Author: Lisa Mungovan

Woof woof! Bark-bark, growl. Oops, it’s Take Your Dog To Work Day, and I guess my dog thought he was supposed to do my work! Such a good doggie! It’s also World Refrigeration Day. Before refrigerators, people used ice houses. Snow or ice blocks would stay cool under sawdust. Caves work great too.

A dog named August, has lived longer than any other golden retriever. Augie is over 20 years old. She was already pretty old, when Jennifer and Steve Hetterscheidt adopted her 6 years ago, but the healthy pup is now ancient. In dog years, Augie is 20, but that’s more like 125 in human years!

A man in Australia found out he’d won the lottery. He’d picked the winning numbers for a 500,000 dollar jackpot! The man was screaming so loudly with excitement, that the neighbors came over to see if he was hurt. They won’t be neighbors long, as he plans to buy a house with his winnings.

One way to avoid getting COVID-19, is to not touch your face, but it’s so easy to forget. 15-year-old Max Melia invented a reminder. It’s a wearable wristband, that alerts you when you’re about to touch your face. The English teen created the VybPro, after his parents got sick. He’s dedicated to staying healthy!

It’s Leon Day! That’s Noel, spelled backwards, because Christmas is exactly 6 months away. Some people who make their own Christmas ornaments or gifts, get started on them now. I’d rather celebrate Strawberry Parfait Day, with a creamy, strawberry-ey, delicious layered dessert. A blue-white-and-red popsicle would also be great, for Bomb Pop Day!

Imagine life in 1964. The rock and roll band named the Beatles had become an international sensation. And if you were watching them on television, it would probably have been in black and white! It wasn’t until 1965 that color TV became widely available. Celebrate Color TV Day and Global Beatles Day today!

An extremely rare Pokemon card, could be worth $100,000. Only 7 of the cards were ever made. Do you have one? It’s the Pokemon Super Secret Battle Number 1 Trainer card, given to winners in Japanese tournaments, in 19 99. Back then, it gave the winner entry to the final in Tokyo. Today, it will make someone rich!

As the Black Lives Matter demonstrations continue, many people are realizing there’s a lot of history, they never learned in school. Protesters are demanding that statues of people who owned slaves, be removed. They are also pulling down statues, of those who mistreated Native Americans. Some American heroes, were actually very cruel people.

Many cities are lifting quarantine restrictions, even though COVID-19 cases are still rising. Please keep washing your hands, don’t touch your face, stay 6 feet away from others, and wear a mask out in public. Wearing a mask protects others from droplets of your saliva, because everybody spits a little when they talk.

People used to write on parchment, which was made from animal skins. Today is Parchment Day, but it’s meant to celebrate cellulose-based parchment paper in the kitchen. Line your pans and cookie sheets with parchment paper, for non-sticky, easy-clean baking. You’ll appreciate it when you make crunchy-sweet pecan pralines, for Pralines Day. They’re yummy.