November has been declared National Native American Heritage Month. Schools around the country incorporate curriculum to help learn more about the Indians and Alaskan Natives and try to dispel many of the myths that people have about them.
November is National American Indian Heritage Month – This article, by KathyMcGraw, also includes books on Native Americans that don’t promote stereotypes, and don’t include the erroneous stories that American schoolchildren had been taught. These books were all recommended by, and written by Native Americans.
Today is National coming Out Day. Living a life of openness and honesty is important, and coming out is a very important moment in the life of a LGBT person.
As Flynn_the_cat puts it: Coming out to children is one of the hardest, easiest and most important parts of coming out.
Hard, because you want to do it right, it’s still socially unacceptable in many ways and a lot of people are just uncomfortable talking about sex, or don’t know how to explain it. Easy, because most children aren’t really going to care, as they haven’t learnt that it matters yet who you love. Important, because if you can’t tell your daughter or nephew or younger sibling, or the kids you babysit for – then how are they going to learn? Check out these Gay Picture Books.
The 4th Friday of September in California is Native American Day. In honor of this day, and the Native People, “Indian Week is celebrated around the State.”
California Native American Day – This article, by KathyMcGraw, gives a little background on the California Tribes, personal stories and pictures, and a timeline of the important events in California history that contributed to the death of the California Indian Culture.
Today is Independence Day for The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. The two island nation in the Caribbean became a sovereign state on September 19, 1983. It’s a beautiful place! If you’ve never visited there, do the next best thing: Look at some wonderful scenes from St. Kitts and Nevis.
Did you know Einstein was left handed? or Alexander the Great? or Aristotle? or Joan of Arc? or Mahatma Ghandi? or Bill Gates? or Ben Franklin? or Thomas Jefferson? or Julius Caesar? or Leonardo da Vinci? or Oprah Winfrey?
I didn’t know any of them were, until today. What better day to have learned that then National Left Hander’s Day!
One hundred years ago today, on August 6, 1911 Lucille Ball was born!
I am a big Lucy fan. I remember watching her with my Dad, and I’ve been told that many of the bedtime stories that I was told when I was growing up were re-told and summarized I Love Lucy episodes.
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.
