9/
A small act of kindness can make a huge difference. Do you remember what Scout Finch did in the movie To Kill a Mockingbird? You can do that too! Here’s today’s haiku:
National Say Hi Day
Hey boo, yes, thank you,
no need to hide anymore
just smile and say hi
Check out these links for more information:
Nearly 85% of tea consumed in the United States is iced. This drink is considered a great way to boost antioxidants to help fight disease. So, here’s today’s haiku:
National Iced Tea Day
With green or black tea
add something sweet. Lemonade?
Thanks Arnold Palmer!
Created in 1934 and voted 3rd most popular cartoon character, after Micky Mouse and Bugs Bunny respectively, today is a day for fun: National Donald Duck Day.
Here’s today’s haiku:
Funny cap and voice
it’s Donald Fauntleroy Duck
Thank you, Clarence Nash
As Ari Joshua Bouse would say, “he quacks me up” 🙂
First started in 1935 by the US Congress, National Best Friends Day for appreciating friends and spending quality time with them has been a great way to improve your life. Or, if you don’t currently have a best friend then take deliberate action to find one. How? Perhaps, today’s haiku will help:
Decrease loneliness –
be a best friend to others –
friendship is healthy.
Note: recent psychology studies indicate that loneliness increased across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic. See these sites for more information on the studies and today’s holiday cures:
https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2022/05/covid-19-increase-loneliness;
https://www.ourfabriq.com/article/importance-of-friendships-your-health-well-being
Let’s inspire ourselves and others – today is World Caring Day!
We all need care AND
to be caring for others;
Share acts of kindness
Learn more about World Caring Day here: https://nationaltoday.com/world-caring-day/
read the fucking manual
first time users
don’t know what they’re doing
fidgeting fingers over knobs
pressing red buttons
yanking their cranks
inserting things in slots
they can’t comprehend
the message on the screen
it says: ‘you’re too shitty for this shit’
so they take a baseball bat
and make a few essential modifications
last time users
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
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