Poetry night! I love having friends that are willing to go along with this. This style of poem was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bently. “A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem.” Read about the rules of a clerihew on NationalDayCalendar.com. Here are our poems: Michelle Obama! That woman tried to sell me a llama. But I

I’ve spent almost a year celebrating National Days, and here we are at the big one! Independence Day! Sometimes I get frustrated or angry about the things that I feel are wrong with this country. Other times, I think things might be going ok. How lucky and blessed I am to be able to write

There is chocolate in between these wafers, so that was good for me. We saw a show on Broadway tonight and stopped in at this Duane Reade on the way to the train. This is the second time that this Duane Reade location has helped me out with a National Day after I’ve seen a

The only National Day for July 2nd was Anisette Day. That is a type of alcoholic drink that is compared in taste to black licorice. 1 – I don’t drink alcohol, and 2 – that sounds super gross. My backup plan for days when there isn’t anything I can celebrate is to celebrate the month.

This is a throwback photo from 2008 when I went on a trip to Oregon with my college roommates. I love these people. I love that they are still my best friends all these years later. I celebrated today by watching the awesome Paul Bunyan cartoon: It really bugs me that Paul doesn’t win the