Urge For Adventure December 2018

December 2018 Fun, Interesting & Offbeat  Celebrations

 December Monthly Events

National Car Donation Month *

AIDS Awareness Month

National Pear Month

Bingo’s Birthday Month

National Drunk & Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month

Human Rights Month

National Human Rights Month

National Tie Month

National Write A Business Plan Month

National Write A Friend Month

Root Vegetables and Exotic Fruits Month

Safe Toys and Gifts Month

Spiritual Literacy Month

Universal Human Rights Month

Worldwide Food Service Safety Month

December Multi-Day & Weekly Events 2018

Hanukkah Menorah

Hanukkah begins evening of Dec 2 ends evening of Dec 10

Kwanzaa Symbols

Kwanzaa begin on Dec 26, 2018 ends on Tues, Jan 01, 2019

Operation Santa Paws Dec 01-24, 2018

Hand Washing Awareness week - 1st week Dec

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December 2018 Daily Events:

Dec 01 Sat      World Aids Awareness Day

Dec 01 Sat      Bifocals Liberation Day

Dec 01 Sat      National Eat a Red Apple Day

Pie Day

Dec 01 Sat      National Pie Day

Dec 01 Sat      Day With(out) Art Day

Dec 01 Sat      National Rosa Parks Day

Dec 02 Sun      National Fritters Day

Dec 02 Sun      National Mutt Day

Dec 02 Sun      Special Education Day

Dec 03 Mon     Advent begins, date varies

Dec 03 Mon     National Roof over Your Head Day

Dec 04 Tue      National Santa’s' List Day

Dec 04 Tue      Wear Brown Shoes Day

Dec 04 Tue      National Sock Day

Dec 04 Tue      National Dice Day

Dec 04 Tue      National Cookie Day

Dec 04 Tue      World Trick Shot Day

Dec 05 Wed     National Bathtub Party

Dec 05 Wed     World Blue Jeans Day – Rape awareness

Dec 05 Wed     International Ninja Day

Night they ended Prohibition

Dec 05 Wed     Repeal & End Prohibition Day

Dec 05 Wed     National Sacher Torte Day



Dec 06 Thu     National Gazpacho Day

Dec 06 Thu     National Microwave Oven Day

Dec 06 Thu     Mitten Tree Day

Dec 06 Thu     National Pawnbrokers Day

Dec 06 Thu     St. Nicholas Day

Dec 06 Thu     National Miners’ Day

Dec 06 Thu     Put on your own Shoes Day

Dec 07 Fri       International Civil Aviation Day

Dec 07 Fri       National Letter Writing Day

Dec 07 Fri       National Cotton Candy Day

Dec 07 Fri       National Pearl Harbor Day

Dec 07 Fri       Faux Fur Friday

Dec 08 Sat      National Brownie Day

Dec 08 Sat      Take it in the Ear Day

Dec 08 Sat      Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day

Dec 08 Sat      National Rhubarb Vodka Day

Dec 08 Sat      Skywarn  Weather Recognition Day

Dec 09 Sun      Christmas Card Day

Dec 09 Sun      International Children's Day

Dec 09 Sun      National Pastry Day

Dec 09 Sun      Weary Willie Day

Dewey Decimal System

Dec 10 Mon     Dewey Decimal System Day

Dec 10 Mon     Human Rights Day

Dec 10 Mon     Nobel Prize Day

Dec 11 Tue      National App Day

Dec 11 Tue      International Mountain Day

Dec 11 Tue      National Noodle Ring Day

Dec 12 Wed     National Ambrosia Day

Dec 12 Wed     National Ding-a-Ling Day

Dec 12 Wed     Gingerbread House Day

Dec 12 Wed     National Poinsettia Day

Dec 13 Thu     National Cocoa Day

Dec 13 Thu     National Guard Birthday

Dec 13 Thu     National Day Of The Horse 

Dec 13 Thu     World Violin Day

Dec 14 Fri       National Bouillabaisse Day

Dec 14 Fri       International Monkey Day

Dec 14 Fri       Int’l Roast Chestnuts Day

Dec 14 Fri       National Salesperson Day

Dec 15 Sat      Bill of Rights Day

Dec 15 Sat      National Cat Herders Day

Dec 15 Sat      National Wear Your Pearls Day

Dec 16 Sun      Nat’l Chocolate Covered Anything Day

Dec 16 Sun      National Free Shipping Day

Dec 17 Mon     National Maple Syrup Day

Dec 17 Mon     Wright Brothers Day

Dec 18 Tue      World Bake Cookies Day

Dec 18 Tue      National Roast Suckling Pig Day

Dec 19 Wed     Look for an Evergreen Tree Day

Dec 19 Wed     Oatmeal Muffin Day

Dec 20 Thu     National Go Caroling Day

 Dec 20 Thu    National Re-Gifting Day

 Dec 20 Thu    National Sangria Day

Dec 21 Fri       Anne and Samantha Day – Solstice Day

Dec 21 Fri       Forefather's Day

Dec 21 Fri       Look on the Bright Side Day

Winter Solstice

Dec 21 Fri       National  Crossword Puzzle Day

Dec 21 Fri       National Flashlight Day

Dec 21 Fri       National Homeless Remembrance Day

Dec 21 Fri       National Humbug Day

Dec 21 Fri       Global Orgasm Day

Dec 21 Fri       Nat’l Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

Dec 21 Fri       Yule Winter Solstice - shortest day of the year

Dec 22 Sat      National Date Nut Bread Day

Dec 23 Sun      Nat’l Festivus Day - alternative to commercialization

Dec 23 Sun      Nat’l Pfeffernusse Day - German spice cookie

Dec 23 Sun      Nat’l Roots Day - heritage, and ancestry.

Dec 24 Mon     National Chocolate Day

Dec 24 Mon     National Eggnog Day

Dec 24 Mon     Christmas Eve

David & Barbara Hill

Dec 25 Tue      Christmas Day

Dec 25 Tue      National Pumpkin Pie Day

Dec 26 Wed     Boxing Day (Canada)

Dec 26 Wed     National Candy Cane Day

Dec 26 Wed     National Thank-you Note Day

Dec 26 Wed     National Whiner's Day

Dec 27 Thu     Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day

Dec 27 Thu     National Fruitcake Day

Dec 28 Fri       National Card Playing Day

Dec 28 Fri       National Chocolate Candy Day

Dec 28 Fri       Gone-ta-pott Day - gone wrong

Dec 28 Fri       Holy Innocents Day

Dec 29 Sat      National Pepper Pot Day

Dec 29 Sat      Nat’l Tick Tock Day - only two days for unfinished business

Dec 30 Sun      National Bacon Day

Dec 30 Sun      National Bicarbonate of Soda Day

Dec 31 Mon     National Champagne Day

Dec 31 Mon     Make Up Your Mind Day

Dec 31 Mon     New Year's Eve

Dec 31 Mon     Nat’l No Interruptions Day

Dec 31 Mon     Universal Hour of Peace

Dec 31 Mon     Leap Second Time Adjustment Day

Why Are We Having So Little Sex?

Why Are We All Having So Little Sex?

By BELINDA LUSCOMBE -TIME Magazine writer - Health - October 26, 2018

Ms. Luscombe article is coming to you by submission of one of my readers who also is a good friend, William Fennie, H. W., M., a mentor and counselor in his own right. His foresight into the relevance of this article and the nature of my Blogs made it a natural fit for the SOC website, Thank you William.

Matt, a 34-year-old data analyst from Texas, and his wife dated for seven years before getting married in 2013. When they didn’t live together, they had sex every time they saw each other. After they moved in, however, he says things changed. Their sex life became inconsistent. They’d have a really active week and then a month with nothing, or just one at-bat. It began to hurt their relationship…..he didn’t know how to talk about sex with his wife.. “I really didn’t want to be pushy on that issue,” he says. “She has the right to say no, always and forever.”

If Matt’s story sounds familiar to you, you are not alone. Americans are …not having sex in droves, according to the General Social Survey, a profile of American behavior that has been gathered by the National Opinion Research Council at the University of Chicago since 1972, the fraction of people getting it on, at least once a week fell from 45% in 2000 to 36% in 2016. One study of the GSS data showed that more than twice as many millennial’s were sexually ‘inactive’ in their early 20’s than the prior generation was. And the sharpest drop was the most recent, in the years 2014 to 2016.

How can this be? …This is the era when …social stigma around premarital sex is gone, hookups are not considered shameful, and the belief in limiting partners to one side of the gender line is no longer universal…. Contraception has reduced the risk of serious physical consequences… technology helps willing partners find each other, endless free online porn to rev the engines… and [Viagra type drugs] to overcome the most common physical limitations for men.

What hasn’t changed is that sex remains as exhilarating as it was for our ancestors. In fact, a safe, consensual romp with a loving and appropriate partner is one of life’s…delight with no downside…and pure, free fun.

Yet there is a slump. Nearly 20% of 18- to 29-year-old’s reported having no sex at all in 2016, an almost 50% rise over those who were celibate in 2000. “The downward trend is very real,” says Philip Cohen, a sociology professor at University of Maryland, College Park.

Jean Twenge, professor of psychology, San Diego State University wrote a much-cited paper for the Archives of Sexual Behavior about this downturn; [she] says one big reason is marriage—…. Married people… have more sex than single people of the same age… because they’re already going to bed with someone who …is  having sex with them. The supply side of the equation is solved, only the demand side is a riddle.

What has remained constant, while the number of 20-something spouses has dropped, And increasingly, young people are eschewing having a relationship with one partner, and instead hanging out with a loosely assorted group of friends…[results:] less convenience sex is going on.” says Twenge. “So there’s a larger proportion of people in their early 20s who are not having sex at all.”

Married folks, are falling down on the job too. “The number one issue being, says couples therapist Ian Kerner, author of the book She Comes First. -is “discrepant libido and low libido and no libido.”

Twenge’s study shows that the highest drop in sexual frequency has been among married people with higher levels of education... This may be …child-centric family anxiety. “We know there’s more parenting anxiety,” says Cohen. “That could be turning into generalized family stress.”

Seems, only the 60-somethings are bucking the trend…Unlike the retirees who came before them, they’re putting the sex back in sexagenarian, with an average coital frequency that is slightly higher than in two decades earlier.

 Many couples have perfectly good reasons for not having sex: they’re exhausted, they’re unwell, they have too much else to do, or the kids are in the bed with them.

The trend for using beds for other activities beside sleeping and making whoopee is so robust …“We’re one of the few species that mate face to face,” says Sue Johnson, a Canadian psychotherapist and couples technique counselor: “And face to face interactions seem to be going down everywhere. We turn to technology instead of to people….”  The sex toy industry has been growing briskly and is worth about $15 billion annually. Astonishing numbers of hours of pornography are being consumed online. And VR porn is taking off… Some neuroscientists have argued that for some people, heavy porn consumption can recondition the brain’s arousal circuitry to respond more to the screen than a human.

Therapists have noticed the shifting dynamics in both male and female patients…” Another complicating factor is the changing conversation around consent and sexual advances, shaped by the ‘MeToo’ movement. Matt, along with other struggling sexual partners interviewed as background for this story, expresses uncertainty about where the boundaries lie. “There was always the question in my mind, am I being unreasonable?” Matt says… This adds a layer of complexity to a subject that couples are already notoriously bad at, talking about [Sex]. “I do think that conversations around consent, and what consent is, are becoming much more real,” says Lori Brotto, a Canadian  Professor at UBC in research of Women's Sexual Health. Brotto. ... “This can mean that [male]partners are initiating less [sex], that they’re sitting back and waiting for the female to initiate. And then feeling rejected when they don’t.”

One of the more alarming discoveries to emerge so far is the large number of women for whom sex is actually painful. “One in five young women 18 to 29 experience chronic pain during sex,” says Natalie Rosen, a psychologist and associate professor at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia… Rosen found that a third of women never mentioned it to their partners because they were ashamed, felt inadequate or feared being dumped. “Or they end the relationship preemptively without telling their partner why,”

Gender dynamics are having an impact too. One of the oldest and sturdiest reasons for abstinence: mates are not finding each other attractive. Review that looked at sexual frequency and chore distribution found... We are interested in that which we are lacking, thus household chores should be gender specific. …Other studies found that in homes where guys pitch in more women are less stressed, less resentful and therefore... their relationship is better. A study released in April from the University of Utah found: Men who share the grocery shopping report more sexual satisfaction than men who don’t, but if they do more cleaning and laundry than their spouses, sexual frequency goes down. For women, washing up was the libido killer.

The lead researcher, Dan Carlson, at the University, an assistant professor of family and consumer studies, found: “Homes with more traditional gender roles have sex more often because the men get to make the call as to whether there will be any knocking of boots. And homes which are really egalitarian also have more sex because the couples are communicating better...People wanting a egalitarian marriage…are happier when they can achieve one,” Carlson says. It’s the murky middle, those couples that desire gender equality but haven’t quite perfected it, who are sleeping facing the wall.

More prosaic reasons for desire discrepancy, ….the unhappy situation in which one partner wants a lot more sex than the other- .,, from genetics to upbringing to hormonal changes to sexual history to general healthiness. Higher rates of obesity, for obese men are more likely to be impotent. “There are health implications,” says Maryland’s Cohen, “and there is the social self-image, feeling attractive...”

The Galatian Suicide photo shared by William Floyd

Then there’s the public health epidemic: depression. “Seen in every national probability study is that depression rises to the top as a leading cause of low desire, specifically,” says Brotto. Treating depression can further hurt desire; many common medications for depression, such as SSRIs, are known to lower libido.

Might people have become less happy since the turn of the millennium? Twenge thinks so. Another of her papers found that general happiness among those over 30 had dropped markedly since 2000. There could be any number of reasons for the fall, but one intriguing suggestion is that the economic trends that have shaped the current political climate may also have affected our more intimate relations. A 2011 study from the University of Virginia that analyzed GSS data between 1972 and 2008 found that Americans reported being happier in the years when income inequality was at its least fierce. Not because they were richer, the study suggested, but because times seemed fairer. Many more American workers have had to embrace erratic work schedules because of the 24/7 work economy. That makes it hard for couples to spend time together.

Economic pressure might also explain why young people have experienced the steepest falloff in sexual activity. Millennials and the generation below them, sometimes known as Gen Z, have suffered more in the great recession. Young men, especially, are finding it harder to find jobs; more than a third of 18 to 34-year-old Americans are living with their parents, an arrangement usually mutually exclusive with having a stellar sex life.

“I think it’s important to consider that this might not be bad.”

All of this, Twenge believes, may be leading to a generation of young people who are not interested in partnering up, who are moving away from pair bonding into the sexual equivalent of a gig economy. Instead of having a job or steady relationship, people have to find their own opportunities. “The theme that comes up over and over [among young people] is the increase in individualism,” says Twenge. “More focus on the self and less on social rules.” That would explain both the openness around sexuality and the drop in actual sex.

Escape into Reality by Michal Trpak

Whatever the causes, say therapists, the solutions don’t change. Couples need to figure out their sexual needs and wants, communicate them and perhaps put down their phones for a while. That doesn’t always mean having more sex. Cohen notes that the drop in the rate of sex has not been accompanied by a rise in divorce. “I could imagine a positive scenario where people communicate more and better within relationships now and the low interest partner talks the high interest partner out of it and they’re happier,” he says. “I think it’s important to consider that this might not be bad.”

This was the key for Matt and his wife. “Sometimes there’s still a libido mismatch,” he says of his marriage now. “And not every week or month is perfect, but my wife and I have learned to communicate better, and we’ve both learned to listen better.” Things are going so well that they recently decided the time was right to try to start a family and in October they found out they were pregnant.

Conversation, it seems, is the most powerful type of foreplay. “If you want me to give my advice to the American public about this, it would be, ‘Talk to each other about sex,’” says Klein. “Talk to each other about how you want to feel. Do you want to feel attractive? Do you want to feel desired? Do you want to feel young? Do you want to feel graceful?” And then you have to decide if you’re willing to put the work in, he adds. “Gourmet sex is like gourmet cooking,” he says. “They don’t happen without focus.”

A Challenge to Male Roles In U. S. Since 1937

Another Conversation on Masculinity, Society, and Change. by  Calvin Harris H.W., M.

 

“Rationalization was much easier than recognizing the gravity of what was lost: an innocent, healthy childhood and an introduction to sexuality on my terms” - Concepción de León

This is a powerful quote from New York Times writer, Concepción de León.

I have spoken before about the necessity of sexuality, and  gender preference be defined by the individual, coming from their innate self, expressed outwardly decided by the  person in their own terms.   

I have mention before how this innate process has been derailed through  children’s storybooks, affecting  children’s gender and sexual behaviors from centuries past. So, today I would like us to look at a tenacious  twentieth century  American comic strip, that has speed seemed to act as an equalizer of bad behaviors (if for only one day), a chance for the young female adults of the last era to enact behaviors befitting their male counterparts. and  how this American folktale may have the underpinning for new sexual roles and yet again poor marks regarding Males and Masculinity in the twenty first century and beyond.

The Sadie Hawkins Day Race

The Comic Strip was created by cartoonist Al Capp and called Li'l Abner. The Encyclopaedia Britannica reported that Li’l Abner, ran in American newspaper from 1934 until 1977, chronicling the absurdities of daily life in the fictional Appalachian town of Dogpatch.

The comic strip abounded in stereotypes of Appalachia. Its title character, Abner Yokum, was a handsome, muscle-bound hillbilly, as lazy as he was dull witted. Like Abner, most of the men of Dogpatch were cast as essentially useless to society; all the real work was done by the “wimmenfolk.” One such woman was the curvaceous and beautiful yet hard-working Daisy Mae Scragg, who was hopelessly in love with Abner and pursued him fruitlessly for years before they finally married in 1952; they produced a child, Honest Abe, in 1953. Another was Abner’s mother, Mammy [who to me looked like Popeye the Sailor], She was the unofficial mayor of Dogpatch, who smoked a corncob pipe and kept the Yokum household running while her lazy, illiterate husband, Pappy, did little more than lie about.

Capp used Li’l Abner to comment satirically on American life and politics, spoofing ruthless capitalists in the early years before turning his wit on hippies and antiwar activists as his views grew more conservative later in life. He retired his creation in 1977, two years before his death. Since then, Li’l Abner has been reprinted at various times.”

In its wake, this comic strip has had a profound influence on the way the world viewed the American South, Men’s  & Women’s roles. and a notable celebration in Dogpatch called, Sadie Hawkins Day, on which the women of the town were allowed to marry any bachelor they could chase down and capture; annual on that  day of role reversal. Females asked males to dances, have sex, or marry. The enormous popularity of the Sadie Hawkins Day  had Capp obligingly  making it a comic strip tradition every November, lasting four decades. The Sadie Hawkins Day phenomena went from being  a pseudo-holiday  November 15, 1937 to gaining in popularity in 1939, two years after its inauguration, the celebration warranted a two-page spread in Life Magazine, who reported that on “Sadie Hawkins Day, Girls Chase Boys in 201 Colleges." By the early 1940s the comic strip event had swept the nation's imagination and acquired a life of its own. By 1952, the event was reportedly celebrated in various venues around the world. It became a woman-empowering rite at high schools and college campuses, long before the modern feminist movement gained prominence.

The practical side of Sadie Hawkins day was simply one of gender role-reversal. Women and girls take the initiative, make decisions in preparation to go out with their  invite  man or boy of choice — almost unheard of before 1937.

Yet the Male paradigm, the persona of the male counterpoint in Dogpatch  depicts a protagonist, “who is handsome, muscle-bound and as lazy as he was dull witted. A character essentially useless to himself, to his family and to society.  

A character, that we can only hope will not take hold in the American male psyche, as the roles of men and women begin to balance each other out, no longer  men vs women but equal in opportunity.

Book Unspeakable by Daum

Meghan Daum, author of “The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion”,  an occasional, Los Angeles Times oped columnist. www.meghandaum.com

On a topic of women vs men causes and movements,  Meghan said [these movements] “will live or die by the degree to which it’s willing to let people in. Until it makes room for examinations not just of toxic masculinity but also toxic femininity—and, even better, dispatch with these meaningless terms—it will continue to tell only half the story. Until it admits that women can be as manipulative and creepy and generally awful as men, the movement will continue to send a message that we’re not really whole people.”

I’m wary of any language that defines people ‘only’ based on what was done to them, as opposed to an identity they chose.  I would not want people’s life story to be overshadowed by notions of popular culture.

Yet so many men have felt isolated and unresponsive by what was misread as to how they should act and be by their culture. Decisions in life and sexually counter to their nature, that they just freeze up, or succumb to that which can only be described as trauma.

Dr. van der Kolk a psychiatrist specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder, working with  veterans to sexual assault survivors, wrote a book called: “The Body Keeps the Score”  which hinges on his idea that trauma is stored in the body and that, for therapy to be effective, it needs to take into account the physiological changes that occur. He says, “Many people also experience dissociation, which can manifest as literal desensitization in parts of the body or the inability to describe physical sensations.”

Men’s identities must change to be able to let go of painful isolation.  Let go of fragmented storylines,  images, sounds and emotion that must be processed as belonging to the past.

The Re-Imaging of Masculinity in the 21st Century and it’s role model for the coming youth, must be vigorously overhauled and fiercely optimistic of a person’s place in the world, for example:

Masculine youth needs to learn to be rigorously honest about what he knows and what he needs to know, and what he feels. To express constructive emotions that exposes the past and lets it go. He knows how to rage without hurting others. He knows how to fear and keep moving. He knows joy, and shares gratitude. He seeks self-mastery.

The 21st Century and beyond male youth has to learn to let go of childish shame. Feeling guilty when they have done nothing  wrong. He is kind to men, kind to women, kind to children. He teaches others how to be kind.

He stopped blaming women or his parents or men for his pain. He creates intimacy and trust with his actions. He stopped letting his defenses ruin his relationships. He stopped letting his libido run his life. He has learned self-respect comes from telling the truth. He has men who he trusts and turns to for support.

He confronts his limitations. He knows how to take conscious chances makes things happen. He knows how to learn from his mistakes and roll with it. When he falls, he gets back up. He practices compassion, for himself and others.  He is disciplined when he needs to be. He is flexible when he needs to be. He has high expectations for himself and those he connects with and finally He knows how to listen from the core of his being.

S. F. Pride 1986 Snake Man

He knows he is an animal and part of nature. Yet he knows his spirit and the connection to something greater. As a whole person, he looks for ways to serve others. He knows he has a higher purpose. He loves with fierceness. He laughs with abandonment because he lives fully.

These are some descriptions of the Re-Imagined Masculinity, a reality that means a revolution/evolution of the holders of the future, that means a change in you, A call for a rethink of the stories you tell about yourself, a rethink of expectations of yourself and others, and a focus on tomorrow.

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Urge For Adventure November 2018

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November Monthly Events

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·         American Diabetes Month

·         Aviation History Month

·         National Adoption Month

·         National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month

·         Banana Pudding Lovers Month

·         National COPD Month

·         National Diabetes Month

Drum Circle

·         International Drum (Percussion) Month

·         National Epilepsy Awareness Month

·         National Family Caregivers Month

·         National Family Stories Month

·         National Fun with Fondue Month

Native American Service Man

Native American Heritage Month

·         Greens and Plantains Month

·         Gluten Free Diet Awareness Month

·         Great America Smokeout Month

·         Lung Cancer Awareness Month

·         National Gratitude Month

·         National Healthy Skin Month

Green Clean Man from Columbus Ohio.

·         National Home Care Month

·         National Hospice Month

·         Historic Bridge Awareness Month

·         National Impotency Month

·         National Inspirational Role Models Month

·         National Life Writing Month

·         National Long–Term Care Awareness Month

·         National Marrow Awareness Month

·         National Medical Science Liaison (MSL)

·         Military Family Appreciation Month

·         National Model Railroad Month

·         National Novel Writing Month

·         National Pancreatic Cancer Month

·         National Peanut Butter Lovers Month

·         National Pepper Month

·         National  Pomegranate Month

·         National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month

·         Prematurity Awareness Month

·         National PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month

·         Real Jewelry Month

Man Roasting Turkey

·         National Roasting Month

·         National Scholarship Month

·         Spinach and Squash Month

·         Sweet Potato Awareness Month

Roasted Vegetables.

·         National Vegan Month

·         Worldwide Bereaved Sibling Month

November Multi-Day & Weekly Events 2018

·         Intimate Apparel Market Week       Oct 29 – Nov 2

·         National Patient Accessibility Week         Nov 01-07

 ·         National Animal Shelter Week                Nov 04-10

·         National Fig Week                                   Nov 04-10

·         International Libraries Games Day          Nov 04-10

·         National Radiologic Technology Week      Nov 04-10

National Book Award Metal

·         National Book Award Week                     Nov 08-14

·         National Transplant Donor Sabbath        Nov 9-11

·         Nat’l Hunger & Homeless Week       Nov 10-18

·         Int’l Fraud Awareness Week           Nov 11-17

·         Geography Awareness Week            Nov 11-17

·         National Nurse Practitioner Wk      Nov 11-17

·         Dear Santa Letter Week                  Nov 11-17

·         National Split Pea Soup Week         Nov 11-17

·         American Education Week               Nov 12-18

·         World Antibiotic Awareness Week   Nov 12-18

·         Global Entrepreneurship Week        Nov 12-18

·         National Young Reader’s Week         Nov 12-18

·         National Farm-City Week                Nov 14-21

National Family Week                     Nov 18-24

·         Better Conversation Week               Nov 18-24

·         Church/State Separation Wk           Nov 18-24

·         National Game & Puzzle Wk            Nov 18-24

·         National Family Week                     Nov 18-24

·         GERD Reflux  Awareness Wk         Nov 18-24

·         National Deal Week                         Nov 21-27

MADD’s Safety Campaign        Nov 16- Dec 31

November Daly Events 2018

Nov 01        Thu   National Author's Day

Nov 01        Thu   All Hallows or Saints’ Day 

Nov 01        Thu   National Brush Day

Nov 01        Thu   ​National Calzone Day

Nov 01        Thu   National Family Literacy Day

Nov 01        Thu   Nat’l Men Make Dinner Day

Nov 01        Thu   National Vinegar Day

Nov 01        Thu   World Vegan Day

Nov 01        Thu   National Cook for Your Pets Day

Nov 02        Fri    All Souls’ Day

Nov 02        Fri    National Deviled Egg Day

Nov 02        Fri    International Plan Your Epitaph Day

Nov 02        Fri    International Fountain Pen Day

Nov 02        Fri    National Football Jersey day

Nov 02        Fri    U N Int'l. Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

Nov 02        Fri    Nat’l Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Appreciation Day

Nov 03        Sat    Cliché Day

Nov 03        Sat    International Stout Day       

Nov 03        Sat    National Homemaker Day

Nov 03        Sat    National Sandwich Day

Nov 03        Sat    Pumpkin Destruction Day   

Nov 03        Sat    Digital Scrap Booking Day

Nov 03        Sat    Public Television Day

Nov 03        Sat    SOS Day

Nov 03        Sat    World Kindness Day

 Nov 03       Sat    Sausage and Kraut Day

Nov 04        Sun   Daylight Savings Day

Nov 04        Sun   National Candy Day

Nov 04        Sun   Use Your Common-Sense Day

Nov 04        Sun   Zero Tasking Day

Nov 05        Mon  National Doughnut Day

Nov 05        Mon  National Love Your Red Hair Day

Nov 05        Mon  Job Action Day

Nov 05        Mon  Traffic Directors Day

Nov 06        Tue   General Election Day

Nov 06        Tue   National Nachos Day

Nov 06        Tue   Saxophone Day

Nov 06        Tue   U N Day for Preventing  Exploitation of the  Environment

Nov 07        Wed  National Stress Awareness Day

Nov 07        Wed International Merlot Wine Day

Nov 07        Wed  National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day

Nov 08        Thu   National Cappuccino Day

Nov 08        Thu   Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day

Nov 08        Thu   National Parents as Teacher Day

Nov 08        Thu   X-Ray Day

Nov 08        Pursue Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math Day

Nov 09        Fri    World Freedom Day

Nov 09        Fri    Carl Sagan Day

Nov 09        Fri    Go to an Art Museum Day

Nov 09        Fri    National Scrapple Day

Nov 10        Sat    Area Code Day

Nov 10        Sat    Domino Day

Nov 10        Sat    National Forget-Me-Not Day

Nov 10        Sat    U S Marine Corps Birthday

Nov 10        Sat    Sesame Street Day

Nov 10        Sat    U N World Science Day for Peace

Nov 11        Sun   National Metal Day    

Singles Day

Nov 11        Sun   Singles Day

Nov 11        Sun   Veterans Day

Nov 11        Sun   Origami Day

Nov 12        Mon  National French Dip Day

Nov 12        Mon  National Pizza with All Except Anchovies

Nov 12        Mon  National Chicken Soup for the Soul Day

Nov 12        Mon  National Happy Hour Day

Nov 12        Mon  World Pneumonia Day

Nov 12        Mon World Orphans Day

Nov 13        Tue   World Kindness Day

Nov 13        Tue   National Indian Pudding Day

Nov 13        Tue   Sadie Hawkins Day

Nov 14        Wed  Educational Support Professionals Day

Nov 14        Wed  World Diabetes Day

Nov 14        Wed International Girls Day

Nov 14        Wed GIS (Geographic Information System Day)

Nov 14        Wed  National Spicy Guacamole Day

Nov 14        Wed Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

Nov 14        Wed  National Pickle Day

 Nov 14       Wed Spirit of NSA (National Speakers Association) Day

Nov 14        Wed Operating Room Nurses Day

Nov 14        Wed International Selfie Day (for Diabetes)

Nov 15        Thu   National Bundt (Pan) Day

Nov 15        Thu   National Drummer Day

Nov 15        Thu   National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

Nov 15        Thu   National Philanthropy Day

Nov 15        Thu   National Spicy Hermit Cookie Day

Nov 15        Thu   National Raisin Bran Cereal Day

Nov 15        Thu   America Recycles Day

Nov 15        Thu   World Day to Remember Road Traffic Victims

Nov 15        Thu   National Rural Health Day

Nov 15        Thu   Great American Smokeout

Nov 16        Fri    National Button Day

Nov 16        Fri    National Fast Food Day

Nov 16        Fri    International Day For Tolerance

Nov 17        Sat    International Accounting Day

Nov 17        Sat    National Adoption Day

Nov 17        Sat    National Baklava Day

Nov 17        Sat    Homemade Bread Day

Nov 17        Sat    2018 National Book Award Winner Announced

Nov 17        Sat    National Hiking Day

Nov 17        Sat    World Prematurity Day

Nov 17        Sat    National Unfriend Day

Nov 18        Sun   Apple Cider Day

Nov 18        Sun   Better Conversation Day

 Nov 18       Sun   Mickey Mouse Birthday

Nov 18        Sun   National Princess Day

Nov 18        Sun   National Vichyssoise Day

Nov 19        Mon  National Blow Bagpipes Day

Nov 19        Mon  National Have a Bad Day

Nov 19        Mon  National Camp Day

Nov 19        Mon  National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day

Nov 19        Mon  International Men’s Day

Nov 19        Mon  Women's Entrepreneurship Day

Nov 19        Mon  National Play Monopoly Day

Nov 19        Mon  International Survivors of Suicide Day

Nov 19        Mon  World Toilet Day

Nov 20        Tue   National Absurdity Day

Nov 20        Tue   U N Africa Industrialization Day

Nov 20        Tue   Universal Children’s Day

Nov 20        Tue   Future Teachers of America Day

Nov 20        Tue   Global Hug a Runner Day aka G.O.H.A.R.D

Nov 20        Tue   National Entrepreneur's Day

Nov 20        Tue   Name your PC Day

Nov 21        Wed  World Hello Day

Nov 21        Wed  Jukebox Day

Nov 21        Wed  Nat’l Gingerbread Cookie Day      

Nov 21        Wed  World Television Day

Nov 21        Wed  Tie One On Day

Nov 22        Thu   Thanksgiving Day

Nov 22        Thu   Go For A Ride Day

Nov 22        Thu   Nat’l Cranberry Relish Day

Nov 22        Thu   Nat’l Family Health History Day

Nov 23        Fri    Native American Heritage Day

Nov 23        Fri    Black Friday

Nov 23        Fri    Buy Nothing Day

Nov 23        Fri    National Cashew Day

Nov 23        Fri    National Espresso Day

Nov 23        Fri    National Flossing Day

Nov 23        Fri    Int’l Image Consultants Day

Nov 23        Fri    You’re Welcome Day

Nov 23        Fri    Dr. Who Day

Nov 24        Sat    Small Business Saturday

Nov 24        Sat    Random Acts of Kindness Day

Nov 24        Sat    National Day of Listening

Nov 24        Sat    Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day

Nov 24        Sat    National Sardines Day

Nov 25        Sun   Int’l Elimination  Day of Violence against Women

Nov 25        Sun   Blasé Day

Nov 25        Sun   International Hat Day

Nov 25        Sun   National Parfait Day

Nov 26        Mon  National Cake Day

Nov 26        Mon  Cyber Monday   

Nov 27        Tue   Giving Tuesday

Nov 27        Tue   Nat’l Bavarian Cream Pie Day      

Nov 28        Wed  National French Toast Day

Nov 29        Thu   National Lemon Cream Pie Day

Nov 29        Thu   Electronic Greetings Day

Nov 29        Thu   Nat’l Package Protection Day

Nov 29        Thu   Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting

Nov 29        Thu   Square Dancing Day

Nov 29        Thu   U N Int’l Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

Nov 30        Fri    National Computer Security Day

Nov 30        Fri    National Mason Jar Day

Nov 30        Fri    National Mousse Day

Nov 30        Fri    National Meth Awareness Day

Nov 30        Fri    Stay Home Because You’re Well Day     

Stay Home Day

Tools For The Self Directed Life

Yearly Retrospect: How to Maintain Focus of Your Life

Focusing on Life

by Calvin Harris H. W., M.

As we are in the third quarter of 2018, and before the holidays fast forward us to the end of the year, Now may be the time to consider planning and directions for 2019. Let’s take a moment to look over events and activities to see what this past year in retrospect, has indicated to us about being on course with our strategic plans and goals.

For many, it was not a year with a lot of forward movement. Experiences and activities throughout the year seemed tempered with a “watch and see undercurrent”, as if to say be patient. For others,  whose ideas, creativity, political and business plans, all seemed ready to launch, yet, somehow fail to launch fully, or the trajectories where off.  

Decisions to Reflect

Looking closer at this dilemma, of the pass year’s progression, it could be an indication to slowdown and to re-align habits for normalization. Sometimes life moves at such supersonic speeds, we get so busy, that we stop thinking, become automatons in our thought s and actions. An entire year can go by without us taking a moment to think deeply about whether we are following the right course, or if we should turn off to a new direction. This slowdown could be the move needed to rethink, research, and re-calibrate who we are, where we are going, and what we want to achieve and the Habits we have in place to do it.

A book out right now that you may want to read is called Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin. Ms. Rubin indicates to us that Habits are the invisible architecture of our lives, and she provides an analytical and scientific framework from which to understand these habits--as well as change them for good

Personal and professional life compete for priority, meaning clarity of objectives and focus will be needed in finding a balance going forward. If we are looking to make a change, then slowdown, reflect on what we identify as important to achieve. Build habits aligned with what can produce that goal. The results can come later as we perfect our presentation.  As a result, what we manifest, call our outcomes, cannot be imagined, because they happen by paying attention to habits aligned with core values and then out of the blue, there is achievement.

Habits moving you forward

Blogger James Clear reminds us “Motivation is fickle. Willpower comes and goes. Mental toughness isn’t about getting an incredible dose of inspiration or courage. It’s about building the daily habits that allow you to stick to a schedule and overcome challenges and distractions over and over and over again.”

Advertising, Gender, and A New Masculinity

A poem by a man, a mechanic by trade and  poet/writer  by vocation Jim Storm, his poem  says a lot about the month of October and the uncovering of the new masculinity within all people: “October is about leaves revealing colors they have hidden all year. People have an October as well.”

In a blog that I wrote (April 2018 - SOC) entitled “Masculinity Is It the Problem or A Programed Expectation?”   What is Masculinity? How is it measured? What are its demands? And how is that person meant to look, think, act, and feel? and should that be according to the mores of society?

This is a continuation of that conversation, and to somehow navigate  that  storm of debate on the subject of Masculinity successfully using a compass with an edge, and that edge is composed of paying attention, and preparation gathered from how the storms behaved in the past, there in is the edge.

We looked at how common nursery rhymes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from Europe and America had negative descriptors of Masculinity, and the male gender described as slugs, snails, snips, and frogs depending on where in the world the rhyme was told.

In today’s society, Advertising has played one of the important roles of carving out either negative or positive representations of gender and masculinity of late. But with a focus on women’s empowerment dominating the  cultural landscape, Producers keen on selling their brand and products are forgetting their role in shaping male identity as a consequence.

Suzy Bashford, international journalist in her article for the online European business  marketing website called The Drum (July 2016) wrote:

“A growing global ‘boy crisis’ suggests that we could be, in fact, empowering the wrong sex…. The difference is that we are all now familiar with the narrative around [women’s issues] and tackling these issues, thanks in no small part to groundbreaking campaigns such as ‘Like A Girl’ by Always, Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’ and Dove’s ‘Real Beauty ’ [ad campaigns]…..

We are much less equipped to talk about the issues affecting boys. There’s an unconscious bias that males should simply ‘man up’ and deal with any crisis of confidence themselves…Yet, the reality is that men commit suicide more than women, and are more likely to drop out of education and get involved in crime, drugs and binge-drinking. Moreover, as women are increasingly empowered, many men feel increasingly dis-empowered, accentuating these social problems.”

Vintage Advert remixed

Unilever known as Lynx, owner of “[Axe] deodorant brand who wants to become the number one male grooming brand in the world. Had to realize that their marketing strategy failed when sales slowed dramatically from when they’d first entered the market with the “alpha-male” concept. Lynx/Axe admits it had been relying on assumptions before its repositioning. It was only when sales growth slowed that the brand decided to invest in some proper research, leading to a 10-country study of 3,500 men, and consultation of experts such as neuroscientists, to find out what men are really thinking. The results shocked the brand explained Stephanie Feeny, head of strategy at 72&Sunny Amsterdam’s An Advertising Agency used by Lynx to research and reform marketing strategies. “Ideas of masculinity had changed and it recognised it wasn’t quite keeping pace with culture. Lynx/Axe found men are craving a more diverse definition of what it means to be a ‘successful’ man.”

One of the sectors most impacted by this insight is FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer daily used Goods). With analyst from FMCG buying practices, gender role assumptions were most challenged. It was found the person who wins the bread and the person who buys the bread isn’t down to gender these days, for example,

It is often now that the advertiser discovers that in some country’s men are doing 40 per cent of the supermarket shopping. That in the US men have been running household budgets. If producers of goods don’t recognised this, they are going to lose out because they’re increasingly ignoring their potential biggest audience. We hear a lot about women’s voices needing to be heard, but when it comes to men, it becomes strangely silent.

Campaigner David Brockway, who manages the Great Initiative’s Great Men project, urges the industry to be “more revolutionary”,

The Lynx /Axe global brand repositioning had been a “difficult”, steep learning curve admits Fernando Desouches, brand development director, he argues that he learned “men are actually more emotional than women” and that they need more empowerment than women. Desouches says, “you’ve got to ‘set the platform’ before you explode the myth.”

the Argentinian’s voice is tangible when he says” “Women have feminism. But men don’t even know they are sick. This is why we need to put men alongside women, not move them to the side to give room to women. Both genders need to be in the center.”

The Gender divisive issues are certainly at the center of the storm, and will subside through guiding principals of compassion and compass points like attention, and preparation to steer you through the storm. At the end a truly equal future, when sex becomes a far less defining characteristic than it is today.

Suzy Bashford puts it this way:  “After all, you cannot fully empower either gender if by empowering one you are creating divisions and disempowering the other.

As Nobel peace prizewinner Malala Yousafzai puts it ‘we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.’ A statement that is equally true of women, as it is of men.”

Urge For Adventure October 2018

Ceremonial Shape Shifters

Hi there,

We are officially in Fall now. That does mean a Fall re-mix, which is not a winding down of activities: so much as a move towards inward contemplation. You still have opportunity to be outside the casa, even as Fall shortens days and cools nights.

Do Not miss out on participating in some great Fall Events. Below is a list of some of the fun, wacky, or offbeat, holiday themes for the month of October. Paying attention to these ‘theme’ days, is a simple way to bring fun and interest into your daily routine. Some folks create habits, rituals and traditions to help strengthen their cultural lifestyle. If Nothing Else, it will give You some great Conversation Starters.

After Perusing the October Calendar. Check out Current or Past Blogs posts by navigating the tabs at the top of each page - these posts are designed to challenge assumptions and lighten up your mood if not your perspective.

This October ponder Jim Storm’s words: “October is about leaves revealing colors they have hidden all year. People have an October as well.”

OCTOBER 2018 MONTH LONG CELEBRATIONS

Adopt a Shelter Dog Month

American Pharmacist Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Clergy Appreciation Month

Computer Learning Month

Cookie Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Eat Country Ham Month

National Book Month

National Diabetes Month

National Pizza Month

National Vegetarian Month

National Popcorn Popping Month

Sarcastic Month

Seafood Month

OCTOBER MULTI-DAY and WEEK EVENTS 2018

Earth= Atmos, Bios, Geo, Hydro - Spheres

Week 1 Get Organized Week

Week 1 Customer Service Week

Week 2 Fire Prevention Week

Week 2 Pet Peeve Week

14 - 20 Earth Sciences Week

Week 3 Pastoral Care Week

Oct 31- 01 Nov - Samhain

OCTOBER 2018 DAY LONG CELEBRATIONS

Cookie in Coffee

Oct 01        Mon  International Coffee Day

Oct 01        Mon  National Homemade Cookies Day

Oct 01        Mon  International Day of Older Persons

Oct 01        Mon  World Vegetarian Day

Car by Photo Artist Jason Beamguard

Oct 02 Tue Name Your Car Day

Oct 02 Tue National Custodial Worker Day

Oct 02 Tue International Day of Non-Violence

Oct 03 Wed National Boyfriend Day

Oct 03 Wed Techies Day

Oct 04 Thu Cinnamon Roll Day

Taco Sign by Photo Artist Jason Beamguard

Oct 04 Thu National Golf Day

Oct 04 Thu National Taco Day

Oct 04 Thu National Vodka Day

Oct 05 Fri National Denim Day

Oct 05 Fri National Storytelling Festival

Oct 05 Fri World Smile Day

Oct 05 Fri World Teacher's Day

Oct 06 Sat International Frugal Fun Day

Oct 06 Sat Mad Hatter Day

Oct 06 Sat Physician Assistant Day

Oct 07 Sun Bald and Free Day

Oct 07 Sun Bathtub Day

Oct 07 Sun Inter-generation Day

Oct 08 Mon American Touch Tag Day

Oct 08 Mon Indigenous Peoples' Day

Oct 08 Mon National Kick Butt Day

Pizza Sign Photo by Jason Beamguard

Oct 09 Tue International Beer and Pizza Day

Oct 09 Tue Curious Events Day

Oct 09 Tue Fire Prevention Day

Oct 09 Tue World Post Office Day (mail something)

Oct 09 Tue National Sneakers Day

Oct 10 Wed National Cake Decorating Day

Oct 10 Wed Emergency Nurses Day

Oct 10 Wed World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

Oct 10 Wed World Mental Health Day

Oct 10 Wed Powers of Ten Day

Oct 11 Thu National Depression Screening Day

Oct 11 Thu Myths and Legends Day

Oct 11 Thu World Sight Day

Oct 11 Thu Southern Food Heritage Day

Oct 12 Fri World Arthritis Day

Oct 12 Fri Freethought Day

Oct 12 Fri International Moment Of Frustration Scream Day

Oct 12 Fri National Savings Day

Oct 12 Fri Old Farmers Day

Oct 13 Sat National Train Your Brain Day

Oct 13 Sat English Language Day

Oct 13 Sat International Day for Failure

Oct 13 Sat National Motorcycle Ride Day

Oct 13 Sat International Suit Up Day

Oct 14 Sun Be Bald and Free Day

Oct 14 Sun National Dessert Day

Oct 14 Sun National FRUMP Day

Oct 15 Mon Breast Health Day

Oct 15        Mon  Breast Health Day

Oct 15        Mon  World Math’s  Day

Oct 15        Mon  National Mushroom Day

Oct 15        Mon  Multicultural Diversity Day

Oct 15        Mon  National Grouch Day

Oct 15        Mon Clean Your Virtual Desktop Day

Oct 16        Tue   Global Cat Day

Oct 16        Tue   World Food Day

Oct 16        Tue   Information Overload Day

Oct 16        Tue   National Learn a Word Day

Oct 16        Tue   World Spine Day

Oct 17        Wed  Love Your Body Day

Oct 17        Wed  National Edge Day

Oct 17        Wed  Medical Assistants Recognition Day

Oct 17        Wed  National Pasta Day

Oct 17        Wed  Gaudy Day

Oct 18        Thu   No Beard Day

Oct 18        Thu   Spirit Day

Oct 18        Thu   National Get Smart About Credit Day

Oct 18        Thu   Conflict Resolution Day

Photo Artist Juan Coronado Model/Actor Jimmy Flint-Smith

 Oct 19        Fri     Evaluate Your Life Day

Oct 19        Fri     World Student Day

Oct 19        Fri     New Friends Day

Oct 20        Sat    National Brandied Fruit Day

Oct 20        Sat    Birth of the Bab (Bahá'í holy day)

Oct 20        Sat    National Suspenders Day

Oct 21        Sun   Apple Day

Oct 21        Sun   Babbling Day

Oct 21        Sun   Celebration of the Mind Day

Oct 21        Sun   Count Your Buttons Day

Oct 21        Sun   International Day of the Nacho

Oct 22        Mon  National Color Day

Oct 22        Mon  Clean Up the Earth Day

Oct 22        Mon  Smart is Cool Day

Oct 22        Mon  National Nut Day

Oct 23        Tue   National Boston Cream Pie Day

Oct 23        Tue   National Mole Day

Oct 23        Tue   National iPod Day

Oct 24        Wed  National Bologna Day

Oct 24        Wed  World Development Information Day

Oct 24        Wed  United Nations & Unity Day

Battle of the Nudes by Antonio Pollaiuolo 1470

 Oct 25        Thu   International Artist Day

Oct 25        Thu   Greasy Foods Day

Oct 25        Thu   Wear Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Day

Oct 25        Thu   World Pizza Makers Day

Oct 26        Fri     Frankenstein Friday

Oct 26        Fri     National Pharmacy Buyer Day

Oct 26        Fri     National Pumpkin Day

Oct 27        Sat    American Beer Day

Oct 27        Sat    National Forgiveness Day

Oct 27        Sat    Navy Day

Oct 27        Sat    National Potato Day

Oct 28        Sun   International Animation Day

Oct 28        Sun   National Chocolate Day

Oct 28        Sun   Separation of Church and State Day

Oct 28        Sun   Wild Foods Day

Oct 29        Mon  National Cat Day

Oct 29        Mon  Hermit Day

Oct 29        Mon  International Internet Day

Oct 29        Mon  National Oatmeal Day  

Oct 30        Tue   National Checklist Day

Oct 30        Tue   Buy a Doughnut Day

Oct 30        Tue   Mischief Night

Oct 30        Tue   Pumpkin Bread Day

Oct 31        Wed  National Caramel Apple Day

Oct 31        Wed  Girl Scout Founder's Day

Oct 31        Wed  National Day of Magic

Oct 31        Wed  Increase Your Psychic Powers

Oct 31        Wed  All Hallows' Eve - Halloween

Urge For Adventure September 2018

Hey Guys,
 

 It’s September and we are heading into Fall, still, time to get outside to enjoy whatever extended light the sun gives by day or activities in the cool of the evening.

Do Not miss out on suggested items for participation in this month’s events. Below is a list of some of the fun, wacky, or offbeat holidays and themes for the month of September. Recognizing a ‘theme’ is a simple way to bring fun and interest into your Life. Some folks create habits, rituals, and traditions to help strengthen their cultural lifestyle. If nothing else, these themes make good Conversation Starters.

This September, consider the words of  Robert Finch – “But now in September the garden has cooled, and with it my possessiveness. The sun warms my back instead of beating on my head. . . . The harvest has dwindled, and I have grown apart from the intense midsummer relationship that brought it on.”    

Arizona Evening Skyline 

After perusing the September calendar of activities. Check out Current or Past Blogs pages by navigating the tabs at the top of each page.  These posts are designed for You to find ways that light up your Perspective.

SELECTION OF SEPTEMBERS MONTHLY EVENTS:

• Classical Music Month (Something before 1950)     
  • National Baby and Children’s Eye Health & Safety Month
• National Better Breakfast Month
• National Chicken Month    
• National Classical Music Month
• National Courtesy Month
• National Disaster Preparedness Month
• National Fall Hat Month
• National Honey Month

Read - Learn - Live

• National Library Card Sign-Up Month
• National Little League Month
• National Piano Month
• National Read-A-New-Book Month
• National Rice Month
• National Self Improvement Month
• National Sewing Month
• National School Success Month
• International Square-Dancing Month
• National Women of Achievement Month
• National Dog Week (4th Week)

SELECTION OF SEPTEMBERS WEEKLY AND MULTI-DAY EVENTS:

•    International Prosperos Assembly (Aug. 31 – Sept. 03)
•    National Indoor Plant Week (3rd week in September)
•    National Constitution Week (September 17-23)
•    Banned Books Awareness Week (September 23-29)
•    National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sat. Sept.15 – Mon. Oct. 15)
•    Yom Kippur (Sep 18 begin evening, end evening Sep 19)
•    Oktoberfest (Sep 22 begins in Germany - date varies)
•    National Banned Books Awareness Week (Sep 23-29, 2018)
 

SEPTEMBER 2018 DAY LONG CELEBRATIONS:

    
Sep 01        Sat           Day of Random Acts of Kindness
Sep 01       Sat             International Bacon Day
Sep 01        Sat           World Beard Day
Sep 01        Sat           National Cherry Popover Day
Sep 01        Sat           National No Rhyme, No Reason Day 

Sep 02        Sun           National Bowling League Day
Sep 02        Sun           National Bison-Tell-Yell Day
(Celebration of an imaginary character of your choosing)
Sep 02        Sun           Another Look Unlimited Day
(To Look for Things to Donate to Charity)
Sep 02        Sun           National Pet Rock Day

Sep 03        Mon    National Labor Day
Sep 03        Mon    Skyscraper Day
 

Gender and Sexuality

Sep 04    Tue        International World Sexual Health Day
Sep 04    Tue        National Eat Extra Dessert Day
    
Sep 05    Wed        International Day of Charity
Sep 05    Wed        National Cheese Pizza Day
Sep 05    Wed        Be Late for Something Day
    
Sep 06    Thu        National Read A Book Day
Sep 06    Thu        Coffee Ice Cream Day
Sep 06    Thu        National Procrastination Day    
    
Sep 07    Fri        National Salami Day
Sep 07    Fri        Attention Deficit Disorder Awareness Day
Sep 07    Fri        National Google Day (Mission: organize the world’s information, make it accessible and useful.)

Sep 08    Sat        Dog Walker Appreciation Day        
Sep 08    Sat        International Literacy Day
Sep 08    Sat        International Pardon Day
Sep 08    Sat        World Physical Therapy Day 

Sep 09    Sun        National Pet Memorial Day
Sep 09    Sun        National Teddy Bear Day
Sep 09    Sun        Wonderful Weirdos Day

Sep 10    Mon        National Swap Ideas Day
Sep 10    Mon        World Suicide Prevention Day
    
Sep 11    Tue        National 911 Remembrance
Sep 11    Tue        National Make Your Bed Day
Sep 11    Tue        National Libraries Remember Day
Sep 11    Tue        National No News is Good News Day

Sep 12    Wed         National Chocolate Milkshake Day
Sep 12    Wed        National Video Games Day
Sep 12    Wed        National Day of Encouragement

Sep 13    Thu        National Fortune Cookie Day
Sep 13    Thu        National Defy Superstition Day
Sep 13    Thu        National Peanut Day
Sep 13    Thu        National Positive Thinking Day
Sep 13    Thu        National Uncle Sam Day

Sep 14    Fri        National Cream-Filled Donut Day    

Sep 15     Sat        D. C. Comics Batman Day
Sep 15     Sat        International Coastal Cleanup
Sep 15     Sat        World Day of Democracy
Sep 15     Sat        International Dot Day
Sep 15     Sat        National Make It A Hat Day
Sep 15     Sat        National On-line Learning Day
Sep 15     Sat        National Big Whopper Liar Day       

Sep 16     Sun       National Step Family Day
Sep 16     Sun       National Guacamole Day
Sep 16     Sun       World Day of Ozone Layer Awareness
Sep 16     Sun       National Tattoo Story Day
Sep 16     Sun       National Wife Appreciation Day
Sep 16     Sun       National Working Parents Day
Sep 16     Sun       Mexican Independence Day

Sep 17    Mon        National Apple Dumpling Day
Sep 17    Mon        70th Annual Emmy Awards
Sep 17    Mon        International Country Music Day
Sep 17    Mon        National Monte Cristo Sandwich Day
Sep 17    Mon        National Constitution/Citizenship Day  
        
Sep 18     Tue        National Cheeseburger Day
Sep 18     Tue        National Emergency Preparedness Day
Sep 18     Tue        National IT Profession Day
Sep 18     Tue        World Echo Water Monitoring Day
Sep 18     Tue        Yom Kippur - begins at sundown

Sep 19      Wed      National Gymnastics Day
Sep 19       Wed     International Talk Like A Pirate Day

Sep 20    Thu        National String Cheese Day    
Sep 20    Thu        National Pepperoni Pizza Day
Sep 20    Thu        National Rum Punch Day
    
Sep 21    Fri        National Miniature Golf Day
Sep 21    Fri        National Doodle Day
Sep 21    Fri        International Day of Peace
Sep 21    Fri        National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 21    Fri        World Alzheimer’s Day
Sep 21    Fri        World Gratitude Day

Sep 22     Sat        Autumn Equinox/First Day of Fall            
Sep 22     Sat        American Business Women's Day
Sep 22     Sat        World Car Free Awareness Day
Sep 22     Sat        National Dear Diary Day
Sep 22     Sat        Fish Amnesty Day
Sep 22     Sat        Hobbit Day    
Sep 22     Sat        Love Note Day
Sep 22     Sat        National Ice Cream Cone Day
Sep 22     Sat        International Day of Radiant Peace
Sep 22     Sat        Smithsonian (Free) Museum Day  
Sep 22     Sat        Remote Employee Awareness Day
Sep 22     Sat        Bright Pink Lipstick Day (Awareness hereditary breast and ovarian cancer)
Sep 22     Sat        National White Chocolate Day

Sep 23    Sun        National Restless Legs Awareness Day
Sep 23    Sun        National Dogs in Politics Day
Sep 23    Sun        National In-nergize Day (Self Refocus) 
Sep 23    Sun        International Bisexuality Awareness Day

Sep 24    Mon        National Cherries Jubilee Day
Sep 24    Mon        National Punctuation Day

Sep 25    Tue        National Math Storytelling Day    
Sep 25    Tue        National One Hit Wonder Day
Sep 25    Tue        International Pharmacists Day
Sep 25    Tue        National Psychotherapy Day
Sep 25    Tue        National Car Tune-Up Day

Sep 26     Wed        National Dumpling Day
Sep 26     Wed        Johnny Appleseed Day
Sep 26     Wed        Situational Awareness Day
(being aware and paying attention to your environment)
Sep 26     Wed        Banned Websites Awareness Day
 (Part of Banned Books Week)

Sep 27     Thu        Ancestor Appreciation Day
Sep 27     Thu        Google’s Birthday
Sep 27     Thu        World Crush a Can Day (think to recycle)
Sep 27     Thu        World Maritime Day
Sep 27     Thu        World Tourism Day    

Sep 28     Fri        National Good Neighbor Day    
Sep 28     Fri        Native American Day (in California)    
Sep 28     Fri        Hug a Vegetarian Day        
Sep 28     Fri        Ask a Stupid Question Day
Sep 28     Fri        National Drink Beer Day in (U. S. of A.)
Sep 28     Fri        International Right to Know Day
 

Biscotti & Coffee

Sep 29     Sat        National Biscotti Day
Sep 29     Sat        International Coffee Day
Sep 29     Sat        International Confucius Day
Sep 29     Sat        International lace Day
Sep 29     Sat        Save Your Photos Day
Sep 29     Sat        World Heart Day

Sep 30     Sun        International Blasphemy Day  (Individuals are encouraged to openly express their criticism of religion)
Sep 30     Sun        International Day of the Deaf    
Sep 30     Sun        National Ghost Hunting Day        
Sep 30     Sun        International Translation Day (the U. N.)    
Sep 30     Sun        National Mud Pack Day