National World Braille Day is now January 4 - Louis Braille's birthday https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-braille-literacy-month-january/ Everyone who knows me understands how important literacy is to me. The dissemination of information is vital for an educated society and the written word is the most powerful tool for that job. The UNESCO website states it this way: "The 'multiplier … Continue reading It’s Braille Literacy Month
Category: Holidays & Observances
Celebrating Sci-Fi & Isaac Asimov
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-science-fiction-day-january-2 Though Hugo Gernsback is the one credited for coining the phrase Science Fiction and popularizing it as a literary form, this day is celebrated on Isaac Asimov's birthday due to his considerable contributions to the genre. He, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, were considered the "Big Three" masters of their … Continue reading Celebrating Sci-Fi & Isaac Asimov
National Writing Novel Month
 NOVEMBER IS FOR THE NOVEL https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-novel-writing-month-november Every November, writers everywhere face the challenge of NaNoWriMo because it is National Writing Novel Month.  According to https://nanowrimo.org/what-is-nanowrimo, this starts as a challenge in 1999 and the goal is: "to write 50,000 words of a novel during the thirty days of November." YOUNG WRITERS PROGRAM NaNoWriMo Blog
Let’s Warm Up The Soul!
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-chicken-soup-for-the-soul-day-november-12/ Though there doesn't really seem to be a clear beginning to the celebration of the National Chicken Soup For The Soul Day, this observance is a positive one that spawned from the book series. It appears the first mention of the proposed 'day' and it's activities was in 2002 in a publication called, Creative … Continue reading Let’s Warm Up The Soul!
HAPPY VETERANS DAY
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO SERVE https://nationaldaycalendar.com/veterans-day-november-11/  There are many ways to serve your people... your country, community, and family. For an elite group of U.S citizens (less than 1%), we opt to join the military. This means that we literally GIVE OURSELVES to our country in defense of the freedoms promised to our … Continue reading HAPPY VETERANS DAY
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