STICK AROUND FOR THIS HOLIDAY!

                    MAY 27, 2025

STICK AROUND FOR THIS HOLIDAY!

   Here's an unusual "holiday" that should

stick in your mind! May 27th is "National

Cellophane Tape Day!" Cellophane tape.

often know by its most popular brand,

Scotch Tape, was invented in 1930 by

Richard Drew who worked with the 3M

Company.  It's hard to imagine a holiday,

especially Christmas, without Drew's

wonderful invention. And at a time

when so many people are apart on

so many issues, it's nice to celebrate

a product that brings things together!

Hope you've got a good supply on

cellophane tape and that all your

NEWS is good!

THE SKY'S THE LIMIT!

    SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2025

     THE SKY'S THE LIMIT!

      Who's Whining? Well, for one,

I am. And why not? May 25th is

"National Wine Day!" Believe it

or not it's one of more than 20

unofficial holidays devoted to

wine each year! There are 4 in

May alone! National Wine Day,

which is today, World Moscato

Day, National Chardonnay Day,

and National Homebrew Day!

The other holidays, mainly

dedicated to various types of

wines, are scattered throughout

the year.  A number of our

family members will be

gathering at Blue Ridge

Winery today to celebrate the

occassion AND drink a

toast to our daughter and

several grandchildren who

have decided to go to a

nearby airstrip where they

will be SKY DIVING!!! Happy

landings all. Hope all your

NEWS is good! 

TREASURE HUNT!

 SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2025

      TREASURE HUNT!

    

   May 24th is "National Scavenger

Hunt & National Treasure Day!" 

Who doesn't like searching for

treasure?! My great uncle searched

for treasure in Alaska. He had a gold

mine there and was lucky enough to

find some of that precious metal! I

never had a gold mine but I have 

used a medal detector to search

for treasures in the grass or on the

beach at the seashore. Never really

turned up much other than pull tabs

from soda cans. Today however,

will be different. In honor of this

special holiday my wife tells me

she has hidden a treasure somewhere

on the floor of our house and she's

given me a broom to help me with

my search. I can't wait to see what

I'll turn up! Hope you find your

treasure and that all your NEWS is

good! 

HIT THE ROAD JACK!

   FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025

   HIT THE ROAD JACK!

  Here's an unofficial "holiday"

that's right up my alley! This

is "Take A Road Trip Day!"

Is was created in 2019 by the 

folks that operate the Pilot

Travel Centers and it's always

observed on the Friday before

Memorial Day when many people

will be taking to the roads anyway.

But you're encouraged to be

spontaneous and to explore roads

you've never travled before. There

so many great places to see and

experience not all that far from

home. I'm all set for the day. I've

checked all the fluids, and filled

uop the gas tank. I've even got a

brand new air freshner to make

the car smell good. Of course you

won't need that if you draive a

Tesla. They come with a sort of

Elon "Musk!" Hope you drive

safely and that all your NEWS

is good!

THE GREATEST SLEUTH!

    THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2025

     THE GREATEST SLEUTH!

      Today celebrates my favorite character

in literature! This is "Sherlock Holmes
Day!"
    Of all the interests my late brother and
I shared the adventure of that super
detective Sherlock Holmes would surely
be at or near the top of our list!
     Holmes had keen powers of observation
which would allow him to know almost
everything about a person the minute
he laid eyes on him or her.
     Alas, my wife continues to remind
me that the crumbs I've left behind on
the floor near the couch where I've
nibbled my snacks proves, conclusively,
that I lack Holmes' powers of observation!
      Ironically, she seems to have them!
      Before I've removed a shirt worn
for an hour or two I hear her utter the
words "that goes in the laundry." That
pronouncement comes as she's detected
a tiny spot unseen by my eye!
       Holmes, of course, was a fictional
character. The day actually celebrates
the Birthday of his creator, Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle who penned many stories
about the detective. He, Doyle, was
born on May 22ud of 1859.
        One of the highlights of a trip
my wife and I hosted to Scotland a
couple years back was enjoying
Fish & Chips at the Conan Doyle
Restaurant in Edinburgh overlooking
a small park where stood a statue of
Sherlock Holmes!
         As we left I thought of
that line "Elementary by dear Watson"
so attributed, though never actually
spoken,in a Doyle novel by Holmes
to his faithful assistant
        My wife  interjected a thought of her
own. " That shirt goes in the laundry."
         Happy Birthday Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle. May all those who
continue to enjoy your writings
enjoy good NEWS as well!

GET A HORSE!

    WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025

           GET A HORSE!

    

  If you wanted to get a really good

deal on a horse you should have been

around anytime after May 21st of

1819 in New York City! That's the

day the transportation scene began

to change! Horse power suddenly

had a challenger. That's the day

the velocipede showed up in the

"Big Apple." It was a revolution 

in the field of transportation and

the sale value of horses fell immediately

afterwards! By the way, you can still

get a velocipede of your own if you're

interested. Only these days they're

called bicycles. Just thought you ought

to know. Hope you're a safe rider and

that all your NEWS is good! 

BY JOVE I THINK SHE'S GOT IT!

      TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2025

BY JOVE I THINK SHE'S GOT IT!

   

   May 20th, is "Eliza Doolittle Day."
    For those who may not recall
Eliza was the lead female character
in the musical "My Fair Lady." She
was a Cockney flower girl who took
speech lessons from Professor Henry
Higgins. It was based on George
Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion and
both the play and the musical explore
the benefits of learning how to speak
properly.
     You see a lot of folks who speak
English really don't speak it very well!
     When I was just starting out in
broadcasting all of the employees at
the radio station where I worked were
required to take classes from a Penn
State professor who taught us to say
"creek" instead of "crick" and "again"
instead of "agin." 
      Those are just a couple common
mispronunciations around these
parts. Add "slang" to the mix and
there's a lot of "English speaking
people" I can't understand at all.
       Perhaps before we panic too much
about hearing another language we
might want to check to see how well
we're speaking "our own."
        Heyna? Hope all your NEWS is
good!