My Daily Bread Crumbs 25 Feb 2022

Entry posted by sandrewn in Bread Crumbs 208 February 26, 2022

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February 25th 2022 - Holidays and Observances

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Christian feast days:
- Æthelberht of Kent^[196]^[197]
- Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás^[198]
- Gerland of Agrigento^[199]
- John Roberts, writer and missionary^[200] (Anglican Communion)
- Blessed Maria Adeodata Pisani^[201]
- Saint Walpurga (she was canonised on 1 May c. 870 and Walpurgis Night is celebrated 30 April)^[202]
- February 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Kitano Baika-sai or "Plum Blossom Festival" (Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine, Kyoto, Japan)^[203]
Memorial Day for the Victims of the Communist Dictatorships (Hungary)^[204]
National Day (Kuwait)^[205]
People Power Day (Philippines)^[206]
Revolution Day in Suriname^[207]
Soviet Occupation Day (Georgia)^[208]

Observances (click on the day or week for details)

National Chocolate Covered Nut Day

National New England Clam Chowder Day

Checking out of the grocery store, I noticed the bag boy eyeing my two adopted children. They often draw scrutiny, since my son's a blond Russian, while my daughter has shiny black Haitian skin.

The boy continued staring as he carried our groceries to the car. Finally he asked, "Those your kids?"

"They sure are," I said with pride.

"They adopted?"

"Yes," I replied.

"I thought so," he concluded. "I figured you're too old to have kids that small."

***

The board of education in a nearby town sold off a building that had been a one-room schoolhouse. The buyer converted it to a tavern. One day an elderly man was walking by the place with his grandson and pointed to the building.

"That's where I went to school when I was your age."

"Really," said the boy. "Who was your bartender back then?"

***

It was the first day of basketball practice at Wingate high school in Brooklyn, N.Y. Coach Jack Kaminer handed a ball to each player. "Fellas," he said, "I want you to practice shooting from the spots you might expect to be in during the game."

The No. 12 sub immediately sat down on the bench and began arcing the ball toward the basket.

***

New to the United States, I was eager to meet people. So one day I struck up a conversation with the only other woman in the gym. Pointing to two men playing racquetball in a nearby court, I said to her, "There’s my husband." Then I added, "The thin one—not the fat one."

After a slightly uncomfortable silence she replied, "And that’s my husband—the fat one."