Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places …
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Nov 17
Giving Thanks, Day 17
Today, since it’s a “teaching day”, I’m thankful for my piano studio, my students, and my piano đ When I was growing up, my dad was a minister, meaning we lived in whatever parsonage the church chose to let us live in. Â The one we had in Pawcatuck, CT had an upright piano …
Nov 12
Giving Thanks, Day 12
Today I am thankful for my church choir. A few years ago the “low voice choir” formerly the Men’s Choir will be singing this: I’ve had a long history with singing from the time I was a kid singing in the choir at my Dad’s church in Springfield, Mass. In High …
Nov 11
Giving Thanks on Veterans Day
Giving thanks to our Veterans today I’m not sure how Veterans Day turned into a Monday holiday and a day to sell stuff, but then, most every holiday has turned into a day for stores to run “sales”. Â Possibly, the original intent was to give our veterans a break but it has sure morphed away …
Nov 08
Giving Thanks, Day 8
Today I am hugely thankful that the last major issue we had here was in 2013 when Tom had his heart attack.  That event caused me to start a whole new blog to post about our experiences. Adapted from https://maryomedical.com/category/other-medical/bees-knees/ It all started on our 40th wedding anniversary, when I fell on my knee …
Nov 07
Giving Thanks, Day 7
Today I’m thankful for Travel. We’ve been fortunate to be able to travel to several interesting places. Some, like Iceland, we just lucked in to. We’d wanted to go to Ireland but the travel agent couldn’t get us in at any time over that summer. She did get us a deal where, if we flew Iceland …
Nov 06
Giving Thanks, Day 6
From November 6, 2017: As it turns out, I didn’t give thanks yesterday when the Roto-Rooter guy left yesterday as he did absolutely nothing. đ Our troubles weren’t going down the drain at all. Today, I give thanks and shed a more than a few tears for a wonderful friend, co-worker, choir buddy, …
Nov 01
Giving Thanks, Day 1
Today, since it’s a “teaching day”, I’m thankful for my piano studio, my students, and my piano đ When I was growing up, my dad was a minister, meaning we lived in whatever parsonage the church chose to let us live in. Â The one we had in Pawcatuck, CT had an upright piano …
Oct 09
Columbus Day, 2023
The day signifies Christopher Columbusâ arrival to America on October 12, 1492 Colorado first observed Columbus Day in 1906 as it became an official state holiday.  More and more people and states began to recognize Columbus Day. In 1937, Columbus Day became a federal holiday in the United States.  There are many instances of people observing …
Music
- đ O'Connor Music Studio CalendarUpdated daily with music and Northern Virginia events.
- đ Free Theatre Workshop for 4th â 8th graders, TodayDuring the workshop, you will play theatre games, take a tour of our auditorium including the lights and sound booth, props, and costumes, learn and perform a piece of choreography from the show, and have a Q&A with members of our cast and crew!
- đȘż Mother GooseI donât know why geese fascinate me but they have for years. I love how the father stands watch over the family-to-be and when theyâre crossing the street â mom in front, babies, then dad.
- đ Ten Events happening tomorrow- Feed Fairfax 5k - STEM Adventures - Neighborhood Plant Clinic - Spring Farm Day - Ballet Storytime - Plant Swap - Mahjong - Star Wars Day Jedi Training - Alice GuZheng Ensemble - Live Concert: Celebrations!
- đ¶ Learn to Play the Ukulele, May 7Celebrate Hawaiian culture during Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month & learn to play the ukulele.
- đ„ Fun with Music for Preschoolers, MondaysStep into a world of giggles and song with âFun âwith Music at Pender! This is not just any music class â it's a journey through sound and imagination designed especially for preschoolers and their favorite grown-ups. Since 2013, Jim and Roberta Pont have been creating a space where tiny toes tap, and little voices […]
- đ Motherâs Day Gift Making Grade School Program May 7Children, tweens, and teens are invited to join us for this DIY event. All soapmaking, balt salts, and Motherâs Day card supplies will be provided by the library and you will take the finished product home.
- đ Revenge of the 5th May 5May the Fourth might be âStar Wars Day,â but donât forget the Revenge of the Fifth! Join us for a geeky good time and make a pool-noodle light sabre for fun!
- đ Mystery Book Club, May 7Whether you like your detectives hard- or soft-boiled, professional or amateur, join us each month as we delve into a different mystery novel.
- đ One-on-One Technology Help May 5Our volunteers can answer questions and help with basic issues, such as setting up email accounts, creating word documents, help with phones etc.
Little Free Library
- Dying To Date: Love, betrayal, murderâa great first dateBy a good friend of mine! When dying to date Mr. Right leads to finding Mr. Wrongâitâs deadly. Relationship expert Kristina Truly has a proven track record of dating the wrong men. However, her highly publicized romantic failures donât stop her fans from attending her Finding Mr. Right, Not Mr. Perfect seminars and reading her […]
- The Poisoned PeerThe 99-year-old Earl of Middlemop has had his future cruelly snatched from him. Who could have poisoned the richest man in Wessex? The answer lies within the walls of Gripedown Hall where family secrets and bitter rivalries prevail. Senior sleuths Churchill and Pemberley investigate on the behest of their friend Tryphena Ridley-Balls. However, another friend […]
- Murder in the ManorMURDER IN THE MANOR (A LACEY DOYLE COZY MYSTERYâBOOK 1) is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by Fiona Grace. Lacey Doyle, 39 years old and freshly divorced, needs a drastic change. She needs to quit her job, leave her horrendous boss and New York City, and walk away from the […]
- Murder on a Midnight ClearA snowbound country mansion, a missing butler, and a Christmas case . . . Olive and Jasper have never been closerâexcept in one area. Jasper is still reticent about his frequent disappearances from polite society. With the holidays approaching and no paying client on the books, Olive decides to shadow Jasper when heâs unexpectedly called […]
- Discerning GraceAs the first full-length novel in The White Sails Series, DISCERNING GRACE captures the spirit of an independent woman whose feminine lens blows the ordered patriarchal decks of a 19th century tall ship to smithereens. Wilful Grace Baxter, will not marry old Lord Silverton with his salivary incontinence and dead-mouse stink. Discovering she is a […]
- The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel (A Thursday Murder Club Mystery Book 1)A New York Times bestseller | Soon to be a major motion picture from Steven Spielberg at Amblin Entertainment âWitty, endearing and greatly entertaining.â âWall Street Journal âDonât trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osmanâs own laugh-out-loud whodunit.â âParade Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her […]
- Body on Baker Street (A Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery Book 2)The amateur sleuths at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop must call upon the powers of deduction in order to rid Baker Street of a ruthless killer Gemma Doyle and Jayne Wilson are busy managing the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium on Baker Street and adjoining Mrs. Hudsonâs Tea Room in anticipation of the storeâs upcoming book […]
- The Devil and the Dark Water (A Locked-Room Historical Mystery)A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634, and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Traveling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who […]
- Too Many WomenAh, sweet mystery, when Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin plunge into a case of murder brimming with luscious, lethal ladies. Who murdered Waldo Wilmot Moore? Well, there were five hundred female employees at the Wall Street firm where poor Waldo had worked. Any one of them might have done it. And there was also the […]
- Christmas Cupcake MurderAs December turns Lake Eden, Minnesota, into the North Pole, the heat is on in Hannah Swensenâs kitchen to honor two Christmas promises: baking irresistible holiday cupcakes and preventing an attempted murderer from succeeding the second time around! While Hannah speeds through a lengthy holiday checklist, drama in town grows like Santaâs waistline on Christmas […]