Baba Kaps Doxology

The official date of this Post is April the 18th 2024.

But I am writing about yesterdays Post on ..

Wednesday afternoon, April the 17th 2024

Only Patti, who has seen me up close and personal wrestle with this website for some years now, and other serious, long term bloggers, can fully know and understand the challenges of keeping a website active and going strong.

“What am I going to write today?” is a thought that faces all of us who are bloggers or writers who write daily columns in newspapers or cartoonists etc.

My issues are somewhat exacerbated (Once again Google! Thanks for helping me with my spelling!!) by the fact that I began this website only to share my world travels with those who were interested. Now I am no longer traveling the world. What to write about?

Here we go before Patti and I join Michael for Singapore Rice Noodles at 4:15pm. After dinner we will attend our Wednesday Putt’n Sober Meeting at 5:30pm. Then we will watch Survivor from 7pm to 8:30pm. Then we will spend an hour or so reading Dalton Ross from Entertainment Weekly as he writes about tonights Survivor Episode 8 of Season 46.

I do NOT want to be “up late” tonight so I am getting a “very early start” on this Post.

I will then finish it after Survivor.

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This afternoon, I was lying in bed, relaxing with Patti, reading a Grapevine Article to Patti. When I finished, I checked yesterdays Post for comments.

WOW! I actually had received two comments. One each from Gullible and Kit. I replied to Gullible and turned to Kits comment.

Kit 57783 wrote a very short comment.

Kit Raye April 17, 2024 at 11:11 am

It is Haiku Day.
Won’t you write a good one too?
It is really fun!

For Kit to write the above comment, means that she had to “really read yesterdays Post closely”.

NATIONAL WHAT DAY IS TODAY?!

April 17, 2024

It’s National Banana Day, National Ellis Island Family History Day, National Cheeseball Day, International Bat Appreciation Day, International Haiku Poetry Day, BLAH BLAH BLAH Day, Ford Mustang Day, Herbalist Day, 2A Day… and more for a total of twenty (20) categories.

Get it? Kit had to have been very closely reading the above paragraph to spy International Haiku Poetry Day and then suggest that we write one!

Your seemingly passionate reading of our April 17th Post is indeed, a spiritual gift Kit.

What on this good earth is .. taa daa ..

International Haiku Poetry Day

If there is one special thing that certain people tend to remember from school, it’s the day that we were introduced to the great Japanese art-form that is Haiku. While it may have an ancient and noble history, it is likely at it’s most ignoble when a group of young kids try to cobble together Haiku in series of five-seven-five! Still, just the act of being creative can be fun and exciting, whether young or old.

Haiku Day serves as a reminder that there is so much more to this style of poetry than a misspent week in high school literature classes. Instead, it’s a day to celebrate the width and depth and breadth that can be enjoyed when words are limited but imaginations are allowed to soar.

History of International Haiku Poetry Day

The history of International Haiku Poetry Day traces the origin of this beautiful, yet simple, form of poetry.

Haiku was originally found as the opening to another form of Japanese poetry called a Rengu. It took until the mid-1600’s for Hokku, the form Haiku was found in at this time, to start appearing independently from its parent form, Renga, and its Renku roots.

In the late 1800’s Hokku was renamed to Haiku when it appeared independently by the famous Japanese poet, author, and literary critic, Masaoka Shiki. Although Shiki only lived a short 35 years, he is credited with the writing of almost 20,000 stanzas, which is quite an accomplishment. He was considered to be one of the first great Haiku Masters.

How to Celebrate International Haiku Poetry Day

Celebrating Haiku Day centers all around the notion of poetry and beauty. Try these ideas to incorporate into the day:

Write a Haiku Poem
Get out a pen and paper, wander in and out of nature, and wait for something to bring a little bit of inspiration! Haiku Poetry is about the beauty that can be captured in short, simple stanzas.

With its unique style (five syllables on the first line, seven on the second, and five again on the third), anyone can write a Haiku poem. However, it sometimes takes a true master to capture the heart and mind in the space of 17 syllables!

This IS a Program of Honesty. When I attempt to select a NATIONAL DAY topic for dotnet, I look for one that I myself understand.

Kit, I hadn’t a “clue in a carload” at to what on this good earth is Haiku Poetry.

Now get this Kit!

YOUR comment Kit was number five thousand and nine hundred (5,900) on our website here. Wow.

Again thanks Kit for being the inspiration for this Post!

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Get this! April 17th is also.. taa daa.

NATIONAL WHAT DAY IS TODAY?!

April 17, 2024

INTERNATIONAL BAT APPRECIATION DAY..

International Bat Appreciation Day on April 17 is a chance to show our flying and mostly nocturnal friends some love. As well as it obviously being a great excuse to binge a few Batman movies, it’s also an opportunity to delve deep and learn the important role bats play in the ecosystem and biodiversity. There are over 1,400 different bat species and contrary to popular opinion they aren’t blind. So, without further adieu, let’s creep a little deeper into the cave and take a closer look at International Bat Appreciation Day and everything these flying mammals have to offer.

Bat Conservation International (BCI) was founded in 1982 by a group of concerned scientists who recognized the importance of protecting bats. Bats contribute towards controlling pests, create rich fertilizer for landowners, and pollinate fruit and flowers. BCI aims to conserve bats and their habitats through a combination of education, conservation, and research.

Human activities such as deforestation, mining, and irresponsible tourism have caused a substantial decrease in the bats’ population. Bats have often been understudied and misunderstood animals. They are often perceived as disease spreaders when in reality they help keep the numbers of many pests down.

How about the below photos of my laptop, today, April 17th.

Now it is very small, and very hard to see, but at the very top maybe 1/4 of the way from the left, you can see a very small icon.

Below is a little closer look at the very small icon above.

Now we are right up close.

Google is recognizing INTERNATIONAL BAT APPRECIATION DAY..

How about THAT.

INTERNATIONAL BAT APPRECIATION DAY..

Again, I cannot possibly show each and every single special holiday being observed each and every day. Some days there are fifteen to twenty, some days there are two.

April 17th had twenty (20). I only selected Dames. Then with Kit’s interest and Google’s interest you have two more for April 17th.

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Smiling. Cap and Patti

NATIONAL WHAT DAY IS TODAY?

We liked the the following the best.

THERE’S NOTHING LIKE A DAME DAY .. There’s Nothing Like a Dame Day is celebrated on April 17. The day was created to honor the women of the theater and films. The idea was further popularized when veteran actresses Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith came together for the documentary “There’s Nothing Like a Dame.” We are here to show you how you can celebrate the day in the best way possible and tell you how the term ‘Dame’ has changed over the years. It went from being a female ruler to something that referred to all women. In the U.K., a Dame is a woman who has been honored for her work for a long time.

In the fourteenth century, the title ‘Dame’ was a sign of honor to women. In places like the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand, ‘Dame’ was the feminine counterpart of ‘Sir,’ which was for men. The chivalric order, ‘The Order of Ermine,’ was the first to recognize women. There were many notable women knights throughout the Middle Ages. Previously, the term ‘Dame’ referred to the wife of a knight. In the seventeenth century, it was replaced by ‘Lady.’ In the twentieth century, the term ‘dame’ referred to all women. In 1932, the film “Dames,” a musical comedy, was released. It had many popular dance numbers like “The Girl at the Ironing Board” and “Try to See It My Way.”

In 1949, “South Pacific,” a musical, came out. It featured the song “There’s Nothing Like a Dame,” in which seven sailors sang, longing for women in their lives.

There is nothin’ like a dame—
Nothin’ in the world!
There is nothing you can name
That is anything like a dame.

In 2018, British theater and television director Roger Michell made the film documentary “Nothing Like a Dame Day,” which starred actresses of yesteryears like Judy Dench, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith. The documentary shed light on these women’s lives and how theater and cinema changed over the years. In the U.S., the documentary went by “Tea With The Dames.”

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Sam and Ginny ..

Today is SURVIVOR WEDNESDAY

We can hardly believe that it is yet another Wednesday Evening Survivor Episode Day.

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Cap and Patti

BTW, I had my heart echocardiogram as scheduled yesterday afternoon. Now we will await the interpretation of the test results by a Doctor.

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH…

APR 18, 24 .. A SPIRITUAL GIFT FROM KIT IN SOUTH DAKOTA.. AND THE UNIVERSE..

APR 17, 24 .. NATIONAL DAY.. SURVIVOR DAY..