Famous First Words: Porgy lived in the golden age. Porgy by Du Bose Heyward on which the operetta is based.
February is National Haiku Writing Month: You think you're big With your fancy little words. This is not so hard ф How much can I fit Into a haiku format Oh no I'm out of
..........Me here at last on the ground.........Bernadette Peters …..Send In The Clowns
A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears. --Michel de Montaigne
It is a gorgeous Friday morning. The sun is shining, the temperature is already 45°F, birds are chirping, little hollyhock plants are green and growing. Weather.com is predicting 70 degrees this afternoon. What a change from last Friday's one degree morning. Puck has been out and is back in, sleeping on my sweater which he dragged off the chair. His light snorts accompany the bird song and morning dog barking. A southern breeze is making the bare willow branches dance but the mulberry trees are resisting the urge. Since I am able to walk around the yard and do stuff, I'm particularly happy to see spring come blooming.
Hope for your weekend; Endless fun and many games With my love, dear poets.
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Only you can prevent forest fires. Really, just you. They laid everybody else off. https://www.facebook.com/feministnews.us
Cat haiku: At stairway's summit Furry dragon awaits prey Ankles are not safe ф No thumbs, yet she plays Music: a cat concerto For Color Printer
..........There's gotta be trust in this world.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..Good Times, Bad Times
Trivia Questions: Happy US Snowshoe Day !!
What are snowshoes?
What is a traditional snowshoe?
What is a modern snowshoe?
What are the three types of snowshoes?
How many people snowshoe for pleasure these days?
Big Hello: Selam – Romanian Tatar (Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey) https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: I don't know if Facebook has ever caused the lame to walk, but it sure has caused the dumb to speak. --Lexi & Ocean & Rick
Coffee Joke of the Week: Ahhhh! Coffee – nature's little kiss of goodness.
Two cups of coffee Is enough to ask Did I have coffee? Ф I don't know about April fools, but I recall Some from November.
..........You'll never break it, darling.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..Heart of Stone
Moonbeam: Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality. --Linus Pauling
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: A joke is often the hole through which truth whistles. --Japanese Proverb
Blasphemy of the Week: Every time a Christian defends Trump, an angel loses its lunch. --Submitted by SDS
Image of the Week: May this Ramadan bring joy, health, and wealth to you.
Cat haiku: Out of reach, alas Winged prey alights, sings, soars and Escapes untasted. Ф Kittens in my bed Two-thirty in the morning Friendship is timeless
..........Hey hey hey, that's what I'll say.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..Satisfaction
1. A snowshoe is a platform designed to support or “float” your bodyweight and backpack when walking or running over snow. This activity is best practiced over deep, powdery snow unless you are running or climbing?
Almanac: It is Friday, February 28, 2025. The moon was new yesterday (2/27) and is in Pisces. Today is National Public Sleeping Day, Floral Design Day, National Tooth Fairy Day, Rare Disease Day, and US Snowshoe Day. It is also the first day of the month of Ramadan 2025 (2/28-3/29). Because it is the fourth Friday it is also Skip The Straw Day.
Among those born on this day were Montaigne (1533), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632), Augustus Callcott (1779), John Tenniel (1820), Ben Hecht (1893), Linus Pauling (1901), Bugsy Siegel (1906), Vincente Minnelli (1910), Zero Mostel (Samuel Joel Mostel, 1915), Smokey the Bear (1928), John Fahey (1939), Tommy Tune (1939), Mario Andretti (1940), Brian Jones (Lewis Hopkin-Jones, 1942), Bernadette Peters (1948), John Turturro (1957), and Rae Dawn Chong (1962).
On February twenty-eighth Westminster Abbey opened (1570), the Salem witch hunts began (1662), the Methodist Church was chartered (1784), the Republican Party formally organized (1854), the Arkansas legislature required free blacks to choose exile or slavery (1859), the first college coop store opened (1882), the first Vaudeville theater opened (1883), nylon was discovered (1935), Native Son published (1940), Porgy and Bess opened on Broadway (1943), Discoverer 1 was launched (1959),
Chamberlain sank the NBA record 35th consecutive field goal (1967), Nixon returned from China (1972), and MASH aired its last episode (1983).
Night Sky, 2/28: While twilight is fading 20 or 30 minutes after sunset, look 16° below Venus (about a fist and a half at arm's length) for Mercury and, even lower, a very thin crescent Moon. Saturn is so dim and low that it's probably out of reach even with binoculars. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/sky-at-a-glance/
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Puzzle vs The Boys
This Week: Saturday, March 1 – Black Women's Day & Horse Protection Day & National Play Outside Day & Pig Day & Zero Discrimination Day
Sunday, March 2 – Academy Awards Day & Namesake Day & World Teen Mental Illness Day
Night Sky, 3/2: February was Orion's month to stand at his highest in the south early evening. Now March pushes him westward and spotlights his dog, Canis Major with Sirius on his chest, standing center stage on the meridian. Sirius is not only the brightest star in our sky after the Sun, it's also the closest naked-eye star after the Sun, at 8.6 light-years, for those of us living at mid-northern latitudes.
Monday, March 3 – National Anthem Day & National Mulled Wine Day & Simplify Your Life Day & World Wildlife Day
My bed is so warm. My alarm clock is so cold. I think I'll sleep in. ф I wake, reluctant; Too cold to get out of bed, But I need to pee.
..........So love me, hold me.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..I'm Free
2. The traditional snowshoe is constructed of a wooden frame, usually Ash, with decking made of interlaced rawhide. Everyone would have worn them for hunting, trapping, and getting around.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Protest Sign: How Many Teslas Should We Throw Into The Boston Harbor. --Submitted by SDS
Moonbeam: The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas. --Linus Pauling
Fun Fact of the Week: On February 28, 1919 Mohandas Gandhi launched his campaign of non-cooperation with Imperial British control of India. He called his overall method of nonviolent action Satyagraha, formed from satya (truth) and agraha, used to describe an effort or endeavor. This translates roughly as "Truth-force." A fuller rendering, though, would be "the force that is generated through adherence to Truth."
Video of the Week: Roberta Cleopatra Flack: Killing Me Softly With His Song (4:34) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrudT410TAI She will be missed.
The truth of these days is not that which really is, but what every man persuades another man to believe. --Michel de Montaigne
Cat haiku: At the summit she waits; A guru with life advice: Purrs cure everything. Ф Dog Haiku: A terrier's job Chase ball again and again. There is no stopping
..........What a drag it is getting old.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..Mother's Little Helper
3. Today's snowshoe is a very technical “snow-platform” made of an aluminum (sometimes 6061) or plastic frame, complete with synthetic decking material such as neoprene or nytex. These materials are designed to resist cracking and breaking in extremely cold temperatures.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: No one who pays as much for sex as these dorks (Trump & Musk) should be judging anyone's efficiency. --Submitted by Middle Age Riot
Weird Word of the Week: Absquatulate – to leave abruptly https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/absquatulate
Dragon Poem of the Week: Green Dragon: Guarding your forests, Waiting, observing, taking Down lurking hunters. --jess@dragonsinn
Dragons of the Week:
If this puddle could Talk, I think it would tell me To splash my sister. Ф A haiku for horses? Are you serious? no way, They can't even read.
...........Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..Sympathy For The Devil
4. Snowshoes are classified for 1) Trail Use i.e. general use 2) Mountain Use, and 3) Running. Two important factors to consider when choosing your snowshoes are 1) the terrain over which you will be travelling, and 2) your level of experience. If you aren't sure, go with the trail shoe.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: When the trainer asked me what kind of squats I'm used to doing, I said Diddly. --Submitted by UUHS
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Stingray Con 2025 (3/1, Jacksonville, FL) Comic Convention with Anime, Fantasy, Gaming... https://animecons.com/events/info/24762/stingraycon-2025
Actual Science Conference of the Week: Virtual International Academic Conference on Global Education and E-learning. (28, online) Czech Institute of Academic Education. https://conferencesdaily.com/eventdetails.php?id=1633288
Inconceivable Rambling of the Week: Some facebook thread was talking about Melanie's Brand New Key . I thought it was a silly song and I couldn't sustain the metaphor. Anyway, someone mentioned that she was at Woodstock. Inconceivable! I researched. There were a couple of videos – which I did not watch Birthday of the Sun was the main one. Her set began at 11 pm Friday, August 15, 1969. She sang 7 songs; none of them was New Key. She did sing Animal Crackers followed immediately by Mr Tambourine Man. Still inconceivable.
Dog Haiku: A dog considers The promise of rustling leave Squirrel, chipmunk, or wind ф Snow, like life, offers Delight and difficulties Sticks to fur and snout
..........She comes in colors everywhere.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..She's A Rainbow
5. 5.5 million participants went on more than 22 million snowshoe outings last season. https://tubbssnowshoes.com/
Late Night Joke of the Week: President Trump said on Friday he has spoken to Russian president Vladimir Putin on the phone to try to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine and added that the invasion never would have happened if he had been in office. Because if Trump was president, we would have invaded Ukraine. --Seth Meyers
Quote of the Week: If I were to remain silent, I'd be guilty of complicity. --Albert Einstein
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Believe it or not, a fulfilling and meaningful life is possible without owning an AR-15. --Submitted by 98%
Today's Peace of History: February 28, 1940: Actress Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to win an Academy Award. She won the award as Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
First rule of bite club: Silence. Remove the squeaker From the plush dog toy. Ф Shall I compare Trump To a Summer's Eve? he is The biglier douche.
..........I've realized it's time to leave.........Rolling Stones with Brian Jones …..Yesterday's Papers
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, February 28, 2025, 575 ePistle. Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. -Mario Andretti
Cost of War:
As of 02/27/25 State Department Costs: $258,964,119,312
As of 02/20/25 State Department Costs: $258,403,386,762
As of 02/27/25 Homeland Security: $1,192,995,556,925
As of 02/20/25 Homeland Security: $1,192,386,539,315
As of 02/27/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,282,417,219,740
As of 02/20/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,280,851,297,294
As of 02/27/25 Military Costs: $3,133,372,413,971
As of 02/20/25 Military Costs: $3,132,183,498,709
As of 02/27/25 Veterans Care: $4,146,315,675,490
As of 02/20/25 Veterans Care:$4,134,442,762,994
As of 02/27/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,014,067,392,409
As of 02/20/25 Total Cost of Wars: $9,998,270,462,573
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself. --Michel de Montaigne
Famous Last Words: ...and now you know the rest of the story. --Paul Harvey who died 2/28/09
..........Just remember when a dream appears.........Bernadette Peters …..You Belong To Me
Advice for those in A difficult position. First, be flexible. ф Five syllables here Seven more syllables there Are you happy now?
May Peace bide with you
And Joy be your companion
from prairie mama
christine
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