Ridley's Believe It Or Not—October
30, 2014: Trust your Halloween will be
a great one and as always hope you enjoy the holidays and observances, factoids
and quotes involving Halloween and a poem
relating to Halloween just posted on www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com “Halloween
is not just for kids”, with a smile on your sunscreened face, enjoying a caramel
apple, blessed with a positive attitude even though you know you will have to
wade through tons of spam in your inbox, and secure in the knowledge that if
you want to find a gift for a memorable event or the coming Christmas, you know
that the Alaskanpoet can provide you with a unique customized poem at a great
price tailored to the event and the recipient.
1. Halloween—Tonight is the night that
drivers in residential neighborhoods must drive oh so carefully as the streets
as clogged with young ghosts and goblins weaving under the weight of bags full
of candy and later the roads will be clogged with adults in costume driving
back from Halloween parties.
2. Books for Treats Day—celebrated since
1995 an idea created by Rebecca Morgan at her home in San Jose of “feeding children’s minds not their
cavities.” Great idea to give used children’s books as opposed to candy
(probably cheaper too).
3. 7 Billion Day—commemorating
this day in 2011 according to the best estimates of the U.N. that population of
the Earth reached 7 billion; the day is to be observed by creating awareness of
reproductive health,
poverty, women empowerment, youth, environment sustainability, ageing, and
urbanization, by encouraging people to take actions and recommit to humanity.
4.
Now You Know Who To Blame—wcelebrating not
the proclivity of politicians to blame the other party but rather the
difficulties in achieving weight loss occasioned by the birthday on this day in
1860 of Juliette Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts U.S.A., the organization
that brings us those delicious Girl Scout cookies we find so hard to resist.
5. National
Caramel Apple Day—celebrating a treat that is both great for your health (apple) and great for
dentists (caramel).
On this day
in
a. 1913 the Lincoln Highway, the first
highway across the United States from New York City to San Francisco, was
dedicated.
b. 1941 after 14 years of
work, Mt. Rushmore was completed.
c. 1984
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh
security guards, causing widespread rioting in India in which over 10,000 Sikhs
were killed.
d. 2000 a Russian Soyus rocket brought the first resident crew to the
International Space Station which has been occupied continuously and amicably
since then (why can we not have the same concept on Earth)?
Reflections
on Halloween as you check to make sure the candy bowl is full and your costume
and the costume of your trick or treaters is ready to go: 1. “ I'll bet living
in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.” ~Author Unknown; 2. “Eat,
drink and be scary.” ~Author Unknown; 3. “True love is like ghosts, which
everyone talks about but few have seen.” ~Author Unknown Please enjoy the 140 character poems on
events of interest on my twitter account below (if you like them, retweet and
join almost 150 growing followers and please follow me) and follow my
blogs. Always good, incisive and entertaining poems on my blogs--click on links
below. Go to www.alaskanpoet.blogspot.com for Ridley’s Believe It Or Not—This Day In
History, poems to inspire, touch, emote, elate and enjoy and poems on
breaking news items of importance. Go to Rhymes
On The Newsworthy Times for
comments on important and breaking news events that should be of interest.
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31, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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