March 8, 2018

Calvin Harris

Engage, Events, Self-development

The Urge for Adventure March 2018

March 8, 2018

Calvin Harris

Engage, Events, Self-development

2018 March Calendar of Events

Silvanus aka Mars god of Agriculture Fertilty and Cattle

Feel like a God - March named for the Roman God "Mars"

This March, Site of Contact's Monthly Guide is to steer you along to greater fun in finding or accomplishing your goals through play. Author and former dot-com business executive, Seth Godin says

“Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We’re proud of you for having them. But it’s possible that those goals are designed to distract you from the thing that is really frightening you—the shift in daily habits that would mean a re–invention of how you see yourself.” - Seth Godin

So what is really important to you? Get out there and frighten yourself, discover activities, form habits, and create techniques advantageous to seeing yourself in all of your complexity.

This March Calendar of events could be a place to begin, designed with suggestions to ease some fun into your workout or add a needed break to your regimen, so when you return to it, it is with more vigor, enthusiasm and a change of View. March is a month with much to offer. A few of the days activity will have you strip down or take off concepts of what you take for granted as a male activity without harassment or harsh judgment. Celebrating a new nakedness, for your examination of you.

March 2018 MONTH LONG ACTIVITIES

Feel like a God - March named for the Roman God "Mars"
•   National Women's History Month
•   National Nutrition Month
•   Irish American Month
•   Music in Our Schools Month
•   National Craft Month
•   Red Cross Month
•   National Frozen Food Month
•   National Peanut Month
•   Social Workers Month

MARCH 2018 WEEKLY EVENTS
Check your current calendar as these weeks may vary from year to year.

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2nd Week of March - National Bubble Week - a way to celebrate the start of spring.

Children & Parents at play with Bubbles

2nd Week of March Crochet Week

March 2018 Daily Fun, Special and Wacky Days

Mar 1     Thursday World Compliment Day
Mar 1     Thursday Plan a Solo Vacation Day
Mar 2     Friday Old Stuff Day
Mar 3     Saturday,   I Want You to be Happy Day
Mar 4     Sunday March Forth and Do Something Day
Mar 5     Monday Learn What Your Name Means Day
Mar 5     Monday Cinco de Marcho
Mar 6     Tuesday Dentist’s Day

Mar 7 Wednesday Alexander Graham Bell Day
Mar 8 Thursday Proofreading Day
Mar 10 Saturday Mario Day
Mar 11 Sunday Oatmeal Nut Waffle Day
Mar 12 Monday Napping Day
Mar 12 Monday Alfred Hitchcock Day
Mar 13 Tuesday Jewel Day
Mar 14 Wednesday Pi Day

Mar 15 Thursday Everything You Think is Wrong Day
Mar 15 Thursday Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Mar 16 Friday Every Thing You Do is Right Day
Mar 17 Saturday Submarine Day

Mar 17 Saturday St. Patrick's Day

Mar 18 Sunday Awkward Moments Day
Mar 19 Monday Let's Laugh Day

Sunday in the Park shared from Michael Brewer Collection

Mar 20 Tues First Day of Spring

Mar 20 Tuesday World Storytelling Day
Mar 20 Tuesday Proposal Day
Mar 21 Wednesday Common Courtesy Day
Mar 22 Thursday International Goof Off Day
Mar 23 Friday OK Day
Mar 23 Friday Puppy Day
Mar 23 Friday Near Miss Day
Mar 24 Saturday Chocolate Covered Raisins Day
Mar 25 Sunday Waffle Day

Mar 25 Sunday Tolkien Reading Day
Mar 26 Monday Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
Mar 27 Tuesday Spanish Paella Day
Mar 28 Wednesday Something on a Stick Day
Mar 29 Thursday Smoke and Mirrors Day
Mar 30 Friday Take a Walk in the Park Day

Mar 30 Friday Passover Starts

Mar 31 Saturday Bunsen Burner Day

February 13, 2018

Calvin Harris

Cerebral Meanderings, Other Voices, Engage

A Writer Writes

February 13, 2018

Calvin Harris

Cerebral Meanderings, Other Voices, Engage

Scott Keene a writer in the Long Beach, CA. Library Writing Group. His writing many of you have read on this site and communicated to me how much you enjoyed it.

You now can read more of him at your leisure, and for those of you who have wondered about our writing process, can also go to Scott’s new blog pages where he goes into easy to understand descriptions of how we come up with what we write.

So as Scott says, “he will use blog space to write about his writing….to write scenes. He creates a mood, places an image in the reader's mind and let the imagination do the rest…. You might get a glimpse of another person's life, but only for a few moments. You're left with an impression.

Happy or sad. Disturbed or terrified. Perhaps completely disinterested.

But, this blogger hopes, never bored."

You can find more of Scott's work on his blog page somelikeitscott

January 7, 2018

Calvin Harris

Community, Engage, Events

The Urge for Adventure January 2018

January 7, 2018

Calvin Harris

Community, Engage, Events

2018: You as Interior Innovator, and Originator

This year, turn your new year's resolutions into objects of originality by giving yourself permission to engage and collaborate with others. Your first task is of course to innovate, to figure out what steps you can take to design a strategy, collaboration with others to gain the best optimal results for yourself while doing something great for the world. I suggest becoming the interior innovator, creating and having a space within your thinking, a mental state that shuts out the jumble of "what-ifs" and worries, a space that lets you be where ideas and goals come and go without judgement; within that space so an idea, goal or cause will formulate that is unique to you.

Milestone - celebrated like never before

When you can pair your unique personal goal with a great cause you'll find more encouragement from friends and family attracted to help and keep you motivated.

With Site of Contact suggestions, for ways of participation in events, classwork, and mentoring programs, you can raise the skills needed to address difficult challenges. You can find ways that can play a role in the response to crises that may have been happening for years. The fact is that certain communities have been dealing with issues for generations the same way, to collaborate with others, a new perspective that goes beyond historic trends and social-economic status can now arise in a larger context. It is unfortunate that the rule of identity of a community, group, or person is determined by their situation or suffering, and thus too often that determines society's response to that situation or suffering. To step outside that box in your approach can make you the innovator or originator of change. Hitting your personal best when you pair your innovate ideas with others in practical ways of change, creating milestones of celebration that feel like none ever before.

To begin, 'Traditional and Uncommon Obserances" section, has some fun, thought provoking and interesting themes going on within your community, or the world, that allows for a bit of original and innovative opportunities for engagement. You may want to see who is doing what and how, so check out some of the traditional, wacky and uncommon stuff that is out there, so you can get involved or use as a starting point for your innovative change.

Being engaged is a way of doing life, a way of living and loving. It's about ... expressing the bright hope that life offers us, a hope that makes us brave and expels darkness with light. That's what I want my life to be all about - full of abandon, whimsy, and in love. -Bob Goff

Traditional & Uncommon Daily Observances In 2018

Mon, January 1
New Year's Eve observed

Mon, January 1
Polar Bear Plunge (Cony Island NY & Vancouver, BC)

Mon, January 1
Tournament of Roses Parade Day & Rose Bowl Game

Tue, January 2
National Buffet Day

Tue, January 2
Nat’l Motivation & Personal Trainer Day

Tue, January 2
National Science Fiction Day

Wed, January 3
J.R.R. Tolkien Day

Wed, January 3
Nat’l Chocolate Covered Cherry Day

Thu, January 4
I Am A Mentor Day

Thu, January 4
National Spaghetti Day

Thu, January 4
*World Braille Day

Thu, January 4
World Hypnotism Day

Fri, January 5
Bird Day

Fri, January 5
National Screenwriters Day

Sat, January 6
Epiphany

Sat, January 6
Bean Day

Sat, January 6
National Technology Day

Sun, January 7
Golden Globes Awards

Sun, January 7
International Programmers' Day

Sun, January 7
National Tempura Day

Mon, January 8
Argyle Day

Mon, January 8
Earth's Rotation Day

Mon, January 8
Midwife's Day or Women's Day

Mon, January 8
National Clean Off Your Desk Day

Mon, January 8
National Weigh-In Day

Tue, January 9
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

Tue, January 9
National Poetry at Work Day

Tue, January 9
National Shop for Travel Day

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Tue, January 9
Peace Agreement Day

Wed, January 10
League of Nations Day

Wed, January 10
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day

Wed, January 10
National Oysters Rockerfeller Day

Thu, January 11
Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day

Thu, January 11
Nat’l Human Trafficking Awareness Day

Thu, January 11
National Milk Day

Fri, January 12
Kiss A Ginger Day

Fri, January 12
National Hot Tea Day

Sat, January 13
Make Your Dream Come True Day

Sat, January 13
National Sticker Day

Sat, January 13
National Vision Board Day

Sun, January 14
International Kite Day

Sun, January 14
Dress Up Your Pet Day

Sun, January 14
Organize Your Home Day

Mon, January 15
Blue Monday

Mon, January 15
Martin Luther King Day

Mon, January 15
National Day of Service

Mon, January 15
Humanitarian Day

Mon, January 15
National Hat Day

Sun, January 21
National Hugging Day

Sun, January 21
World Religion Day

Mon, January 22
Celebration of Life Day (honoring Children & Grandchildren)

Tue, January 23
National Handwriting Day

Tue, January 23
National Pie Day

Wed, January 24
Mobile Phone Recycling Day

Wed, January 24
National Belly Laugh Day

Wed, January 24
National Peanut Butter Day

Thu, January 25
National Irish Coffee Day

Thu, January 25
Opposite Day

Thu, January 25
Thank Your Mentor Day

Thu, January 25
A Room of One's Own Day

Fri, January 26
International Customs Day

Fri, January 26
Dental Drill Appreciation Day

Fri, January 26
National Spouses Day

Sat, January 27
International Holocaust Memorial

Sat, January 27
National Geographic Day

Sat, January 27
National Seed Swap Day

Sat, January 27
Thomas Crapper Day

Sat, January 27
Chocolate Cake Day

Sun, January 28
Data Privacy Day

Sun, January 28
Fun at Work Day

Sun, January 28
60th Annual Grammy Awards

Mon, January 29
Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

Mon, January 29
National Puzzle Day

Mon, January 29
National Corn Chip Day

Tue, January 30
Inane Answering Message Day

Tue, January 30
National Plan For A Vacation Day

Wed, January 31
Backward Day

Wed, January 31
Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

Wed, January 31
Tu B'Shvat

November 20, 2017

Calvin Harris

Engage, Community

The Urge for Adventure December 2017

November 20, 2017

Calvin Harris

Engage, Community

A lifetime is not what is between the moments of birth and death. A lifetime is one moment between my two little breaths. The present, the here, the now. That’s all the life I get. I live each moment in full, In kindness, in peace, without regret. - Chade Meng, Taoist poet

Engaging in activities this month might surprise you.I passed on some great ideas for exploration, and reasons to get up off the couch and create your own personal holiday magic. December offers even more off the charts gathering with friends and family, parties, one-on-one encounters that encourage new and original ways to engage which would include people that you have known for a long time or with those who are new to you. Yes, maybe even a little romance! Here is another chance for you to shine and to become more of your awesome best.

December's Monthly Events

AIDS Awareness Month

Awareness Months Month

Bingo’s Birthday Month

National Human Rights Month

National Tie Month

National Write a Business Plan Month

Operation Santa Paws (December 1-December 24)

Quince and Watermelon Month

Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month

Spiritual Literacy Month

Tomato and Winter Squash Month

Universal Human Rights Month

Worldwide Food Service Safety Month

DECEMBER WEEKLY HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

National Handwashing Awareness Week, December 3-9 (First Full Week)

Recipe Greetings For The Holidays Week, December 3-9 (First Full Week)

Cookie Exchange Week, December 18-22 (First M-F Week Before Christmas)

Christmas Bird Count Week, December 14-January 5 (Always every year)

Halcyon Days, December 14-28 (Always seven days before/after the Winter Solstice)

Gluten-free Baking Week, December 17-23 (Week Before Christmas)

Kwanzaa, December 26-January 1

Hanukkah December 12 -20

DECEMBER DAILY EVENTS

DECEMBER 1 Friday World AIDS Day

DECEMBER 1 Friday National Pie Day

DECEMBER 1 Friday National Eat a Red Apple Day

DECEMBER 1 Friday Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day

DECEMBER 1 Friday Day With(out) Art Day

DECEMBER 1 Friday Faux Fur Friday – (First Friday in Dec.)

DECEMBER 2 Saturday International Abolition Slavery Day

DECEMBER 2 Saturday National Fritters Day

DECEMBER 2 Saturday National Mutt Day

DECEMBER 2 Saturday Special Education Day

DECEMBER 2 Saturday Skywarn Recognition Day – (First Sat. in Dec.}

DECEMBER 3 Sunday International Disabilities Persons Day

DECEMBER 3 Sunday Roof Over Your Head Day

DECEMBER 4 Monday National Cookie Day

DECEMBER 4 Monday National Dice Day

DECEMBER 5 Tuesday World Soil Day

DECEMBER 5 Tuesday Volunteer Day for Economic & Social Dvlpmnt

DECEMBER 5 Tuesday National Sacher Torte Day

DECEMBER 5 Tuesday AFL-CIO Day

DECEMBER 5 Tuesday Bathtub Party Day

DECEMBER 5 Tuesday International Ninja Day

DECEMBER 5 Tuesday Repeal Day #RepealDay

DECEMBER 6 Wednesday National Pawnbrokers Day

DECEMBER 6 Wednesday National Microwave Oven Day

DECEMBER 6 Wednesday National Gazpacho Day

DECEMBER 6 Wednesday St. Nicholas Day

DECEMBER 6 Wednesday Miners Day

DECEMBER 7 Thursday International Civil Aviation Day

DECEMBER 7 Thursday National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

DECEMBER 7 Thursday National Cotton Candy Day

DECEMBER 8 Friday National Brownie Day

DECEMBER 8 Friday Pretend to Be a Time Traveler Day

DECEMBER 9 Saturday International Anti-Corruption Day

DECEMBER 9 Saturday National Pastry Day

DECEMBER 9 Saturday Weary Willie Day

DECEMBER 9 Saturday National Wreaths Day – 2nd Sat. in December

DECEMBER 10 Sunday Dewey Decimal System Day

DECEMBER 10 Sunday Human Rights Day

DECEMBER 10 Sunday Nobel Prize Day

DECEMBER 11 Monday International Mountain Day

DECEMBER 11 Monday National Noodle Ring Day

DECEMBER 11 Monday UNICEF Birthday

DECEMBER 12 Tuedsday National Ambrosia Day

DECEMBER 12 Tuedsday National Ding-a-Ling Day

DECEMBER 12 Tuedsday Gingerbread House Day

DECEMBER 12 Tuedsday Poinsettia Day

DECEMBER 12 Tuedsday Chanukah Begins

DECEMBER 13 Wednesday National Cocoa Day

DECEMBER 13 Wednesday National Violin Day

DECEMBER 13 Wednesday National Day Of The Horse

DECEMBER 14 Thursday National Bouillabaisse Day

DECEMBER 15 Friday National Cupcake/Lemon Cupcake Day

DECEMBER 15 Friday Bill of Rights Day

DECEMBER 15 Friday Cat Herders Day

DECEMBER 15 Friday National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

DECEMBER 15 Friday Underdog Day

DECEMBER 16 Saturday National Chocolate-covered Anything Day

DECEMBER 16 Saturday Barbie and Barney Backlash Day

DECEMBER 16 Saturday Free Shipping Day – Changes Annually

DECEMBER 17 Sunday National Maple Syrup Day

DECEMBER 17 Sunday Wright Brothers Day

DECEMBER 18 Monday International Migrants Day

DECEMBER 18 Monday U.N. Arabic Language Day

DECEMBER 18 Monday National Roast Suckling Pig Day

DECEMBER 18 Monday Answer The Telephone Like Buddy The Elf Day

DECEMBER 19 Tuesday National Hard Candy Day

DECEMBER 19 Tuesday National Oatmeal Muffin Day

DECEMBER 20 Wednesday National Sangria Day

DECEMBER 21 Thursday National French Fried Shrimp Day

DECEMBER 21 Thursday Crossword Puzzle Day

DECEMBER 21 Thursday Humbug Day

DECEMBER 21 Thursday Yule - Winter Solstice

DECEMBER 21 Thursday National Flashlight Day

DECEMBER 21 Thursday National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day

DECEMBER 21 Thursday National Re-Gifting Day

DECEMBER 22 Friday National Date Nut Bread Day

DECEMBER 22 Friday Anne and Samantha Day (also June 21)

DECEMBER 22 Friday Forefathers Day – December 22

DECEMBER 23 Saturday National Pfeffernusse Day

DECEMBER 23 Saturday National Roots Day

DECEMBER 23 Saturday Festivus

DECEMBER 24 Sunday National Eggnog Day

DECEMBER 24 Sunday Christmas Eve

DECEMBER 25 Monday National Pumpkin Pie Day

DECEMBER 25 Monday A’Phabet Day or No “L” Day

DECEMBER 25 Monday Christmas

DECEMBER 26 Tuesday National Candy Cane Day

DECEMBER 26 Tuesday National Thank You Note Day

DECEMBER 26 Tuesday National Whiner’s Day

DECEMBER 26 Tuesday Boxing Day (Canada)

DECEMBER 27 Wednesday National Fruitcake Day

DECEMBER 28 Thursday National Chocolate Candy Day

DECEMBER 28 Thursday National Card Playing Day

DECEMBER 28 Thursday Holy Innocents Day

DECEMBER 28 Thursday Pledge of Allegiance Day

DECEMBER 29 Friday National Pepper Pot Day

DECEMBER 29 Friday Tick Tock Day

DECEMBER 29 Friday No Interruptions Day

DECEMBER 30 Saturday National Bicarbonate of Soda Day

DECEMBER 30 Saturday Falling Needles Family Fest Day

DECEMBER 30 Saturday Bacon Day

DECEMBER 31 Sunday National Champagne Day

DECEMBER 31 Sunday Make Up Your Mind Day

DECEMBER 31 Sunday New Year’s Eve

DECEMBER 31 Sunday Universal Hour of Peace

November 19, 2017

Calvin Harris

Other Voices, Community, Engage

My Favorite Bar By Marni Spencer-Devlin

November 19, 2017

Calvin Harris

Other Voices, Community, Engage

"Something unique and outside of the box done by one of the exceptional writers of the Long Beach Library Coffeehouse's, Writing Group - Author MarniSpencer-Devlin. who took the writing prompt of the day, called 'My Favorite Bar'- and made it her own."

- Calvin Harris, H.W.,M

What makes a bar a favorite? In most cases it isn’t the beautiful or stylish interior, is it? Most bars are quite the opposite of stylish, or even clean, for that matter. Sticky floors, sticky counters, sticky toilets – everything most people would abhor in their regular life so what can make a bar a favorite place to be? It’s the people. Cheers had it right – the place where everybody knows your name. Where people know you and your foibles, and they still want to hang out with you! The place where you feel accepted and maybe even appreciated for being you. It doesn’t get any better than that. It’s what life is really all about.

For me that place isn’t really even a bar. It’s the Library – and it’s not a library either. It’s a funny excuse for a coffee house with mismatched furniture and a perpetually stinky, unisex bathroom. But it’s the place where my beloved writer buddies hang out with me. Once a week, or as often as we can. But when it comes together it’s the best day of the week.

Writing is a funny thing when it’s done right. It’s an intimate, bare-all, no-holds-barred, kind-of-thing. Where you put yourself out there, courageously, and you write what’s in your soul for all the world to see. It could be a scary place but it is isn’t when you’re around a group of similar miscreants who similarity put themselves out there with courage and talent and heart and soul. It’s the stuff that life is made of. Most don’t ever get to experience that much fun. Because they don’t have the guts to go there. Because they make excuses not to. But my buddies make time and show up and are there. And I appreciate them all so much and they me.

Ironic that all that would be found in a usually dark, dank, sticky place with crooked furniture. Life’s messy, I guess. Isn’t that what makes it so fun, after all?

October 30, 2017

Calvin Harris

Other Voices, Self-development, Labyrinth of Thought, Engage

Blame It On Theatre'

October 30, 2017

Calvin Harris

Other Voices, Self-development, Labyrinth of Thought, Engage

It is fall, here in Southern California, as such the days are growing shorter, and the need for physical recreation now turns to mental recreation, as the daylight hours decrease, and hours spent indoors increases.

One preoccupation besides the Football games that can move one indoors is the Fall-Winter Theater Season: This can include anything from state-of-the-art theaters to a world-renowned symphony and a multitude of live performances. I’d suggest giving a live stage performance a go. Much that I have learned about human interaction, or what I now know about my own inner-personal interactions was revealed to me in a non-combative observational way, presented to me as a live on-stage event.

I began looking for these revelations about life in earnest, after hearing my Teacher Thane, tell about these insights in his class lectures for the Prosperos. (lectures on self-observation and self-awareness.) He would reference live theatrical performance or musicals as a way to unlock some unknown factor, to perceive something about our situation that we normally would not see, a place of authenticity, or Truth based reality rather than based on sense testimony alone.

In the FootLights LA, a theatrical publication handed out to me at a recent musical performance of Cabaret, besides information on the cast and production of Cabaret, the publication had a story that will illustrate my point. The article was written by Peter Finlayson, and was called “Blame it on Theatre.” The article had a resonance with me and this concept of seeing beyond sense testimony as well as the function of Theatre. -Calvin

"I’ve found myself in an interesting position of late. Through the genius of social media, I’ve had the opportunity of being reacquainted with people I’ve not seen since I came to California. Back in 1981, it means I’ve had a bit of catching up to do. The first thing I discovered was that for those that were true friends, well, we are still friends. Getting past all the ‘what have you been up to’ took about a nano-second before we were back to conversation and feelings we shared as if we hadn’t missed a beat in 35 plus years.

What was a little surprising was that even though I am still most assuredly a child of the 60’s and an unabashed left-leaning liberal, many of my old friends had adopted a more conservative position. So has always been my want, political discussion quickly ensued, and the current political climate certainly added fuel to the debate.

At the same time, I’ve also had opportunity to engage with my more recently acquired friends, mostly theatre-makers, on the same topics. The resulting conversations really bought me to think – how did I, a radical loud mouthed protester who’d marched on Washington, the capital not the man, suddenly appear to be opposed to both right and left, positions that were being vociferously expressed to me by people I assumed to share values.

I’ve become a centrist? Not possible!

Thank god, those that were friends are still friends, and no permanent scars were created. But why was it that I was arguing against both sides, this is all in regard to free speech, and I was essentially saying the exact same thing to both, and being met with exhaustive fervency in opposition.

I blame it on Theatre!

What? Yep! My passion for change has been tempered by my passion for theartre. For a while I was feeling a bit like Data on Star Trek, Next Generation, rapidly scanning my memories as to what has influenced me the most to seek a position of principal with the understanding that the principal has limitations.

Theartre always serves as an allegory, and in the 3-plus millennia of recorded history, there is an over-riding principle that is essentially the moral of virtually every play. Moderation. Heroes become tragic when they act in haste or out of self-interest. In comedy, heroes become fools when acting for the same reasons. Causes are not noble if concern for “others” is not part of the equation

Photo Jimmy Flint-Smith  Actor Model — Photo Jimmy Flint-Smith Actor Model

Before you scream foul and yell that theatre is not a voice of caution, hear me out. It is not caution that drives theatre, it is understanding. It is the demand that for me to reflect upon the evil men do, I must first understand that they come not from a position of evil, but from a position of self-interest. “My morals are more important”, “my wants are more immediate”, “my judgement is superior”.

Theatre teaches us the nuances, the difference between caution and moderation. Theatre teaches us that we may be individuals, but are more assuredly a par of the whole. What impacts us, impacts everyone.

In its very process of creating a living play, the moderation I speak of is demanded of everyone at every level. A play, a musical, is the very essence of the social experience.

The participants, from writer to stagehand, are individuals. Each has a vision and a want to execute the play to bring a sense of fulfillment to the audience. Yet the writer ultimately knows that there are words that will change. The actor knows that the director is there to make sure the performance fits the scene. The designer may want the best set he or she has ever created, but it must serve the play.

Individually we are as the theatre-makers. Our will, our reason, our logic, dictates that certain things must occur for the betterment of humanity. The merits of the effort are determined not by the contributor, but the reality of value perceived by those around us. In a very real sense it is the whole of humanity that determines what is best.

For more than 3,000 years, theatre has expressed the position that the consequence of action is more important than the action itself. It demands of both artist and audience to take a journey of understanding and at conclusion, become aware that intent is never the cause of the conclusion, intent is only a catalyst to a journey.

The beauty that is expressed in theatre is that we must take the journey. We must examine the life we witness, we must encourage action, but we must do so with the weight of humanity upon our shoulders.

So what’s the take away? Jacques in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” tells us, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players….” While the monologue is about Life played out in stages . . . I think it also an admonition. Play the role; fit into the moment.

Respect ourselves for the roles we play, but accept that our wants will not be the determiner of accomplishments. Theatre teaches us to moderate our expectations to see beyond the vista of our eyes, and then act.

September 29, 2017

Calvin Harris

Engage, Community

The Urge for Adventure - November 2017

September 29, 2017

Calvin Harris

Engage, Community

Hey, Guys,
Last month in the October issue, I passed on some great ideas for exploration, and reasons to get up off the couch and create your own personal magic. November offers even more off the charts gathering with friends and family, parties, one-on-one encounters that encourage new and original ways to engage with people that you have known for a long time or with those who are new to you. Yes, November is another chance for you to shine and to become more of your awesome best.

Engaging in activities this month might surprise you. You could even find some shockingly latent information or abilities you might have tucked away in the attic of your mind. So here are suggestions to help kick-start your plans for fun and adventure in November.

November 2017 MONTH-LONG EVENTS:

MONTHLY HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

Aviation History Month
Family Stories Month
Greens and Plantains Month

Historic Bridge Awareness Month
Military Family Appreciation Month
National Alzheimer’s Disease Month
National COPD Month
National Diabetes Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Gratitude Month
National Impotency Month

National Life Writing Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
Vegan Month

NOVEMber week-Long EVENTS

National Farm Toy Show Days, November 3-5 (First Full Weekend)
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, November 5-11 (First Full Week)
Give Wildlife A Brake! Week, November 6-11 (First Full Week)
National Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week, November 11-19 (nine day)
Geography Awareness Week, November 12-18 (2nd Full Week)
National Split Pea Soup Week, November 12-18 (2nd Full Week)
International Restorative Justice Week, November 19-25 (Third Week)
World Kindness Week, November 12-18 (Always has the 13th in it)

American Education Week, November 13-17 (Week Before Thanksgiving)
National Family Week, November 19-25 (Always Thanksgiving Week)
National Game and Puzzle Week, November 19-25
Better Conversation Week, November 19-25
Black Friday Deal Week, November 22-28

Nov 1 Wednesday All Saint's Day

Nov 1 Wednesday Author's Day

Nov 2 Thursday All Soul's Day

Nov 2 Thursday Deviled Eggs Day

Nov 2     Thursday Men Make Dinner Day
Nov 3     Friday     Housewife's Day
Nov 3     Friday     Sandwich Day
Nov 4     Saturday Book Lovers Day
Nov 4     Saturday Common Sense Day
Nov 5     Sunday Zero Tasking Day

Nov 6 Monday Marooned without a Compass Day
Nov 6 Monday Saxophone Day
Nov 7 Tuesday Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
Nov 8 Wednesday Cook Something Bold Day
Nov 9    Thursday Chaos Never Dies Day
Nov 10    Friday     Forget Me Not Day
Nov 10 Friday     Vanilla Cupcake Day
Nov 10    Friday     USMC Day
Nov 11 Saturday   Veterans' Day

Nov 11 Saturday Origami Day
Nov 12 Sunday Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
Nov 12 Sunday Happy Hour Day
Nov 13 Monday World Kindness Day
Nov 13 Monday Sadie Hawkins Day
Nov 14 Tuesday Young Readers Day

Nov 14 Tuesday Operating Room Nurse Day
Nov 14 Tuesday Pickle Day

Nov 15 Wednesday National Philanthropy Day

Nov 15 Wednesday Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

Nov 16 Thursday Fast Food Day
Nov 16 Thursday International Tolerance Day
Nov 16 Thursday Use Less Stuff Day
Nov 17 Friday Electronic Greeting Card Day

Nov 17 Friday Homemade Bread Day
Nov 17 Friday World Peace Day Take
Nov 18 Saturday National Adoption Day

Nov 18 Saturday Occult Day
Nov 19 Sunday The Day to Have A Bad Day
Nov 19 Sunday International Men’s Day

Nov 19 Sunday World Toilet Day
Nov 20 Monday National Absurdity Day
Nov 20 Monday Make It A Beautiful Day

Nov 21 Tuesday World Hello Day
Nov 22 Wednesday Go For a Ride Day

Nov 22 Wednesday National Start Your Own Country Day
Nov 23 Thursday Eat a Cranberry Day
Nov 23    Thursday National Cashew Day
Nov 23    Thursday National Espresso Day
Nov 23    Thursday National Thanksgiving Day
Nov 23 Thursday National Day of Listening

Nov 24 Friday Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day

Nov 24 Friday     Black Friday
Nov 24 Friday     Buy Nothing Day
Nov 24 Friday     Evolution Day
Nov 25     Saturday National Parfait Day
Nov 26 Sunday          Cake Day
Nov 28 Tuesday         Red Planet Day

Nov 29 Wednesday Electronic Greeting Card Day
Nov 29 Wednesday National Square Dance Day
Nov 30 Thursday Computer Security Day

August 27, 2017

Calvin Harris

Engage, Community

The Urge for Adventure - September 2017

August 27, 2017

Calvin Harris

Engage, Community

Hey Guys,
Last month in the August issue, I passed on some great ideas for exploration, and reasons to get up off the couch, and that was beside the Solar Eclipse. Perhaps many who watched the eclipse were inspired to reflect and to become more of their awesome best.
September offers yet another variety of opportunities to increase your social activity or enhance your social skills to attract success. September is considered the Self-Improvement Month. Engaging in activities this month might help you find something valuable about yourself. It is all the more reason for you to get off that couch and out that door, or at least to set a goal to hone any latent ability you might have tucked away.

See suggestions below to help start your search for fun and adventure in September.

SEPTEMBER 2016 SPECIAL MONTHLY EVENTS:

• Classical Music Month (Something before 1950)

• Hispanic Heritage Month

•   Baby Safety Month
•   Better Breakfast Month
•   Cable TV Month
•   Children's Eye Health and Safety Month
•   Fall Festival’s (Sept. 30-Oct. 31, 2017)
•   International Square-Dancing Month
•   Library Card Sign-Up Month
•   National Chicken Month
•   National Courtesy Month

•   National Honey Month
•   National Piano Month
•   National Rice Month
•   National Read-A-New-Book Month
•   National School Success Month
•   National Sewing Month
•   National Women of Achievement Month

SEPTEMBER 2017 SPECIAL WEEKS EVENT:

• Hispanic Heritage Week (2nd Week)

•   Constitution Week (3rd Week)
•   National Child Care Week (3rd Week)
•   National Flower Week (3rd Week)

• National Dog Week (4th Week)

SEPTEMBER 2016 SPECIAL FUN DAILY EVENTS:

September 1-4, 2017
Eid-al-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice.)

Sep 21-22, 2017
Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year)

Friday Sept. 01
Emma M. Nutt Day
National Cherry Popover Day
No Rhyme or Reason DAY

Saturday Sept. 02
Bison-Tell-Yell Day (also known as -200th anniversary celebration of any imaginary character of your choosing day)

Sunday Sept. 03
Skyscraper Day

Monday Sept. 04
LABOR DAY

Eat an Extra Dessert Day

Tuesday Sept. 05
Be Late for Something Day
National Cheese Pizza Day

Wednesday Sept. 06
Fight Procrastination Day
Read a Book Day

Thursday Sept. 07
National Salami Day

Friday Sept. 08
International Literacy Day
National Date Nut Bread Day
Pardon Day

Saturday Sept. 09
Teddy Bear Day

Sunday Sept. 10
Swap Ideas Day

Grandparent's Day
National Pet Memorial Day

Monday Sept. 11

911 Remembrance

Patriots Day
Make Your Bed Day

Tuesday Sept. 12
Chocolate Milk Shake Day
National Video Games Day

Wednesday Sept. 13
Defy Superstition Day
National Peanut Day
Positive Thinking Day
Uncle Sam Day – (image first used 1813)

Thursday Sept. 14
Hug Your Hound Day

National Cream-Filled Donut Day

Friday Sept. 15
Make a Hat Day
POW/MIA Recognition Day

Saturday Sept. 16
Collect Rocks Day
Guacamole Day

Mexican Independence Day
Step Family Day
Working Parents Day

Sunday Sept. 17

69th Annual Emmy Awards

International Country Music Day
National Apple Dumpling Day
Citizenship Day

Wife Appreciation Day

Monday Sept. 18
National Cheeseburger Day

Tuesday Sept. 19
International Talk Like A Pirate Day
National Gymnastics Day

Wednesday Sept. 20
National Punch Day

Thursday Sept. 21
International Peace Day

Miniature Golf Day

World Gratitude Day

Friday Sept. 22
Autumn Equinox / Mabon - (Fall begins)
National Business Women's Day
Native American Day (4th Friday)
Hobbit Day

Friday Sept. 23
Checkers Day

Saturday Sept. 24
National Cherries Jubilee Day

Sunday Sept. 24
Punctuation Day

Monday Sept. 25
National Comic Book Day

Tuesday Sept. 26
Johnny Appleseed Day

Love Note Day

Wednesday Sept. 27
Crush a Can Day (think recycle)

Thursday Sept. 28
Ask a Stupid Question Day.
National Good Neighbor Day.

Friday Sept. 29
International Confucius Day Celebration

National Coffee Day

Saturday Sept 30.
Hot Mulled Cider Day

National Mud Pack Day

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