Author: Lisa Mungovan

Did you know, it’s Record Store Day? Vinyl records lost popularity as cassettes & CDs took over, but they’re starting to make a comeback. In fact, there are lots of companies, that will press your own custom record. Immortalize your talents on vinyl, and maybe someone will buy it someday in a record store.

Today is Licorice Day. Its distinctive flavor comes from the licorice plant, and can be used in candy or tea. It’s also Deskfast Day, when you eat your breakfast at your desk. Don’t get food on your work! Since it’s Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day as well, you could eat one for Deskfast!

Do you get Dear time at school? It stands for Drop Everything And Read, and today is DEAR Day. It’s celebrated on author Beverly Cleary’s birthday, whose characters helped the idea spread in schools. Start a daily DEAR time at home for your family, even if it’s just for 15 minutes.

Are you missing a cat? People in Canada are looking for the owner of a cat that stowed away in a Walmart transport truck, and traveled 70 miles away from home. The truck had come from Montreal, to a warehouse in Ontario, with the adventurous cat in the trailer.

An Ohio zoo welcomed a baby southern white rhinoceros on March 28th. Weeks earlier, another rhino calf was born! The female and male calves have not been introduced yet. White rhinos are endangered. The second-largest land mammal on Earth, they can weigh 140 pounds at birth, and their skin is 2 inches thick!

Yesterday, the Artemis 2 mission to the Moon completed its journey, as the 4 astronauts splashed down into the Pacific Ocean. The Integrity capsule was traveling at nearly 25,000 miles-per-hour as it re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. The 10-day mission looped around the Moon, observing huge craters and experiencing a solar eclipse.

Today is Cheese Fondue Day. Get a pot of melted cheese, some hunks of bread or vegetables on sticks, and dive right in! It’s also Submarine Day, so pretend your snack-on-a-stick, is sneaking up on the enemy. The US Navy’s first sub was named Alligator. An earlier Revolutionary War submarine, was named Turtle.

Barbershop quartets, are groups that sing in 4-part harmony. Celebrate Barbershop Quartet Day, by singing with your pets, because it’s also Pet Day. Your dog can bark the base line, while kitty-cat meows the tenor. If you recorded your song on an 8-track tape, you’d be celebrating 19 60’s technology, for 8-Track Tape Day. Groovy!

Today is Encourage A Young Writer Day, so I’m encouraging you, yes you, to write a story! Use your imagination, to make it as silly, scary, or realistic as you like. It’s also Farm Animals Day, so you could add a talking cow, or a chicken that wears a tutu. Anything is possible!

Today is Siblings Day, so thank your brothers and sisters for being born! You might not always get along, but you can always love each other. It’s also International Safety Pin Day. In 1849, Walter Hunt sold the rights to his amazing little invention, the safety pin, to the W R Grace Company for only $400!