Jump to content

Blogs

Featured Entries

  • Aditus

    Talk Talk

    By Aditus

    Conversations. Sometimes it’s too much, sometimes too little, formal, informal, clumsy, artificial, with another word: difficult. Let’s practice, Shall we? #253 Someone is on the bus. The guy beside them fidgets the whole time with an irritating tinkling bangle while telling them, it seems, their entire life story, including very personal things. It’s time to pop in the earbuds. When it’s time to get off the bus, the talker has disappeared and the strange bangle is now on th
    • 2 comments
    • 68 views
Bread Crumbs 356

My Daily Bread Crumbs 23 Jul 2022

July 23rd 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Birthday of Haile Selassie (Rastafari) Children's Day (Indonesia) Christian feast day: Bridget of Sweden Heiromartyr Phocas (Eastern Orthodox) John Cassian (Western Christianity) Liborius of Le Mans Margarita María Mercè Prat i Prat Rasyphus and Ravennus July 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 356

0
Bread Crumbs 355

My Daily Bread Crumbs 22 Jul 2022

July 22nd 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Birthday of the Late King Sobhuza (Swaziland) Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih Joseph of Tiberias (or of Palestine) Markella Mary Magdalene Nohra (Maronite Church) July 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Earliest day on which Parents' Day can fall, while 28 July is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Sunday i
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 355

1
Bread Crumbs 354

My Daily Bread Crumbs 21 Jul 2022

July 21st 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Albert John Luthuli (Episcopal Church) Arbogast Barhadbesciabas Carlos of Brazil (Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church) Daniel (Catholic Church) Lawrence of Brindisi Praxedes Victor of Marseilles July 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Liberation Day in 1944
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 354

0
Bread Crumbs 353

My Daily Bread Crumbs 20 Jul 2022

July 20th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Birthday of Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (Norway) Christian feast day: Ansegisus Apollinaris of Ravenna Aurelius Ealhswith (or Elswith) Elijah Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Amelia Bloomer, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Ross Tubman (Episcopal Church (USA)) John Baptist Yi (one of The Korean Martyrs) Margare
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 353

0
Bread Crumbs 352

My Daily Bread Crumbs 19 Jul 2022

July 19th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Palace Day[31][32] Christian feast day: Arsenius (Catholic Church) Bernold, Bishop of Utrecht Justa and Rufina Kirdjun (or Abakerazum) Macrina the Younger, Sister of St. Basil the Great Symmachus July 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Martyrs' Day (Myanmar) Sandinista Day or Liberation Day
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 352

0
Bread Crumbs 351

My Daily Bread Crumbs 18 Jul 2022

July 18th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Arnulf of Metz Bruno of Segni Camillus de Lellis (optional memorial, United States only) Eadburh (or Edburga) of Bicester Elizabeth Ferard (Church of England) Frederick of Utrecht Maternus of Milan Pambo Philastrius Symphorosa Theodosia of Cons
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 351

0
70s stuff

Something We Used to do in the Seventies

I was new at school and a kid I played sports with invited me over Saturday and said, bring a couple of your favorite albums - the more obscure, the better. We love hearing new stuff. HAA! Boy could I ever do obscure. I took Can Future Days, Yes Close to the Edge and ELP Tarkus. This wasn't exactly a party. It was just a few dudes with albums showing up with chips and snacks and listening to music. It was always cool. We got to hear new stuff. I literally heard Kansas for the firs
JamesSavik

JamesSavik in 70s stuff

0
Bread Crumbs 350

My Daily Bread Crumbs 17 Jul 2022

July 17th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Alexius of Rome (Western Church) Andrew Zorard Cynehelm Cynllo Inácio de Azevedo Jadwiga of Poland Magnus Felix Ennodius Marcellina Martyrs of Compiègne Blessed Pavel Peter Gojdič (Greek Catholic Church) Pope Leo IV[47] Romanov sai
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 350

0
Bread Crumbs 349

My Daily Bread Crumbs 16 Jul 2022

July 16th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Gondulphus of Tongeren Helier Our Lady of Mount Carmel Fiesta de La Tirana (Tarapacá Region, Chile) Reineldis July 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Engineer's Day (Honduras) Holocaust Memorial Day (France) Guinea Pig Appreciation Day   Observances
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 349

0
Bread Crumbs 348

My Daily Bread Crumbs 15 Jul 2022

July 15th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Bon Festival (Kantō region, Japan) Christian feast day: Abhai (Syriac Orthodox Church) Anne-Marie Javouhey Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden Bonaventure Dispersion of the Apostles (formerly by the Catholic Church) Donald of Ogilvy Edith of Polesworth Edith of Wilton Henry II, Holy
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 348

0
Bread Crumbs 347

My Daily Bread Crumbs 14 Jul 2022

July 14th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Boniface of Savoy Gaspar de Bono Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States) Deusdedit of Canterbury[79] John Keble (Church of England) Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States) July 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Bastille Day (France and dependen
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 347

0
Bread Crumbs 346

My Daily Bread Crumbs 13 Jul 2022

July 13th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Abd-al-Masih Abel of Tacla Haimonot (Coptic Church) Clelia Barbieri Conrad Weiser (Episcopal Church (USA)) Eugenius of Carthage Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Mildrith of Thanet Silas (Catholic Church) Teresa of the Andes July 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 346

0
Bread Crumbs 345

My Daily Bread Crumbs 12 Jul 2022

July 12th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Birthday of the Heir to the Crown of Tonga (Tonga) Christian feast day: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Eastern Orthodox) Hermagoras and Fortunatus Jason of Thessalonica (Catholic Church) John Gualbert Louis Martin and Marie-Azélie Guérin Nabor and Felix Nathan Söderblom (Lutheran, Episcopal Church (USA))
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 345

0
Bread Crumbs 344

My Daily Bread Crumbs 11 Jul 2022

July 11th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian Feast Day: Benedict of Nursia Olga of Kiev Pope Pius I July 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) China National Maritime Day (China) Day of the Bandoneón (Argentina) Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium) Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland) Free Slurpee Day (Participating stores of the 7-
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 344

0
Bread Crumbs 343

My Daily Bread Crumbs 10 Jul 2022

July 10th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Armed Forces Day (Mauritania) Christian feast day: Amalberga of Maubeuge Canute IV of Denmark Rufina and Secunda Seven Brothers Victoria, Anatolia, and Audax July 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day (Bahamas), celebrates the independence of the Bahamas from the United Kingdom in 1973. Nik
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 343

0
member

it's gone

it's been a really long couple of weeks. i have to become proficient in a new skill by end of summer. i'm being asked/told that the way i do my job MUST change. and it must happen now. not sure if i can do it. i have never done well with change.  ever. and now here is the BIG BOSS telling me that while i am among the best at what i do that he's ever worked with, i must change. i must take on tasks that haven't been mine in the past. i don't know if i can do it. i embarrassed my manager
mollyhousemouse

mollyhousemouse in member

15
Bread Crumbs 342

My Daily Bread Crumbs 09 Jul 2022

July 9th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Arbor Day (Cambodia) Christian Feast Day: Agilulfus of Cologne Amandina of Schakkebroek (one of Martyrs of Southern Hunan) Blessed Marija Petković Everilda Gregorio Grassi (one of Martyrs of Shanxi) Martyr Saints of China Martyrs of Gorkum Our Lady of Itatí Our Lady of Peace, Octave of
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 342

0
Bread Crumbs 341

My Daily Bread Crumbs 08 Jul 2022

July 8th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian Feast Day: Abda and Sabas Auspicius of Trier Grimbald Kilian, Totnan, and Colman Saints Peter and Fevronia Day (Russian Orthodox) Procopius of Scythopolis Sunniva and companions Theobald of Marly July 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Air Force and Air Defense Forces Da
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 341

0
Bread Crumbs 340

My Daily Bread Crumbs 07 Jul 2022

July 7th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Æthelburh of Faremoutiers Felix of Nantes Illidius Job of Manyava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church) Willibald (Catholic Church) July 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Solomon Islands from the United Kingdom in 1978. Ivan Kupala Day (Belarus, Poland
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 340

0
Bread Crumbs 339

My Daily Bread Crumbs 06 Jul 2022

July 6th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) The first day of the Festival of San Fermín, which lasts until July 14. (Pamplona) Christian feast day: Maria Goretti Romulus of Fiesole July 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Cayman Islands) Day of the Capital (Kazakhstan) Independence Day (Comoros), celebrates the independence of the Comoros from France in 1975.
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 339

0
Bread Crumbs 338

My Daily Bread Crumbs 05 Jul 2022

July 5th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Bloody Thursday (International Longshore and Warehouse Union) Christian feast day: Anthony Maria Zaccaria, priest (d. 1539) Cyril and Methodius (a public holiday in Czech Republic and Slovakia) Zoe of Rome (Roman Catholic Church) July 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Constitution Day (Armenia) Fifth of July (New York), historic c
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 338

1
Bread Crumbs 337

My Daily Bread Crumbs 04 Jul 2022

July 4th 2022 - Holidays and Observances   (click on the day for details) Christian feast day: Andrew of Crete Bertha of Artois Blessed Catherine Jarrige Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Elizabeth of Aragon (or of Portugal) Oda of Canterbury Ulrich of Augsburg July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Birthday of Queen Sonja (Norway) The first evening of Dree Fest
sandrewn

sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 337

0
×
×
  • Create New...