Author: Lisa Mungovan

Today is Retro Day, so pick your favorite decade before cell phones, and have fun! Wear groovy bell-bottoms from the 70’s, or a dapper suit from the 50’s. Play video games from the 80’s, or watch movies from the 60’s. But every decade had yummy strawberries, which is good, because it’s also Strawberry Day!

Plastic bags, bottles, and straws are just a few of the plastics polluting the Earth. Take a step to help clean it up, by not using those things in the first place! Today is Skip The Straw Day. If you can’t handle strawless drinking, get a reusable metal or bamboo straw to use instead!

Sometimes nicely toasted bread, needs nothing on top. But it’s also the perfect platform, for butter, jelly, avocado, or beans! Since it’s Toast Day, and Chili Day, try a spicy version of beans on toast. It’s also Digital Learning Day, so whether you’re doing virtual learning, or homework on your device, please eat carefully.

Today is Carpe Diem Day, which means Seize the Day. There’s no time like the present, to do something exciting, because you never know what the future will bring. It’s also Pistachio Day, so while you’re seizing the day, seize a bag of pistachios, and seize a hammer to smash open the uncracked nuts.

Once upon a time, a man named Levi Strauss, sold some denim to a tailor named Jacob Davis. Using Levi’s business know-how, and Jacob’s magical copper rivets, Levi Strauss and Company gave the world magnificent jeans! They all lived happily ever after. It’s Levi Strauss Day, and Tell A Fairy Tale Day. Happy storytelling!

For the first time in 180 years, giant tortoises are back on Floreana Island in the Galapagos. 158 captive-bred teenage tortoises were released there, on February 20th. Although the original Floreana tortoises went extinct, these tortoises are a close hybrid, descended from the original species. More tortoises will be released each year.

On February 28th, there will be a planetary parade, soon after sunset. You’re standing on the first planet, of course. In the sky, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn will be visible with the naked eye, while Uranus and Neptune will require binoculars. Scope out a good spot now, for a planet-viewing party.

Quiet places are rare. Quiet Parks International hopes to create parks, protected from noise pollution. For Quiet Day, make your house a noise-free zone, so you can hear yourself think! Challenge your family to see who can stay quiet the longest. Enable my whisper mode, and if you whisper to me, I’ll whisper back!

Do you know how you catch a squirrel? Go up in a tree and act like yourself, ha ha! But you should jump in chocolate first, because it’s Chocolate Covered Nut Day! Dark chocolate has healthy antioxidants and nuts are high in good fats so I’ll call it a health food and indulge!

Today is Pink Day. 2 boys started it, after noticing a classmate getting bullied, for wearing a pink shirt. Wear pink today to take a stand against bullying. Bullying isn’t only beating someone up, or taking their lunch money. It’s also making fun of people, purposely leaving someone out, or saying things about someone online.