Worldwide, 145 million children are orphaned or displaced. Every two seconds another child is orphaned. 99% of orphans worldwide will never be adopted.
World Orphans Day began in Nashville, TN to raise awareness and money for these forgotten children around the world. Take a moment to think about them, and whether there is anything you can do to help.
Noah’ s Ark Orphan Care – Malawi, Africa by Cajean
Bulgaria’s Abandoned Children by ftuley
Comfort dolls-knitting for African Aids Orphans by donna_m
Drugging Foster Children by LindaJM
(photo by khym54)
Today is Remembrance Day in the UK. This day commemorates those who have died in war. Ceremonies are held to remember those who died in WWI, WWII, and other conflicts, including The Falklands, Bosnia, Kosovo, and the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Learn more about Remembrance Day at aj2008‘s lens: Remembrance Day, and at LizMac60‘s lens Remembrance Sunday.
(Photo by Tambako the Jaguar)
Nov7
I bet Betty Botter is baking her buns off and Peter Piper is picking some pickled peppers, because today is International Tongue Twister Day!
So, start calculating exactly how much wood a woodchuck would chuck with this lens by quippingqueen: Amusing Alliteration.
Paul and Linda McCartney said, “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” And, I would bet that if chicken coops had glass walls, many more would be vegans. (more Vegan and Vegetarian quotes)
Let’s celebrate November as Vegan Month with some of vegan-mama-kirsten‘s vegan cookies, and vegan cakes.
(photo by rick)
This is the first Thursday in November which we all know makes it National Men Make Dinner Day. Any man can participate, but it is especially meant for men who don’t make dinner any other day. Read over the the rules, and then get started.
Here are some easy recipes to consider:
Tater Tot Casserole Recipe by ThomasC
Top 10 Easy Recipes for College Students! by jwblackwell
Incredibly Easy and Delicious Potato Recipes by roamingrosie
(photo by Mike Licht)
November is National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo, as it is affectionately called. This month, participants challenge themselves to write and entire novel (of at least 50,000 words) in just thirty days.
Everyone who finishes their novel is a winner. Last year, NaNoWriMo had 119,301 participants and 21,683 winners.
Lensmaster EelKat is currently participating in NaNoWriMo for the fifth time – she has won three times!
Find out how she does it:
NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 using EelKat’s Methods
(Photo by TheGiantVermin)
Today is the anniversary of John Montagu’s birthday. John Montagu was an 18th-century English nobleman, and the fourth Earl of Sandwich. It was he who invented what we refer to as a sandwich during a 24-hour gambling bender when he was seeking something to eat with one hand. He requested sliced meat between two pieces of bread. Others began ordering “the same as Sandwich”, and that is how it got its name. (Or so the story goes.)
So, today we celebrate National Sandwich Day with a few great recipes:
Banh Mi Sandwich by Ylliks
Healthy Sandwich Recipes by JaguarJulie
BLT – The Perfect Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich by theraggededge
(photo by adactio)
El Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated in Mexico and other Latin American countries as a festival of the unity of life and death.
Coinciding with All Souls Day, el Dia de lost Muertos is November 2nd, however the festival started on October 31st.
Learn more about Dia de lost Muertos in this lens by Comfortdoc:
Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead
(photo by Esparta)
Hey what time is it? Spring forward, fall back. Today is Daylight Savings and time to set your clocks back one hour.
I hope you changed your clocks already, but if you didn’t then go do it now…we’ll wait.
So, what do you think about this bi-annual task? Do we still need it? want it? or is it time to call it quits?
That’s what Ener-G asks in her lens:
Isn’t it time to abolish Daylight Saving Time?
(Photo by Menage a Moi)
