You know I note down and share a few events and celebrations each week, including the major ones that many of us already know about as well as the quirky ones and other small yet meaningful ones. April 7th celebrates Girl, Me Too Day, which is a day “to recognize the strength and endurance of women of all ages, showing support and coming alongside each other through thick and thin” (source).

So here is to women and girls of all ages all across the world, lending support to one another, and making womankind stronger each day.

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Poetic Sundays: Wishful (th)Ink(ing)

NaPoWriMo’s day 7 prompt: Write a poem titled “Wish You Were Here” that takes its inspiration from the idea of a postcard. Consistent with the abbreviated format of a postcard, your poem should be short, and should play with the idea of travel, distance, or sightseeing.

Wish You Were Here (Or At least Saying “Me Too”)
I sent a postcard to my muse
Enclosed a snap at my frazzled best
Hoping she would not refuse
My simple humble single request
I wish you were here, I really do.
(And I hope you say “me too!”)

(Bu my muse, she is on that faraway beach
Nestled under mountains, away from reach.
With books for company, and desserts galore
I wonder if she even remembers me anymore!)
~ Vidya Tiru @ LadyInReadWrites

Recently

On My Blog & at Home

My recent posts since and including my last Sunday Scribblings (Each one includes a poetry book or two from the letter of the day)

• Sunday Scribblings #183: A Magical Window of Time
• Adventures in A: Awesome AI Anthems & Animals in Pants + More
• Believe: It is Half the Magic or More
• Call Me for Craft Coffee in the Cloud and More
• Drawn to the Dazzle in the Dark and of Data Too
• Emotions in Emojis and Everywhere Else and Ever More
• Fascinating Flick Throughs and Fuzzy Logic and Further More

We had my husband’s maternal uncle spend a couple of days with us, and it was wonderful having him here, even if briefly. And now he is off for further travels, visiting other relatives.

Upcoming

On My Blog & Homefront

Well, I am once again already playing catchup with posts at the end of the day rather than the start. But hoping to continue to post each day as much as possible (though I know next weekend is going to be tough)

We have get-togethers planned with wonderful celebrations in the extended family so that will keep me busy as well (hoping i can get my muse back from her vacation with some superpowers too so I can actually write additional posts to schedule posts!!! LOL at myself here!)

This Week’s Celebrations

Literary Celebrations (close-to-it also!)

• Literary birthdays this week of April include:  Barbara Kingsolver and Sara Shepard on the 8th; Charles Baudelaire on the 9th; Anne Lamott and Paul Theroux on the 10th; Thomas Harris (of The Silence of the Lambs fame) on 11 April; Beverly Cleary and Tom Clancy on April 12th; Samuel Beckett and Seamus Heaney on the 13th of April; Mireille Guiliano on April 14th
• Encourage a Young Writer Day is on the 10th
• The 12th is D.E.A.R. Day or Drop Everything and Read Day (Beverly Cleary’s birthday)
• National Scrabble Day is on the 13th of April

Foodie Celebrations

• National Empanada Day follows on the 8th
• It is National Chinese Almond Cookie Day on the 9th
• National Cinnamon Crescent Day starts the week with sweetness on the 10th
• And then the 11th happens to be National Cheese Fondue Day followed by more cheese, for
• April 12th is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. The 12th is also National Licorice Day
• The 13th of April is National Peach Cobbler Day and National Make Lunch Count Day
• While the 14th is National Pecan Day

Other Celebrations

• While April 8th is International Romani Day and World Pageant Day. It is also National All Is Ours Day and National Zoo Lovers Day
• April 9th brings a few varied national days including National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, National Name Yourself Day, National Unicorn Day, and National Winston Churchill Day
• Reach out to your siblings on the 10th for it is National Siblings Day
• The 12th is International Day for Human Space Flight and International Day for Street Children
• It is Slow Art Day on April 13th as well as National Silly Earring Day and International Plant Appreciation Day.
• April 14th is many a thing! It is National Dolphin Day,  National Reach as High as You Can Day as well as Look Up at the Sky Day, and National Gardening Day . And it is also International Moment of Laughter Day

Wrapping up my Colors of Life Sunday Scribblings

So dear reader, you have reached the end of this Sunday Scribblings! As always, I welcome your thoughts, comments, and suggestions about this post. And do let me know if you plan to celebrate any of these mentioned celebrations this coming week/month?

Linking this to the Sunday Post over at the Caffeinated Reviewer and the Sunday Salon. Also linking up to A-Z, Blogchatter, UBC, NaPoWriMo

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