For all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams.
~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca (January 17, 1600 – May 25, 1681)
Daily Quote: January 17, 2020
Daily Quote: December 11
At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;
the thorns should never be plucked from his roses.
~Ellen Key (December 11, 1849 – April 25, 1926)
International Mountain Day
Meet your mountain
climb to its top.
Nurture your rose
smell its sweet fragrance.
Spread your sunshine
embrace others within its rays.
-Deborah Porte
Daily Quote: Dec 10
Love and a red rose can’t be hid.
Thomas Holcroft (December 10, 1745 – March 23, 1809)
December 10
Dewey Decimal System Day
Nobel Prize Day
Human Rights Day
International Animal Rights Day
Daily Quote: December 2
Some say they see poetry in my paintings;
I see only science.
~ Georges Seurat (December 2, 1859 – March 29, 1891)
Mutt Day
My favorite Mutt Rickie:
Daily Quote: November 25
With a few flowers in my garden,
half a dozen pictures and some books,
I live without envy.
~ Lope de Vega (November 25, 1562 – August 27, 1635)
Picture taken at Strathmere Lodge, Strathroy ON
July 13, 2014
Strathroy-Caradoc Horticultural Society Garden Tour
Humor at Work – November 25
Blase Day
International Hat Day
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Daily Quote: November 6
Genius is one of the many forms of insanity.
~ Cesare Lombroso (November 6, 1835 – October 19, 1909)
Saxophone Day
National Stress Awareness Day
– First Wednesday in November
Daily Quote: November 5
Never judge a work of art by its defects.
~ Washington Allston (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843)
World Tsunami Awareness Day
National Redhead Day
Daily Quote: November 1
The dreadful burden of having nothing to do.
~ Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (November 1, 1636 – March 13, 1711)
I’m bored…..is so much different from having nothing to do.
Is saying “I’m seeking new adventures” just another way of saying I’m bored.
So I seek out new things to try, new places to go, new people to talk to.
Who truly has nothing to do? The idle rich? The retired? The homeless? The lazy?
We all have something to do, but the question is do we want to do it?
How do we prioritize what to do? How do we develop passion within our lives?
Once the biological needs are taken care of, where do our wants take us?
Lands of dreams and oceans of fantasies sweep us up in their allure with destinations only limited by imagination.
Reading, writing, blogging, creating, watching TV, playing games, exercising, re-creating ourselves, dieting, knitting, sewing, kayaking, biking, Motorcycling, walking, visiting with friends, trying something new, going somewhere new………
All Saints Day
Native American Heritage Month
Changes in Canadian Laws now make more people eligible to become “Status Indians” and obtain their status cards (reclaim their maternal heritage denied by paternal societies that overtook the Native American Cultures). But the process is very slow. My children applied in December of 2018 (through their paternal grandmother), and probably won’t be receive their status cards for another year or two.
National Diabetes Awareness Month
Living with people effected by diabetes (Native American Heritage gives them a much higher possibility of becoming diabetic) has broken my heart. I watched as my mother-in-law suffered from the effects. Daily injections, constant monitoring, kidney failure, dialysis….
2 of my sister-in-laws have died from diabetic induced illnesses.
My husband was diagnosed as being diabetic almost 20 years ago. Neuropathy causes constant pain and limits his mobility. He can no longer walk long distances (more than 10 meters); he has had Kidney cancer (1 kidney now left); he can no longer dance……
My oldest son has now been diagnosed with diabetes.
Technology is improving treatments but there is still a very long way to go.
National Epilepsy Month
One of the oldest known illnesses and still unknown mysteries of the brain.
Daily Quote: October 16
There are only two tragedies in life:
one is not getting what one wants,
and the other is getting it.
~ Oscar Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900)
Some see a dandelion gone to seed,
but my grandson sees a wish flower to be picked,
make a wish with eyes closed tight,
then blow the seeds in all directions for the wish to come true.
~ Deborah Porte
WORLD FOOD DAY
Daily Quote: October 15
The goldenrod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown,
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
~ Helen Hunt Jackson (October 15, 1830 – August 12, 1885)
White Cane Safety Day
Marie Marguerite d’Youville. née Dufrost de Lajemerais. Born October 15, 1701 Varennes, Quebec. Died December 23, 1771. First Native Canadian to be elevated to Sainthood.
