Today, January 11, 2012, is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. In a nation that banished slavery so many years ago, it sickens me to say that it is still happening. Perhaps under a different name, and perhaps with a different group enslaved – but it is still here.
Human beings are not for sale. They cannot be bought or sold. They cannot be owned.
Learn more about human trafficking and the fight against it.
Now is the time to get out the seed and plant catalogs and plan your garden for spring. Make your plans now and get your orders in so that when the warmer weather comes you will have an amazing garden.
On January 9, 1793, the first aerial voyage in the history of the United States of America took place – a hot air balloon ride leaving from Walnut Street Prison piloted by French aeronaut Jean Pierre Blanchard, and observed by a large crown in what is now Independence Square in Philadelphia.
I had the pleasure of attending a hot air balloon festival recently, and it certainly was amazing. Despite fact that several inches of mud engulfed our feet, we happily stood with hundreds of other onlookers and were awed at a sky filled with balloons.
Today starts National Letter Writing Week which happens each year during the second week of January. With email, texting, voicemail, facebook, twitter, and all the other methods of quick communication, the art of writing a letter has been left by the wayside.
I love a written letter. A handwritten letter holds so much more than the words, and when you receive a handwritten letter it means so much more than an email would have.
So, send out some “thank you” letters for the great Christmas you had, and reach out to an old friend or extended family member that you don’t see often.
Today begins Anti-Bullying Week in the UK, which runs November 21 – 25 2011.
43% fear harassment in the bathroom at school. Every 7 minutes a child is bullied. Adult intervention – 4%. Peer intervention – 11%. No intervention – 85%. (source)
This lens was made as the result of the bullying that my daughter endured during nearly three years at Elementary School. We learned a lot during that time about how some schools do not take the problem seriously and how some parents refuse to acknowledge that their child is a bully.
Everything we learned is now on this lens, which provides help to other parents whose children are bullied.
Hey there. I am proud to present to you Squid Calendar, the blog that delivers you a lens or three every day on some topic that is of interest today – whether today is Christmas, Chinese New Year, or National Bubble Gum Day.
Every day I will post about something of interest today – as in on today’s date. It may be a national holiday or a local celebration – as long as it happens today.
