July 20th is National Moon Day. We celebrate the day that the Lunar Module first landed on the moon in 1969. I have a couple of interesting moon books. The first is “Atlas of the Moon” by Vincent de Callataÿ, 1964. This was published before the lunar landing in 1969. The book goes into muchContinue reading “July 20 ‘Out of this world’”
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July 19 “Fringe Benefits and Drinking Opportunities”
Today we have two unusual holidays and two books. They focus each, on one half of a married couple that are wonderful and dear friends: First is National Urban Beekeeping Day-July 19th. National Urban Beekeeping Day or backyard beekeeping day is a great way to bring in fresh honey made directly in your yard. TheyContinue reading “July 19 “Fringe Benefits and Drinking Opportunities””
July 18 ‘I have not yet begun to bite”
June 18th is National Tropical Fruit Day. It give us time to enjoy some exotic, or unusual fruits. I have an exotic and unusual book about tropical fruits. It is “Diseases of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits and Nuts” by Allyn Auston Cook, published 1975. This specialized book is rather rare, and tells of tropical agricultureContinue reading “July 18 ‘I have not yet begun to bite””
July 17-19 “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still” – ancient Chinese proverb
July 17, 2001. Two different locations, two different situations, seemingly worlds apart in both time and space, but we’ll soon see… First: several books on Great Wall of China. Pop up book “the Great Wall of China” 1996; “Great Wall” 1996; and “The Best of The Great Wall-Simatai” 2000. Second: several books on Mt Fuji.Continue reading “July 17-19 “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still” – ancient Chinese proverb”
July 16 “You’ll like it better, or my name isn’t…”
July 16, 1907 Orvelle Redenbacher was born in Brazil Indiana, the son of a farmer. He went to Purdue University to study agriculture, and then went to work as a county agriculture agent. He then managed a twelve thousand acre farm in Princeton Indiana, and began work with hybrid popping corn. Orvelle Redenbacher and hisContinue reading “July 16 “You’ll like it better, or my name isn’t…””
June 15 “Duizelig worden”-(‘Giddy up’ in Hollish)
July 15th is National I Love Horses Day. I have several books that may interest horse lovers. “Edle Pferde” is a Book of “Noble Horses”. These are illustrations of horses by Johann Elias Ridinger (1698-1767) famous in Austria and Germany. This book was published in 1977, and is in German. Mein Deutsch is nicht sehrContinue reading “June 15 “Duizelig worden”-(‘Giddy up’ in Hollish)”
July 14 ‘fresh-air bathing…harmony in nature’
July 14th is National Nude Day. Nudism, or naturism became popular in Germany in the late 1890’s. They called it Freikörperkulture (free body culture). The Germans praised the health benefits of swimming and exercising naked in the sun. Several American health people also promoted nudism near that time, one in particular Bernarr MacFadden. I haveContinue reading “July 14 ‘fresh-air bathing…harmony in nature’”
July 13 ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’
Julius Caesar was born July 13th, 100 BC. While I talked about his death on March 15, (look it up if you haven’t yet read it. I discuss one of the oldest books I have in the library) this is new. I have another book from my Landmark Books, “Julius Caesar” by John Gunther, publishedContinue reading “July 13 ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici’”
July 12 ‘Nine pound hammer’
July 12th begins the annual John Henry Weekend celebration in John Henry Historical Park in Talcott, West Virginia. There in Talcott, is the Great Bend Tunnel, which they claim to be the one John Henry helped carve from stone in his race with the steam engine. There are all sorts of events, honoring the JohnContinue reading “July 12 ‘Nine pound hammer’”
July 11 ‘But are they real?’
On July 11th, 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto made his first cultured pearl. A cultured pearl is one that has been grown from an oyster that was seeded with a foreign object. My first book is a biography of Kokichi Mikimoto, “The Pearl King” by Robert Eunson 1956. This is a great story about the first manContinue reading “July 11 ‘But are they real?’”
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