Bo Jackson was an amazing athlete. He was a three sport star (Football, Baseball and Track) at Auburn. In Football he won the 1985 Heismann Trophy. He played Football for the Oakland Raiders and Baseball for the Kansas City Royals. He played in a Pro Bowl and in A MLB All Star Game. He had to give up football because of a hip injury. Because of the injury , the Royals release Jackson on March 18th, 1991.
16 days later the White Sox gave Bo a 3 year incentive laden contract. He played a handful of games in 1991, spent 1992 rehabbing his knee and on April 9th 1993. Bo came to the plate as a pinch hitter in the White Sox home opener and did this...
On March 13th of this year the Kansas City Royals announced that Bo Jackson had been elected to the Royals Hall of Fame and will be inducted this summer.
For The A to Z Challenge this year, I am focusing on everyday holidays. Each day there are multiple unusual things to celebrate. Every day of the challenge I look for an event taking place that day and pair it with the letter of the day. I have also made up 5 holidays to coincide with the vowel days of the challenge. At the end of each post I will share a special song of the day for that day's letter. At the end of the month, these songs will be assembled in a to z keepsake playlist on Spotify. Every day is a celebration, let's unwrap today's together.
This gets the Leap Of Dave A to Z challenge Spotify playlist to about a third of it's capacity.
That's all for today. Leave a comment about why you like Scotland, Science, both or neither.
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!
For The A to Z Challenge this year, I am focusing on everyday holidays. Each day there are multiple unusual things to celebrate. Every day of the challenge I look for an event taking place that day and pair it with the letter of the day. I have also made up 5 holidays to coincide with the vowel days of the challenge. At the end of each post I will share a special song of the day for that day's letter. At the end of the month, these songs will be assembled in a to z keepsake playlist on Spotify. Every day is a celebration, let's unwrap today's together.
April 8th is National Zoo Lovers Day
I love zoos. I'm not sure exactly when I fell in love with them . It may have been all the times Dr. Lester Fisher visited the Ray Rayner show when I was a kid on a segment called Ark in the Park. Dr. Fisher was the director of the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. It could have been on my trips to the Brookfield Zoo when I was a kid, I know I had one birthday party there. It may have even been when my grandparents would take my brother and sister and myself to the aforementioned Lincoln Park Zoo. It may have been all of those things and more.
Here is a link to one of our other blogs that shows a great video from a family trip (sans me) to the Brookfield Zoo.
I really enjoying going to free zoo's. Here is an article from February of this year talking about 12 such zoos (I've been at 3 through 6).
# 6 The St. Louis was the most recent zoo I visited. Here are some pictures form my trip in March
My favorite animal, the giraffe at the St. Louis Zoo
Today is also the day for the total solar eclipse. We will be watching it at school today. The next one won't me in the U.S. until August 23rd 2044. Instead of pushing 60 like I am now it will be exactly a month before my schedule 80th birthday. My Dad turned 86 on March 23rd and he will be watching it with my Mom and brother. So that's older than I will be next next time.
Will you be watching the eclipse today? Do you enjoy zoos? Answer either or both of these questions in the comment section.
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!
For The A to Z Challenge this year, I am focusing on everyday holidays. Each day there are multiple unusual things to celebrate. Every day of the challenge I look for an event taking place that day and pair it with the letter of the day. I have also made up 5 holidays to coincide with the vowel days of the challenge. At the end of each post I will share a special song of the day for that day's letter. At the end of the month, these songs will be assembled in a to z keepsake playlist on Spotify. Every day is a celebration, let's unwrap today's together.
I decided to do something a little different today in describing the holiday. Instead of using my own words I am going to use some of the text found on the Plan Your Epitaph Day webpage from Daysoftheyear.com It's not the entire text just some snippets
There comes a day in every person’s life when they have to face the inevitable,
. This day, Plan Your Own Epitaph Day, is the perfect day to set aside some time to figure out what you’re going to have to say about yourself before you’re gone.
Ludolph van Ceulen had the first 35 digits of Pi inscribed on his tombstone, as he was the first to calculate this delicious sounding number out to that many decimals.
Some of the activities you can do to celebrate this day, is go to graveyards and look for inspiration in the stones of those who have already passed.
this is one more way to collect Epitaphs that have already been written to help inspire you to write yours!
Another thing you can do to celebrate this pasttime is to have picnics in the graveyard with likeminded friends.
Together you can sit and brainstorm on what you’d like your final words to the world to be.
Plan your own Epitaph day is a day for reflection on our own mortality, and thinking forward to what kind of legacy we want to leave behind for those who come after us.
So take some time to think about where you’ve been, what you’ve done, and what you’d like to say to those who come after,
April is also National Poetry Month. I have decided to write a poem about today's holiday. Mainly because I didn't create much of my own content today.
The Spotify pla list for my A to Z challenge is now a week old and 6 songs long.
Well Week 1 is in the books. Feel free to catch up on any of my posts you may have missed. In your comments, you can let me know what words you might consider as an epitaph.
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!
For The A to Z Challenge this year, I am focusing on everyday holidays. Each day there are multiple unusual things to celebrate. Every day of the challenge I look for an event taking place that day and pair it with the letter of the day. I have also made up 5 holidays to coincide with the vowel days of the challenge. At the end of each post I will share a special song of the day for that day's letter. At the end of the month, these songs will be assembled in a to z keepsake playlist on Spotify. Every day is a celebration, let's unwrap today's together.
The Fist Friday in April - Wedding Planning Black Friday
Since today's letter of the day is a vowel it's time once again to create a new holiday.
Wedding Planners Black Friday is held annually on the first Friday of April. It was created by Dave Roller for his 2024 A to Z challenge and was first celebrated on April 5th 2024. The date was chosen for 3 reasons. First because the first Friday in April takes place 4 to 10 days before April 11th, the day Dave married his friend Amy. Second, because April is already National Couples Month. Finally, because the first week of April is 2 -3 months before June weddings take place.
Wedding Planner's Black Friday is the perfect day for engaged couples to call off work and spend some couple time before the big event. It is also a great time for the wedding professionals (dee jays, florists, ministers, venues, travel agencies, photographers, etc.) to have seasonal specials ala Black Friday.
Wedding Planner's Black Friday could also be a great day to hold either an engagement party or a wedding shower. It is the first week of April, so there might be a shower anyway.
Today's song of the day is Emma by , Jonathan Edwards
Emma is a song from the 1971 self titled debut album by Jonathan Edwards. This album featured the hit Sunshine. Jonathan Edwards music is often recommended to me on Spotify. I originally listened to this song because my oldest daughters name is Emma. The video below is from a concert almost 10 years ago. Edwards, 84 released his most recent album in 2021 and was performing as recently as March 2023
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My Leap of Dave 2024 A to Z Blogging Playlist now looks (and sounds) like this
Engaged, Married, or whatever degree of single you find yourself. I am glad you stopped by today. Please leave a comment. Perhaps you can answer this question: What is the best Wedding Present you have ever given or received?
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!
For The A to Z Challenge this year, I am focusing on everyday holidays. Each day there are multiple unusual things to celebrate. Every day of the challenge I look for an event taking place that day and pair it with the letter of the day. I have also made up 5 holidays to coincide with the vowel days of the challenge. At the end of each post I will share a special song of the day for that day's letter. At the end of the month, these songs will be assembled in a to z keepsake playlist on Spotify. Every day is a celebration, let's unwrap today's together.
Today's Holiday is Discover National Parks Fortnight
Today April 4th 2024 is the first day of Discover National Parks Fortnight. The holiday runs from April 4th to April 17th and celebrates the national park system of the United Kingdom. Don't confuse this holiday with National park week in the U.S. this year that's April 20th through April 28th which is actually a week and 2 days. Discover National Parks Fortnight is 14 days which is the correct length for a fortnight.
I have never been to the United Kingdom but I am aware of a few of their National Parks.
The Peak District
A moorland scene Pic taken from the path to Lad's Leap, centre skyline is the Pennine Way to Black Hill with Bareholme Moss to the right.
An image of Blackbeck Tarn, a small tarn (lake) atop Haystacks, a large hill in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. This image was taken in April of 2021
There are many other National Parks in the U.K. that I am not that familiar with.
Cairngarms is the largest National Park in the U.K. and is located in Scotland and apparently, it has moose.
To find out more how to celebrate Discover National Park Fortnight click here.
Today's song of the day is Dance Stop by Daniel Amos.
This unfortunately is the first of the songs of the day where I could not find concert footage of the song. The A to Z playlist is now up to 4 songs.
Whew! It feels like it took a fortnight to get this post out. If you comment let me know if you've ever visited a U.K. National Park and what your experience was therein. Also, if you could spend 14 days exploring any new place where would it be? For me it, would be more Greek Islands, if my lovely wife was joining me for the adventure.
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!
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