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What are the top 5 most middle class things that have ever happened to you?
Ooooooh good question... now I'm going to do the most British thing ever and preface it with a short essay providing half my life story, out of a sense of denial.
Both sides of my family are staunchly working class, as far back as I can find records. They were farm labourers and dock workers and hopped in and out of workhouses. My mum worked housekeeping and cleaning jobs, and my Dad managed to snag a white collar job in a factory out of school (because he's really clever).
But then two complications -
My Dad became a clergyman. This meant that we got to live in nice houses owned by the church he worked for, sometimes in quite affluent areas. We didn't have much money, but still.
2. I managed to get into Oxford University with a gazillion bursaries tied to my parent's low income. I then used the bursary money to fund doing a master's degree, and now I work in academia.
So, am I middle class? I'm begrudgingly realising that I might be? Except if I am I feel like middle class people shouldn't be constantly worrying that their now-retired parents can't afford to switch the heating on, or whether they'll ever live in their own home. And it's alienated me from my extended family, who have jumped to the conclusion that I think I'm better than them.
Anyway, the top 5 most middle class things that have ever happened to me.
One
Last year I got invited to an anniversary meal at my Oxford college, called a gaudy. I nearly didn't go because my time at uni was not very happy and I don't remember some of my contemporaries fondly, but then I figured that if I go, next time I read Dorthy L Sayers excellent book "Gaudy Night," I will have better brain-pictures. So, the setting, for your own brain-pictures:
Latin grace was sung before the meal, which comprised of salmon confit, followed by venison, followed by black forest gateau, followed by fruit and chocolates and port.
I was sat next to a nice middle aged man with an OBE. When he asked me "So, what do you do?" I decided not to say the job which *actually* pays my bills, but to reply with my evening job: that I make comics. I felt like this was a fun thing to say in a room full of people who Work In The City etc etc.
Except it turned out that he runs one of the UK's biggest comic arts festivals. He offered me free tickets. He offered to put me in touch with publishers. He offered to introduce me to significant people.
And I was like.... oh. Is this how it happens? Like, you're in an Oxford college and you just RUN INTO a posh bloke who Knows People and that's how you finally get a book deal???
Anyway I went to the festival. They had a panel on a yacht. And talked to people, or rather had people talk over me. So many times they'd ask me a question, and then interrupt before I'd given my answer. And I dislike schmoozing SO MUCH.
So uh, yeah, no book deal ;D YET
Two
One time I was wearing my college scarf while I was walking around Durham, and I ended up meeting a very cute elderly couple who went to the same college forty-five years earlier (well, the husband did, the wife wouldn't have been allowed.) They invited my to a dinner party at their house, which turned out to be a very cute little town-house by the river with five stories.
At the time I was doing my Master's degree, and they became kind of surrogate parents who I could call in on for a free hot meal and good conversation. But it was entirely sparked by "going to the same college at Oxford" which is very ew.
Three
Idk there was just this one time I was coming home on the train from having seen the Royal Shakespeare Company's latest production of Much Ado About Nothing and I stopped off somewhere to get sushi and I spent the whole time staring at a wall thinking "What have I become?"
Getting tickets to the ballet from a colleague slots into this catagory, I think.
Four
One time I was asked to open a village fete because the local lady of the manor couldn't make it.
Why me? Apparently "local clergyman's daughter" and "went to Oxford" and "draws silly pictures sometimes" was enough to make me a local celebrity.
I got to give a little speech and judge some cakes and everything.
Five
One time I got invited to a dinner party at CS Lewis' house, the Kilns, and I met his lovely secretary Walter Hooper. I remember being shown around and having a deep impulse to check the backs of all the wardrobes.
When I first went in it was through a door that led straight into his bedroom, and I was told that I could take my coat off and just toss it on the bed. No sooner had I done so than my guide mused, "CS Lewis died in that bed."
So I guess I own a coat that has been on the bed where CS Lewis died, is that middle class?!! Idk
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Holidays 3.20
Holidays
Alien Abduction Day
American Diabetes Association Alert Day
Atheist Pride Day [also 6.20]
Bibliomania Day
Big Bird Day
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Day
Culture Day and Creative Intelligentsia Day (Tajikistan)
Dibber Day (French Republic)
Dogs in Yellow Day
Durham Day (UK)
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
Festival of Extraterrestrial Abductions
French Language Day (a.k.a. International Francophonie Day; UN)
Ghode Jatra (Horse Festival; Nepal)
Global Message Makes Me Happy & Healthy Day
Great British Spring Clean Day (UK)
Hufflepuff Pride Day
International Astrology Day
International Day of Happiness (UN)
International Francophonie Day
Kiss Your Fiancé Day
Lajos Kossuth Day (Hungary)
Legba Zaou (Haiti)
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Awareness Day
Macaron Day NYC
Mesopotamian/Sumerian Grain Festival (Honoring Ashnan)
Minion Day (Japan)
Mister Rogers Day
National Arts Advocacy Day
National Backyard Bird Photography Day
National Cherry Blossom Festival begins (Washington DC)
National Day of Italian Universities Day (Italy)
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Jump Out! Day
National Marketing Day
National Plagiocephaly & Torticollis Awareness Day
National Vanessa Day
National Westie Day
Oil Nationalization Day (Iran)
Pigeons Return to City-County Building (Ft. Wayne, Indiana)
P320 Day
Smile Rejuvenation Day
Very Hungary Caterpillar Day
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Day
Won’t You Wear a Sweater Day
World Behavior Analysis Day
World Day of Theater for Children and Young People
World Frog Day
World Head Injury Awareness Day
World NIDCAP Day
World Oral Health Day
World Rewinding Day
World Rights to Water Day
World Sparrow Day
Zipper Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bock Beer Day (New York) [also 2nd Monday]
Crawfish Cravers Awareness Day
Macaron Day
National Ravioli Day
World Flour Day
3rd Wednesday in March
Engineer’s Day (Belgium; Netherlands) [3rd Wednesday]
Kick Butts Day [3rd Wednesday]
National Carry Out Day (a.k.a. Carry Out Wednesday) [3rd Wednesday]
National Dietician’s Day (Canada) [3rd Wednesday]
National SBDC Day [3rd Wednesday]
Small Business Development Day [3rd Wednesday]
Independence & Related Days
Blackland (a.k.a. Kingdom of Blackland; Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Conzorica (a.k.a. Federal Republics of Conzorica; Declared; 2014)
Kirkuk Liberation Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Otango Province Anniversary (New Zealand)
Qootärlænt (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]
Rezaxia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Tunisia (from France, 1956)
New Year’s Days
Baha’i New Year
Nowruz (New Year) [Day 1, Around Spring Equinox] (a.k.a. ...
Bahá'í Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í)
Naruz (Afghan New Year)
Navruz (Tajikistan, Ukbekistan)
Norooz (Iran)
Novruz Bairam (a.k.a. Persian New Year; Azerbaijan)
Nowrūz (Persian, Gilaki, Kurdish, Zoroastrians; California)
Rosicrucian New Year
Festivals Beginning March 20, 2024
Jazz & Rhythms Festival (San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico) [thru 3.24]
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 3.24]
National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, DC) [thru 4.14]
Trans-Siberian Art Festival (Novosibirsk, Russia) [thru 4.7]
Feast Days
Alexandra (Christian; Saint)
Apple Magic Day (For Norse Goddess Idunn; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Big Bird (Muppetism)
Blessed John of Parma (Christian; Saint)
Clement of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint) [maltsters]
Day Sacred to the Goddess Fortuna, the Morrigan, the Norns, the Three Fates, and the Three Mothers (Lakshmi, Parvati, and Sarasvati)
Edward Poynter (Artology)
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day (Pastafarian)
Feast of the Supreme Ritual (Thelema)
Festival For Driving Out All Evils (Inca)
Festival of Isis (Ancient Egypt)
George Caleb Bingham (Artology)
Henrik Ibsen (Writerism)
Herbert of Derwentwater (Christian; Saint)
John Lavery (Artology)
John of Nepomuk (Christian; Saint)
Józef Bilczewski (Christian; Saint)
María Josefa Sancho de Guerra (Christian; Saint)
Martin of Braga (Christian; Saint)
The Martyrs of Mar Saba (Christian; Martyrs)
Michele Carcano (Christian; Saint)
Philo of Alexandria (Positivist; Saint)
Photina and Her Companions (Christian; Martyrs)
Quinquatria, Day 2: Wrestling Day (Pagan)
Spring Harvest Festival (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)
Wulfram (Christian; Saint)
Xena Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Zagmuk (Festival celebrating the Resurrection of Marduk)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 79 [22 of 72]
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [17 of 60]
Premieres
After Hours, by The Weekend (Album; 2020)
Armchair Apocrypha, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2007)
Avalanche is Better None or Snows You Old Man (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 33; 1960)
Back Off Boogaloo, recorded by Ringo Starr (Song; 1972)
Basic Instinct (Film; 1992)
Below Zero Heroes or I Only Have Ice for You (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 34; 1960)
The Book of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot), by Aleister Crowley (Tarot Book; 1944)
Bosko’s Easter Eggs (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1937)
Both Sides Now, by Joni Mitchell (Album; 2000)
Cannibal Capers (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1930)
The Cats Bah (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)
Dumb-Hounded (Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1943)
Duplicity (Film; 2009)
Fractured Friendship (Chilly Willy & Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1965)
Hollywood Shuffle (Film; 1987)
Hothouse, by Brian W. Aldiss (Novel; 1962)
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, by Sinead O’Connor (Album; 1990)
I Love You, Man (Film; 2009)
The Impossible Possum, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1954)
Insurgent (Film; 2015)
Knowing (Film; 2009)
Lady Chatterly’s Lover, by D.H. Lawrence (Novel; 1928)
Man of La Mancha (Broadway Musical; 1965)
Meet the Temptations, by The Temptations (Album; 1964)
Neptune Nonsense (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1936)
Newman Laugh-O-Grams (Disney Cartoon; 1921)
Noises Off (Film; 1992)
Off to China (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)
The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Film; 1981)
The Romance of Betty Boop (Animated TV Film; 1985)
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Novel; 1850)
Sham Battle Shenanigans (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)
Straight, No Chaser, by Thelonious Monk (Album; 1967)
Symphony Hour (Disney Cartoon; 1942)
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Film; 1988)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Novel; 1857)
Wacky Quacky (Phantasies Cartoon; 1947)
What Price Fleadom (MGM Cartoon; 1948)
Wild Things (Film; 1998)
Ye Olde Songs, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)
Zen in the Art of Archery, by Eugen Herrigel (Philosophy Book; 1948)
Zombeavers (Film; 2015)
Today’s Name Days
Claudia, Wolfram (Austria)
Ivan, Nicet, Pavao (Croatia)
Světlana (Czech Republic)
Gordius (Denmark)
Malve, Malvi, Malviine (Estonia)
Aki, Jaakkima, Joakim, Jooa, Kim, Kimi (Finland)
Herbert, Printemps (France)
Claudia, Wolfram (Germany)
Claudia, Rodi, Rodianos (Greece)
Klaudia (Hungary)
Alessandra,, Claudia (Italy)
Irbe, Made, Magda, Magdalēna (Latvia)
Filomenas, Imgarda, Irma, Tautvilė, Žygimantas (Lithuania)
Joakim, Kim (Norway)
Aleksander, Aleksandra, Ambroży, Anatol, Bogusław, Cyriaka, Eufemia, Klaudia, Patrycjusz, Ruprecht, Wasyl, Wincenty (Poland)
Víťazoslav (Slovakia)
Alejandra, Daniel, Martín (Spain)
Joakim, Kim (Sweden)
Dillan, Dillion, Dillon, Drew, Dru, Dylan, Dylon (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 80 of 2024; 286 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 12 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 4 of 28]
Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 11 (Guy-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)
Hebrew: 10 Adair II 5784
Islamic: 10 Ramadan 1445
J Cal: 20 Green; Sixday [20 of 30]
Julian: 7 March 2024
Moon: 82%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 24 Aristotle (3rd Month) [John the Evangelist]
Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 11 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 2 of 92)
Week: 3rd Week of March
Zodiac: Pisces (Day 31 of 31)
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Holidays 3.20
Holidays
Alien Abduction Day
American Diabetes Association Alert Day
Atheist Pride Day [also 6.20]
Bibliomania Day
Big Bird Day
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Day
Culture Day and Creative Intelligentsia Day (Tajikistan)
Dibber Day (French Republic)
Dogs in Yellow Day
Durham Day (UK)
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day
Festival of Extraterrestrial Abductions
French Language Day (a.k.a. International Francophonie Day; UN)
Ghode Jatra (Horse Festival; Nepal)
Global Message Makes Me Happy & Healthy Day
Great British Spring Clean Day (UK)
Hufflepuff Pride Day
International Astrology Day
International Day of Happiness (UN)
International Francophonie Day
Kiss Your Fiancé Day
Lajos Kossuth Day (Hungary)
Legba Zaou (Haiti)
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Awareness Day
Macaron Day NYC
Mesopotamian/Sumerian Grain Festival (Honoring Ashnan)
Minion Day (Japan)
Mister Rogers Day
National Arts Advocacy Day
National Backyard Bird Photography Day
National Cherry Blossom Festival begins (Washington DC)
National Day of Italian Universities Day (Italy)
National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Jump Out! Day
National Marketing Day
National Plagiocephaly & Torticollis Awareness Day
National Vanessa Day
National Westie Day
Oil Nationalization Day (Iran)
Pigeons Return to City-County Building (Ft. Wayne, Indiana)
P320 Day
Smile Rejuvenation Day
Very Hungary Caterpillar Day
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Day
Won’t You Wear a Sweater Day
World Behavior Analysis Day
World Day of Theater for Children and Young People
World Frog Day
World Head Injury Awareness Day
World NIDCAP Day
World Oral Health Day
World Rewinding Day
World Rights to Water Day
World Sparrow Day
Zipper Day
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bock Beer Day (New York) [also 2nd Monday]
Crawfish Cravers Awareness Day
Macaron Day
National Ravioli Day
World Flour Day
3rd Wednesday in March
Engineer’s Day (Belgium; Netherlands) [3rd Wednesday]
Kick Butts Day [3rd Wednesday]
National Carry Out Day (a.k.a. Carry Out Wednesday) [3rd Wednesday]
National Dietician’s Day (Canada) [3rd Wednesday]
National SBDC Day [3rd Wednesday]
Small Business Development Day [3rd Wednesday]
Independence & Related Days
Blackland (a.k.a. Kingdom of Blackland; Declared; 2015) [unrecognized]
Conzorica (a.k.a. Federal Republics of Conzorica; Declared; 2014)
Kirkuk Liberation Day (Iraqi Kurdistan)
Otango Province Anniversary (New Zealand)
Qootärlænt (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]
Rezaxia (Declared; 2020) [unrecognized]
Tunisia (from France, 1956)
New Year’s Days
Baha’i New Year
Nowruz (New Year) [Day 1, Around Spring Equinox] (a.k.a. ...
Bahá'í Naw-Rúz (Bahá'í)
Naruz (Afghan New Year)
Navruz (Tajikistan, Ukbekistan)
Norooz (Iran)
Novruz Bairam (a.k.a. Persian New Year; Azerbaijan)
Nowrūz (Persian, Gilaki, Kurdish, Zoroastrians; California)
Rosicrucian New Year
Festivals Beginning March 20, 2024
Jazz & Rhythms Festival (San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico) [thru 3.24]
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (Melbourne, Australia) [thru 3.24]
National Cherry Blossom Festival (Washington, DC) [thru 4.14]
Trans-Siberian Art Festival (Novosibirsk, Russia) [thru 4.7]
Feast Days
Alexandra (Christian; Saint)
Apple Magic Day (For Norse Goddess Idunn; Starza Pagan Book of Days)
Big Bird (Muppetism)
Blessed John of Parma (Christian; Saint)
Clement of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (Christian; Saint) [maltsters]
Day Sacred to the Goddess Fortuna, the Morrigan, the Norns, the Three Fates, and the Three Mothers (Lakshmi, Parvati, and Sarasvati)
Edward Poynter (Artology)
Extraterrestrial Abductions Day (Pastafarian)
Feast of the Supreme Ritual (Thelema)
Festival For Driving Out All Evils (Inca)
Festival of Isis (Ancient Egypt)
George Caleb Bingham (Artology)
Henrik Ibsen (Writerism)
Herbert of Derwentwater (Christian; Saint)
John Lavery (Artology)
John of Nepomuk (Christian; Saint)
Józef Bilczewski (Christian; Saint)
María Josefa Sancho de Guerra (Christian; Saint)
Martin of Braga (Christian; Saint)
The Martyrs of Mar Saba (Christian; Martyrs)
Michele Carcano (Christian; Saint)
Philo of Alexandria (Positivist; Saint)
Photina and Her Companions (Christian; Martyrs)
Quinquatria, Day 2: Wrestling Day (Pagan)
Spring Harvest Festival (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)
Wulfram (Christian; Saint)
Xena Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Zagmuk (Festival celebrating the Resurrection of Marduk)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Prime Number Day: 79 [22 of 72]
Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [17 of 60]
Premieres
After Hours, by The Weekend (Album; 2020)
Armchair Apocrypha, by Andrew Bird (Album; 2007)
Avalanche is Better None or Snows You Old Man (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 33; 1960)
Back Off Boogaloo, recorded by Ringo Starr (Song; 1972)
Basic Instinct (Film; 1992)
Below Zero Heroes or I Only Have Ice for You (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 34; 1960)
The Book of Thoth (Egyptian Tarot), by Aleister Crowley (Tarot Book; 1944)
Bosko’s Easter Eggs (Happy Harmonies Cartoon; 1937)
Both Sides Now, by Joni Mitchell (Album; 2000)
Cannibal Capers (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1930)
The Cats Bah (WB LT Cartoon; 1954)
Dumb-Hounded (Droopy MGM Cartoon; 1943)
Duplicity (Film; 2009)
Fractured Friendship (Chilly Willy & Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1965)
Hollywood Shuffle (Film; 1987)
Hothouse, by Brian W. Aldiss (Novel; 1962)
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, by Sinead O’Connor (Album; 1990)
I Love You, Man (Film; 2009)
The Impossible Possum, featuring Barney Bear (MGM Cartoon; 1954)
Insurgent (Film; 2015)
Knowing (Film; 2009)
Lady Chatterly’s Lover, by D.H. Lawrence (Novel; 1928)
Man of La Mancha (Broadway Musical; 1965)
Meet the Temptations, by The Temptations (Album; 1964)
Neptune Nonsense (Rainbow Parade Cartoon; 1936)
Newman Laugh-O-Grams (Disney Cartoon; 1921)
Noises Off (Film; 1992)
Off to China (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)
The Pink Panther (Film; 1964)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (Film; 1981)
The Romance of Betty Boop (Animated TV Film; 1985)
The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Novel; 1850)
Sham Battle Shenanigans (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)
Straight, No Chaser, by Thelonious Monk (Album; 1967)
Symphony Hour (Disney Cartoon; 1942)
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Film; 1988)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Novel; 1857)
Wacky Quacky (Phantasies Cartoon; 1947)
What Price Fleadom (MGM Cartoon; 1948)
Wild Things (Film; 1998)
Ye Olde Songs, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)
Zen in the Art of Archery, by Eugen Herrigel (Philosophy Book; 1948)
Zombeavers (Film; 2015)
Today’s Name Days
Claudia, Wolfram (Austria)
Ivan, Nicet, Pavao (Croatia)
Světlana (Czech Republic)
Gordius (Denmark)
Malve, Malvi, Malviine (Estonia)
Aki, Jaakkima, Joakim, Jooa, Kim, Kimi (Finland)
Herbert, Printemps (France)
Claudia, Wolfram (Germany)
Claudia, Rodi, Rodianos (Greece)
Klaudia (Hungary)
Alessandra,, Claudia (Italy)
Irbe, Made, Magda, Magdalēna (Latvia)
Filomenas, Imgarda, Irma, Tautvilė, Žygimantas (Lithuania)
Joakim, Kim (Norway)
Aleksander, Aleksandra, Ambroży, Anatol, Bogusław, Cyriaka, Eufemia, Klaudia, Patrycjusz, Ruprecht, Wasyl, Wincenty (Poland)
Víťazoslav (Slovakia)
Alejandra, Daniel, Martín (Spain)
Joakim, Kim (Sweden)
Dillan, Dillion, Dillon, Drew, Dru, Dylan, Dylon (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 80 of 2024; 286 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 3 of week 12 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Fearn (Alder) [Day 4 of 28]
Chinese: Month 2 (Ding-Mao), Day 11 (Guy-Wei)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)
Hebrew: 10 Adair II 5784
Islamic: 10 Ramadan 1445
J Cal: 20 Green; Sixday [20 of 30]
Julian: 7 March 2024
Moon: 82%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 24 Aristotle (3rd Month) [John the Evangelist]
Runic Half Month: Beore (Birch Tree) [Day 11 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 2 of 92)
Week: 3rd Week of March
Zodiac: Pisces (Day 31 of 31)
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Honeysuckle Tea House Wedding in Chapel Hill, NC
~Rustic Fall Wedding at the Honeysuckle Tea House in Chapel Hill, NC~
Just outside the heart of Chapel Hill, at the enchanting Honeysuckle Tea House, Criss and Emily were joined by their friends and family in celebrating their wedding day. They began with a private first look at their home in Durham, joined by their dog, Wellie, before meeting up with their loved ones during the ceremony.
Honeysuckle Tea House
Honeysuckle Tea House is a wedding and event venue located just 15 minutes outside of the heart of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The venue is hosted on a 30-acre farm full of gorgeous and sustainable greenery. The venue’s team describes it as “a hidden gem just 15 minutes away from Chapel Hill…your destination for majestic nature, rustic charm, and unforgettable events.” The venue focuses on sustainability in all its practices and is even constructed out of shipping containers and other repurposed materials. I absolutely love this venue as it offers stunning views with cute quirks around every corner. This venue is just as beautiful in the spring, as the flowers bloom, as it is in the fall when the leaves start to change colors. The Honeysuckle Tea House is especially gorgeous at night. The venue has multiple indoor and outdoor seating areas, a hammock circle, and a large tent outdoors all decorated in lights. This ambient lighting allows for the perfect mood to get the dance floor going. At Criss and Emily’s wedding, their guests absolutely tore it up on the dance floor and had a blast. I absolutely adored being able to capture some special moments from their dance party. Another great bonus of the Honeysuckle Tea House is that they offer their own signature products! From tea blends to farm products and mead, trying some of their products is an absolute must. At this time the Honeysuckle Tea House is available for booking special events, retreats & weddings. They also host special events and festivals for the general public. Feel free to check them out, I highly recommend them!
Private First Look
Criss and Emily began their special day with a private and intimate first look at their home in Durham, North Carolina. They were joined by their lovely dog, Wellie, who was a great addition to this moment. Criss initially stood with his back facing Emily before the final reveal. This made for some adorable shots where you can feel the anticipation from the couple. After the initial reveal, we captured some shots on a bench in their backyard. There were actually some cute yellow flowers that paired perfectly with Emily’s yellow dress which I made sure to get in the shot as they sat on the bench. Eventually, Wellie could no longer contain his excitement and joined his parents by the bench for a few photos. We continued to capture some different poses before moving to the front yard. Their wedding was actually right before Halloween and their front yard was decorated perfectly for the occasion. From pumpkins to spooky Halloween decorations, we were able to get some pretty fun and creative photos that capture Criss and Emily’s personality as well as the fall weather. I love when couples can have fun in front of the camera and just let loose. I think that often makes for the most memorable photos and I think Criss and Emily were able to do just that. It seemed like they had a lot of fun messing around with the decorations and posing for the camera. After the first look at their home, there were a few hours before the ceremony began at the Honeysuckle Tea House.
Rustic Fall Ceremony
Criss & Emily’s Ceremony took place at the Honeysuckle Tea House in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The venue was perfectly decorated with lights and fall décor which fit the overall atmosphere. At the end of the aisle, under the white arch, were multiple pumpkins which paired perfectly with the yellows and oranges of the surrounding foliage and with Emily’s stunning yellow dress. Criss and Emily shared beautiful vows that captured many inside jokes and displayed their deep love for one another. Many of their vows centered around moss, as Emily is very fond of moss. Emily happens to be so fascinated by moss that they even had mini terrariums as wedding favors for their guests! The ceremony was full of laughs, tears, and smiles. After Criss and Emily shared their first kiss and walked down the aisle, we took some portraits in the farm area of the venue. These colors were absolutely stunning and fit the desired fall aesthetic perfectly. Wellie even joined the newlyweds during this section to get some more photos together.
Furry Friends
One of my favorite things to see at weddings is the inclusion of a couple’s pets! Having your pet as part of your special day can be so much fun and make for some amazing memories. It can be difficult to think about all the added elements that come along with having your pet as part of your wedding day. Couples will often have a trusted friend or family member responsible for taking care of the animal on the day of or even hiring a third-party service that takes care of your pet for the day. These services will even bring your fur baby to the venue, ensure they are getting the best of care, and allow your guests to not have to worry. When it comes to photos with your furry friend, it's important to just have fun! You know more than anyone how to make sure your animal has fun and what will make them smile for the camera. Criss and Emily seemed to have so much fun with their dog Willie. He was absolutely adorable and was one of the highlights of the night.
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Videographer: Summit to Sea Photography
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On St Ninian’s Beach
26th June 2023
I had booked the most basic accommodation on the overnight boat from Kirkwall to Lerwick, a reclining seat. But I had hoped not to use it, preferring the illegal option of staying in my van bed. I had researched on the internet and read that it was something truckers did do. An article from an incident in January of 2006 was easily found, when in stormy conditions three trucks had toppled over during the crossing. On arrival in Lerwick it was found 6 drivers had stayed in their cabs, one stuck there until he was rescued.
Northlink stresses how dangerous it is, yet they are quite happy to let my dog stay there.. do they value his life any less than mine? By circumstance rather than choice, I boarded last, and had to reverse on with the studious attention of all the boarding crew. At the appropriate moment I disappeared behind the curtain. They either didn’t see, or weren’t bothered. Before the boat sailed I was in bed, waking at 7:15 am as drivers returned to their vehicles. The coach driver next to me gave me a knowing nod. It was clear he had done the same.
By 8 am I was at St Ninian’s Beach, about a half hour drive away, in heavy rain and just 9C. Roja and I had breakfast, and I read while Roja dozed and the rain eased, and by mid-morning the cloud cleared and the sun emerged.
This is my second visit of the year to the Wild Atlantic coast, the first being the Costa del Morte in Galicia in February, equally impressive.
The first photo is of the ruin of St Ninians’s Chapel, which dates back to the 12th Century. Before that it was an Iron Age Burial Ground. It’s other claim to fame is that in 1958 a local schoolboy found a wooden box on the site, which contained 28 silver objects of Pictish treasure.
St Ninian’s Isle is quite a spectacular sight from the car park, with its jagged rock cliffs, strikingly green pasture, and it’s shell-sand tombolo, the finest example of one in Western Europe. It is occasionally breached, in storms and at high tide, but today it was at its best, a superb wander though Roja chose not to use it and swim alongside for most of the way.
The perimeter of the Isle is about four and a half miles, but most who walk as far as the island, then choose shortcuts. As with most of the ocean facing coasts here, the south and west headlands are the wildest and most spectacular. There were a few other visitors. I met the couple in the other campervan at the carpark, from Durham, and prior to that at Dentdale, and we chatted for a while.
We were back at the van for 2 pm, and spent the afternoon with the dramatic backdrop trying to concentrate enough to attend to a few business matters.
Last week here was the Shetland Noir Book Festival, attended by writers such as Martin Edwards, Val McDermid, Ann Cleeves and Elly Griffiths. They even had a session here at St Ninian’s Beach. Cleeves write the Shetland series, that has now been adapted for television. It strikes me that the literary body count here on the tranquil Shetland Islands is bigger than most places, with the possible exception of Midsomer.
These rocky outcrops put me in mind of Chris Cameron, who is currently mid-way through his 60 day record attempt for the longest stay on a remote uninhabited North Atlantic rock, on Rockall, 200 miles west of St Kilda, and 300 miles from the mainland. It says a lot about the teaching profession that a guy has to go to such lengths to get a peaceful break. Maybe he won’t return to his post, and stay on Rockall.
Roja seems unbothered by the various dive-bomb attacks from the sea birds he receives. They concern themselves with him rather than me thankfully. With my untrained eye, those who bombed him include, the Fulmar which comes off the cliffs and hovers in the wind, the territorial Curlew with its recognisable squeal and curved beak from the scrub land, and the much rarer Arctic Tern from its slumber in the grass.
And a ‘spot-the-van’ pic..
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Recommended Books to Read during Lent 2023
Before Easter festivities, the season of Lent is one of introspection and preparation. Christians are supposed to be prepared for the fullness of life that the resurrection promises by going through this renewal of life as a disciple of Jesus.
During Lent, we pray to the Lord by studying the Bible, serve others by giving alms, and develop self-control by fasting. Your Lenten days can be more meditative and meaningful if you engage in daily spiritual readings.
We’ve selected a few Recommended Books to Read during Lent 2023. Let's have a look.
Lent with Evelyn Underhill
Evelyn Underhill died more than 50 years ago. Still, her devotional writings continue to guide people interested in learning more about the "inner life" of the mystical Christian tradition. These readings are intended to enhance Lenten observance by allowing the reader to follow Underhill's mental process.
While he was still a freshman at General Theological Seminary, the editor's encounter with Underhill's writings inspired him to pursue a thorough understanding of her works. As a result, he has expertly selected readings from these that are suitable for every day of Lent, from Ash Wednesday to Easter Eve, and that largely adhere to liturgical themes. Now again available in print, these selections were made to enhance Lenten devotion by enabling the reader to follow Underhill's thoughts from Ash Wednesday's spiritual inventory topic through Easter Saturday's joyful anticipation of God's final Gift.
Lent for Everyone: Mark Year B
N. T. Wright, a well-known biblical scholar and author, offers his translation of the Bible, a brief meditation, and a prayer for each day of the season to encourage readers to consider how the book relates to their lives today.
This third volume of a three-volume series that covers the three years of the Revised Common Lectionary is a Lent lectionary resource using Tom Wright's For Everyone Bible translation. The reading from the Gospel for the year and a reflection by Tom Wright are assigned for each day of Lent. Matthew Year A (the second volume) was a significant component of The Big Read 2011, and the book grew out of an effort to promote Lent reading in the diocese of Durham.
The Little Way of Lent: Meditations in the Spirit of St. Therese of Lisieux
Lent is not meant to foster morbid gloominess and debilitating self-loathing, but to thrust us into the heart of Divine love.—From the Introduction.
This book's daily Lenten meditations, which are all inspired by St. Thérèse's Little Way of Spiritual Childhood, will change you as well by assisting you in shifting your attention away from what you have done to displease God and towards what he has done to redeem you.
The Passion Readings for Three Voices: Jerusalem Bible Version
Presenting narratives of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, this work is arranged for reading by three voices according to the traditional method in the liturgy.
The Gospel texts included in this perennially popular book, which is currently in its 29th printing, are taken from the renowned Jerusalem Bible, one of the first Bibles to be published in understandable, modern English.
The JB was praised as a marvel of textual precision and contemporary style that adhered as closely as possible to the original meaning of the ancient texts it was translated from.
These are recommended books for children:
Celebrating Lent – Picture Book
Children can learn about the holy season of Lent and how it serves as a time of preparation for Jesus' Resurrection on Easter Sunday through this book by famous author Rev. Jude Winkler, OFM, Conv.
Colouring Book About Lent
An innovative and entertaining method for kids to learn about Jesus' Resurrection. With lovely colouring pages for them to colour, this colouring book describes the Lenten season in language that kids can comprehend.Michael Goode wrote the text, and Margaret A. Buono did the artwork.
Hoping these books help you to start your journey together as a community and with Jesus during lent.
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Authors can hear their characters speak?
Some writers claim that they can hear their characters from their stories. For example, Enid Blyton said she could 'watch and hear everything they did' or Alice Walker who describes how her characters would 'come for a visit and talk'. A study was made on the topic and it turns out that the experience is very common, with 2/3 of authors claiming that they can hear their characters as they work.
Researchers from Durham University, along with the Guardian and the Edinburgh international book festival, made a survey for approximately 181 authors. 63% of authors they could hear the characters with a further 61% claiming that they could act independently.
“I hear them in my mind. They have distinct voice patterns and tones, and I can make them carry on conversations with each other in which I can always tell who is ‘talking’,” claimed anonymous writer. “They sometimes tell me that what I have in mind for them isn’t right – that they would never behave or speak that way. I don’t usually answer back,” said another anonymous writer.
56% of the writers also reported that they often had visual or other sensory experiences with their characters as they wrote and 1/5 of them even claiming that they could feel their characters were occupying the physical space around them. A further 15% percent said they could enter a dialogue (or conversation) with their characters.
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Events 7.4
362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed herself empress (Augusta) of the Eastern Roman Empire.
836 – Pactum Sicardi, a peace treaty between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples, is signed.
993 – Ulrich of Augsburg is canonized as a saint.
1054 – A supernova, called SN 1054, is seen by Chinese Song dynasty, Arab, and possibly Amerindian observers near the star Zeta Tauri. For several months it remains bright enough to be seen during the day. Its remnants form the Crab Nebula.
1120 – Jordan II of Capua is anointed as prince after his infant nephew's death.
1187 – The Crusades: Battle of Hattin: Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem.
1253 – Battle of West-Capelle: John I of Avesnes defeats Guy of Dampierre.
1359 – Francesco II Ordelaffi of Forlì surrenders to the Papal commander Gil de Albornoz.
1456 – Ottoman–Hungarian wars: The Siege of Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade) begins.
1534 – Christian III is elected King of Denmark and Norway in the town of Rye.
1584 – Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe arrive at Roanoke Island
1610 – The Battle of Klushino is fought between forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during the Polish–Muscovite War.
1634 – The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
1744 – The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the British colonies, was signed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
1774 – Orangetown Resolutions are adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts.
1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: U.S. forces under George Clark capture Kaskaskia during the Illinois campaign.
1802 – At West Point, New York, the United States Military Academy opens.
1803 – The Louisiana Purchase is announced to the American people.
1817 – In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
1818 – US Flag Act of 1818 goes into effect creating a 13 stripe flag with a star for each state. New stars would be added on 4th of July after a new state had been admitted.
1827 – Slavery is abolished in the State of New York.
1831 – Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.
1832 – John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.
1832 – Durham University established by Act of Parliament; the first recognized university to be founded in England since Cambridge over 600 years earlier.
1837 – Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
1838 – The Iowa Territory is organized.
1845 – Henry David Thoreau moves into a small cabin on Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's account of his two years there, Walden, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.
1855 – The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published in Brooklyn.
1862 – Lewis Carroll tells Alice Liddell a story that would grow into Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequels.
1863 – American Civil War: Siege of Vicksburg: Vicksburg, Mississippi surrenders to U.S. forces under Ulysses S. Grant after 47 days of siege.
1863 – American Civil War: Union forces repulse a Confederate army at the Battle of Helena in Arkansas. The Confederate loss fails to relieve pressure on the besieged city of Vicksburg, and paves the way for the Union to capture Little Rock.
1863 – American Civil War: The Army of Northern Virginia withdraws from the battlefield after losing the Battle of Gettysburg, signalling an end to the Confederate invasion of U.S. territory.
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: The Zululand capital of Ulundi is captured by British troops and burned to the ground, ending the war and forcing King Cetshwayo to flee.
1881 – In Alabama, the Tuskegee Institute opens.
1886 – The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
1887 – The founder of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, joins Sindh-Madrasa-tul-Islam, Karachi.
1892 – Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
1894 – The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
1898 – En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
1901 – William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
1903 – The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
1910 – The Johnson–Jeffries riots occur after African-American boxer Jack Johnson knocks out white boxer Jim Jeffries in the 15th round. Between 11 and 26 people are killed and hundreds more injured.
1911 – A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
1913 – President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
1914 – The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
1918 – Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
1918 – World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
1927 – First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
1941 – Nazi crimes against the Polish nation: Nazi troops massacre Polish scientists and writers in the captured Ukrainian city of Lviv.
1941 – World War II: The Burning of the Riga synagogues: The Great Choral Synagogue in German-occupied Riga is burnt with 300 Jews locked in the basement.
1942 – World War II: The 250-day Siege of Sevastopol in the Crimea ends when the city falls to Axis forces.
1943 – World War II: The Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, begins in the village of Prokhorovka.
1943 – World War II: In Gibraltar, a Royal Air Force B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into the sea in an apparent accident moments after takeoff, killing sixteen passengers on board, including general Władysław Sikorski, the commander-in-chief of the Polish Army and the Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile; only the pilot survives.
1946 – The Kielce pogrom against Jewish Holocaust survivors in Poland.
1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.
1947 – The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
1950 – Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
1951 – Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
1951 – William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
1954 – Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
1960 – Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
1961 – On its maiden voyage, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-19 suffers a complete loss of coolant to its reactor. The crew are able to effect repairs, but 22 of them die of radiation poisoning over the following two years.
1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act into United States law. The act went into effect the next year.
1976 – Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by Palestinian terrorists.
1976 – The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
1977 – The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in solidarity with a prison strike at the Walla Walla State Penitentiary Intensive Security Unit.
1982 – Three Iranian diplomats and a journalist are kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange forces, and their fate remains unknown.
1987 – In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (a.k.a. the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment.
1994 – Rwandan genocide: Kigali, the Rwandan capital, is captured by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, ending the genocide in the city.
1997 – NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.
1998 – Japan launches the Nozomi probe to Mars, joining the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.
2001 – Vladivostock Air Flight 352 crashes on approach to Irkutsk Airport killing all 145 people on board.[4]
2002 – A Boeing 707 crashes near Bangui M'Poko International Airport in Bangui, Central African Republic, killing 28.
2004 – The cornerstone of the Freedom Tower is laid on the World Trade Center site in New York City.
2004 – Greece beats Portugal in the UEFA Euro 2004 Final and becomes European Champion for first time in its history.
2005 – The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2006 – Space Shuttle program: Discovery launches STS-121 to the International Space Station. The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day.
2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the September 11 attacks.
2009 – The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
2012 – The discovery of particles consistent with the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider is announced at CERN.
2015 – Chile claims its first title in international football by defeating Argentina in the 2015 Copa América Final.
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Buying the Basic Fun Twinkle-Eye Ponies
Where can you buy the Basic Fun retro Twinkle Eye ponies?
These are the stores I know about, if you know other places let me know!
IN PERSON:
Meijer
Cracker Barrel
Ben Franklin Craft Stores
Newbury Comics
Blain’s Farm & Fleet
Boscov’s (Pennsylvania)
Ellington Agway - (Connecticut)
Geppetto’s Toy Store (southern California)
Kip’s Toyland at The Grove (Los Angeles, California)
Canadian Toys R Us
maybe The Paper Store?? (unconfirmed)
ONLINE:
eBay obviously
Walmart
Tiny the Shop (Durham, North Carolina)
Rockin’ AB (Dallas, Texas)
Curious Bear Toy & Book Shop (near Tacoma, Washington)
Park Street Books
Pow Science Toys
Love of Character
RedFive Toys (Massachusetts)
Shenanigans Toys
The Toy Shoppe Northport
All Time Toys
Cat ‘n Mouse Toys and Games
Tahoe Toys & Treasures
Tomfoolery Toys - Contact them via phone or email if you want specific ponies, or they’ll send you random ones. But this is the Twinkle Eye pony set, not the Rainbow pony set like the title says ;)
Wigwam’s Toys (UK store) - Not listed yet, but they’ve carried every previous Basic Fun line so they’re a good bet
Five Little Diamonds (UK store) - Listed but not in stock yet. However, they will let you reserve them in advance!
Toy Street (UK store) - Listed but not in stock yet. Note that they are listed as “Rainbow ponies Wave 4″. You can also search by them by individual pony name, like “pony Fizzy”.
Toy Masters (Manitoba, Canada)
Playful Mind Toys (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Retro Festive (Oakville, Ontario, Canada)
The Rocking Horse (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)
Note that most of the online options are small, independent toy stores. If there are small toy stores in your town, check them out! The Twinkle Eye ponies could be closer than you think!
Also, your local small toy store might be willing to order the ponies for you if you ask nicely! :)
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Holidays 6.17
Holidays
Bunker Hill Day (Massachusetts)
CDKL5 Awareness Day
Commemoration of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes (Argentina)
Essential Worker Appreciation Day (Michigan)
Father’s Day (El Salvador, Guatemala)
Global Garbage Man Day
Good Roads Day
International Black Veil Brides Day
International Violin Day
National Day (Iceland)
National Gerald Day
National Harrison Day
National Jan Day
National Mascot Day
National Mason Day
National Ralph Day
National Teeth Whitening Day
National Wear Blue Day
Occupation of the Latvian Republic Day (Latvia)
OJ Car Chase Anniversary Day
Okinawa Day (Japan, US)
Peony Day (French Republic)
Pirate Radio Day
Procession of the Golden Chariot (Belgium)
Purple Bra Day (Australia)
Remembrance of East German Uprising Day (West Germany)
Soviet Occupation Day (Latvia)
Sweden-America Day
Vice-President’s Remembrance Day
Watergate Day
World Croc Day
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UN)
World Juggling Day
World Karate Day
World Tessellation Day
Zemla Intifada Day (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Bake Your Own Bread Day
Eat All of Your Vegetables Day
National Apple Strudel Day
National Eat Your Vegetables Day
Pork Rind Day (Peru)
Stewart’s Root Beer Day
Toll House Cookie Day
3rd Saturday in June
Badger Day [3rd Saturday]
Bawming of the Thorn (Appleton Thorn, England) [3rd Saturday]
Dog Dad’s Day [3rd Saturday]
International Day of the Swimming Pond [3rd Saturday]
International Surfing Day [3rd Saturday]
Madam Lou Bunch Day (Old Flop House Celebration & Bed Race; Colorado) [3rd Saturday]
Mermaid Parade (Brooklyn, New York) [3rd Saturday]
National Dog Dad Day [3rd Saturday]
National Hollerin' Contest (Spivey's Corner, NC) [3rd Saturday]
Polar Bear Swim (Nome, Alaska) [Saturday closest to 21st]
Saturday of Souls, Second (Eastern Orthodox)
Solennität (Switzerland) [Saturday closest to 22nd]
World Juggling Day [Saturday closest to 6.17]
Independence Days
Cantonese Empire (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]
Iceland (from Denmark, 1944)
Feast Days
Albert Chmielowski (Christian; Saint)
Avitus (a.k.a. Avy; Christian; Saint)
Bossuet (Positivist; Saint)
Botolph of Ikanhoe (Christian; Saint) [Agricultural Workers, England, Scandinavia]
Contact an Old Friend Day (Pastafarian)
Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Christian)
Fergus Fuzz (Muppetism)
Gondulphus of Berry (a.k.a. Gondola; Christian; Saint)
Hervé (Christian; Saint) [The Blind]
Hypatius of Bithynia (Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches)
Ludi Piscatari (Festival of Fishermen; Ancient Rome)
M.C. Escher (Artology)
Molingus (a.k.a. Dairchilla) of Ireland (Christian; Saint)
Nicander and Marcian (Christian; Martyrs)
Prior, Hermit in Egypt (Christian; Saint)
Orpheus’s Day (Pagan)
Rainerius (Christian; Saint)
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett (Church of England)
Zontar of Venus Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]
Un Giorno Nero (A Black Day; Italy) [Friday the 17th] (1 of 1 for 2022)
Unglückstage (Unlucky Day; Pennsylvania Dutch) [18 of 30]
Premieres
Big Daddy (Film; 1999)
Bull Durham (Film; 1988)
Carrie Anne, by The Hollies (Song; 1967)
Central Intelligence (Film; 2016)
Come a Little Bit Closer, by Jay & the Americans (Song; 1964)
Dude Ranch, by Blink-182 (Album; 1997)
Fanny and Alexander (Film; 1983)
Finding Dory (Animated Film; 2016)
The Great Outdoors (Film; 1988)
Green Lantern (Film; 2011)
Hobo Gadget Band (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)
I Will Always Love You, recorded by Dolly Parton (Song; 1973)
Lightyear (Animated Film; 2022)
Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Film; 2011)
One of the Boys, by Katy Perry (Album; 2008)
Piper (Pixar Cartoon; 2016)
A Short of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson (Science History Book; 2003)
Steve Winwood, by Steve Winwood (Album; 1977)
Superman III (Film; 1988)
Synchronicity, by the Police (Album; 1983)
Texasville, by Larry McMurtry (Novel; 1987)
Things Fall Apart (Novel; 1958)
Under the Sea-Wind, by Rachel Carson (Science Book; 1952)
Viva Las Vegas (Film; 1964)
What’s Up, Doc? (WB LT Cartoon; 1950)
Today’s Name Days
Adolf, Alena, Volker (Austria)
Bratoljub, Diogen, Inocent, Laura, Nevenka (Croatia)
Adolf (Czech Republic)
Botolphus (Denmark)
Eugen, Kenno (Estonia)
Urho (Finland)
Hervé (France)
Adolf, Alena, Volker (Germany)
Felix, Ismail (Greece)
Alida, Laura (Hungary)
Adolfo, Gregorio, Manuele, Ranieri, Sofia (Italy)
Artis, Artūrs, Enta (Latvia)
Adolfas, Daugantas, Laura, Vilmantė (Lithuania)
Bodil, Botolv (Norway)
Adolf, Adolfa, Adolfina, Agnieszka, Alf, Drogomysł, Franciszek, Laura, Marcjan, Radomił, Rainer, Wolmar (Poland)
Ismail, Manuil, Savel (România)
Adolf (Slovakia)
Ismael, Teresa (Spain)
Torborg, Torvald (Sweden)
Alcine, Botolf, Harvey, Hervey, Lamar, Lemar (USA)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 168 of 2024; 197 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 6 of week 24 of 2023
Celtic Tree Calendar: Duir (Oak) [Day 6 of 28]
Chinese: Month 4 (Ding-Si), Day 30 (Bing-Wu)
Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)
Hebrew: 28 Sivan 5783
Islamic: 28 Dhu al-Qada 1444
J Cal: 18 Sol; Foursday [18 of 30]
Julian: 4 June 2023
Moon: 0%: New Moon
Positivist: 28 St. Paul (6th Month) [Bossuet]
Runic Half Month: Dag (Day) [Day 8 of 15]
Season: Spring (Day 89 of 92)
Zodiac: Gemini (Day 27 of 32)
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24+ Maurice fanfic recs for the festive season: a belated advent calendar
Just over a month ago, I received a lovely Ask from @lavenderandheatherfield who’d fallen down the Maurice rabbit-hole and was seeking some fanfic recs. Apologies for my chronic slowness (i.e. semi-hiatus) but, I hope, good things may come to those who wait (if you haven’t read every single fic already by now!)
First, a shoutout for my old Maurice Ficlist (fic-finder) project: it’s not up to date but has its uses: https://mauriceficlist.dreamwidth.org/
The Maurice fics I recommend below are favourites for all sorts of different reasons, and this is not a rigorously ranked list. The list includes short and multi-chapter fics and occasional crossovers, serious Maurice fics, humour and outright crackiness, gen and not. As you might expect from me, there’s a preponderance of Maurice/Alec – but also some of the (IMO) very best Clive fics, occasional Maurice/Clive, some selected very good fics focused on the women of Maurice (Anne, Kitty) – there are more on AO3 – and one Risley (and Risley-esque) tour-de-force.
I’ve purposely picked older Maurice fics, and some beautiful fics not on AO3, on the principle that these won’t be on everyone’s radar. The current/recent Maurice writers active on AO3, whose work I also love, are also very worth reading, but feature only indicatively/tokenistically in this list as I’ve assumed readers are already finding them. Last, I’ve taken the liberty of reccing two of my favourites among my own fics ... not the most ‘obvious’, most-kudos’d ones. Anyway ... enjoy, and festive hope, cheer and health to you all. xx
1) Aurora Mundi by stuffwelike (Yuletide 2010)
After WW1, Clive & Anne travel to Florence & encounter some figures from the past. Healing, affirmative story.
2) Feels Like Snow by sandpipersummer (2009)
Maurice/Alec spend Christmas Day together in their modest cottage, some years after WW1. Beautiful, raw Christmas fic.
3) Bincombe Tunnel by sandpipersummer (2009) [requires AO3 sign-in]
An absolute favourite. (Not sure why the author has locked this; if you prefer it not to be recced, please get in touch.) Alec’s turbulent thoughts and feelings as he travels home after the hotel...
4) Happy Ending by devo79 (2012 on AO3) (earlier on dreamwidth)
Multi-chapter. For those seeking a Maurice/Alec WW1 fic, carefully researched, with very different twists and outcomes from a certain $27 book published this year.
5) Kitty by angie_silvie (2009)
There are a few fics on AO3 centred on Maurice’s sister Kitty Hall, but this predates them and is very good. Inspired by Forster’s abandoned 1914 Epilogue to Maurice.
6) Someone to Last Your Whole Life by chippy8833 (2013)
One for everyone who’s read Forster’s posthumous short story ‘Arthur Snatchfold’ and everyone who hasnt. Maurice and Alec’s first time, reimagined.
7) Someone Else’s Now by aldiara (2013)
A guilty pleasure. One for fans of class-war Alec and uppity Maurice being, ahem, put in his place. Tagged #rough sex #angry sex but consensual.
8) Somebody With Whom to Dance by Ea (eacalendula) (2010)
Post-canon, bittersweet. Clive & Anne on UK holiday in the 1920s. A furtive encounter opens tentative possibilities for Clive.
9) Unless We Remember by MissRizu (2013)
One of a couple of worthwhile multi-chapter Maurice/Alec fics that are solely on ff.net (the other is Bianca Pearl’s The Town Experiment). Some years post-canon, Alec is collared by Clive Durham in the street near the tenement he shares with Maurice.
10) A Most Unpromising Youth by etal (2019)
Inspired, hilarious, cracky, hot, just brilliant. Alec Scudder/Freddy Honeychurch, briefly. etal captures Freddy’s voice to perfection.
11) Jeeves and the Angels Unaware by toodlepipsigner (2010)
Another guilty pleasure. 10-chapter Jeeves & Wooster crossover with Maurice/Alec and a bit of Clive. Not one for the Clive lovers. Definitely one for lovers of pastiche, satire, a bit of smut and a satisfactory ending.
12) The Home Front by kindkit (Yuletide 2009)
Alec-centred with background Maurice, set in England during WW1. Maurice and Alec have refused the draft and live off-grid, subsisting as charcoal-makers.
13) Citizens of the Greenwood by polkadot (Yuletide 2014)
Maurice & Alec’s future together: seven vignettes following them through seven ages of 20th-century/queer history.
14) Alec by Basingstoke (Yuletide 2013)
Post-WW1. Alec, left with a physical disability by the war, is irrepressible as ever.
15) Travels and Investments: Two Gentlemen Abroad by julie_anne (2018)
One multi-chapter story in a wider universe / collection of post-canon works and series by julie_anne. Here, Maurice/Alec, in Italy and wider continental Europe after 1929, amid the rise of fascism.
16) Stories from the Greenwood by annethepancake (2021)
Maurice/Alec, multi-chapter fic post-canon fic, with some lovely ideas, great original characters, and (for me) nice echoes of some earlier Maurice/Alec post-canon fics.
=17) Make You Sorry for It by 12XU (2013)
Blatant self-promotion numero 1. A highly charged reimagining of the non-book-canon scene in the film where (at the suggestion of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala) Alec shows up without warning at Maurice’s stockbroking office in the City instead of writing his second letter. Inspired by a long-ago Tumblr post abou the scene concerned. ;D
=17) A Place I Always Fancied by 12XU (2015)
Blatant self-promotion numero 2. Written for the legendary @fengirl88 in response to the prompt ‘make our boys very happy’. Maurice & Alec at the boathouse the morning after. Alec has planned elaborately to ensure there’s no rush for them to leave.
18) Somewhere to Begin by geoviki (2006)
Early Maurice fic, written for what then seemed a non-existent fandom, and absolutely wonderful. Post-canon, post-WW1: Maurice & Alec, both invalided out of the war, take up employment in Cheltenham. But will their secret be discovered on their first day?
19) Anne Clare Wilbraham Woods by angie_silvie (2009)
Anne learns the truth: about the physical requirements of marriage for women, and more than that.
20) Pan Metron Ariston by athousandwinds (2010)
Or, ‘moderation in all things’, LoL. Maurice/Clive, E-rated.
21) A Breath of Liberty by chippy8833 (2014)
A bit more Maurice/Clive fixing: what might have happened if their creaky-chair UST hadn’t been rudely interrupted.
22) Clive’s Bloody Front Porch by eyeslikerain (2018)
Crack, smut, cheeky af. The Alec/Clive fic (after Maurice/Clive’s break-up, before Maurice/Alec; much reference to dog kennels and holes) you didn’t know you needed.
23) A Gentleman’s Tale by OpelForever (2021)
Contemporary multi-chapter opus starting at the tail-end of the 1990s, feat. Clive Durham, scion of Durham Logistics in Amsterdam, ‘coffee’ houses, Alec, much brand placement, and IDEK. This, and OpelForever’s wider millennium-and-after Maurice!verse, are some of the best fun I’ve had in these past Covid months. Just don’t ask me to explain.
24) Divagations of a Prig, Or: The Risley Reshuffle by HotUtilitarian (2017)
I was honoured to win this in a fic exchange: ‘HotUtilitarian’ is a nom-de-plume of a nom-de-plume of a terrifyingly gifted author. Book’verse, Cambridge: Risley and Clive ‘compete for the affections’ of dark!jock Maurice, ‘hairy as a boar’. Just leaving this here.
#maurice 1987#e.m. forster#maurice 1914#fanfic#fic rec#jeeves & wooster#a room with a view#arthur snatchfold#maurice hall#alec scudder#clive durham#expo63 Asks answered#lavenderandheatherfield
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Among those attending the Away From Home Festival:
BMG:
- Felix Howard: Director of A&R
- Simon Rugg: Music, digital, and playlist
- Lisa Wilkinson: Director, UK marketing
VEEPS:
- Sherry Saeedi: founder
LTHQ team:
- Matt Vines: manager
- Jessy Martin: Seven7management
- Ben Pitts: Seven7management
- Joe Gaynor: Seven7management
- Benjamin Frith: Three Six Zero
- Chris Frewin: Seven7management?, 84 World
- Simon Jones: public relations
Band:
- Isaac Anderson: guitar
- Michael Blackwell: guitar (lots of musician friends in the audience: Mikey Burton, Michael Turnbull, Ollie Harding, Duncan Grant, Yazmin How, Dan Laird)
- Zak Craner: keys
- Matt Dinnadge: bass
- Steve Durham: drums
- String section: Alex Marshall, Naomi Giarra, Eleanora Consta, Ciarra Ismail)
Vocal Coach:
- Helene Horlyck
Crew:
- Charlie Lightening: Main Lad
- Dan Lightening: Director of Photography
- Amy James: producer
- Dave Emery: camera supervisor
- Joshua Halling: photographer
- Mark Brightman: set crew
- Krupa Music: production crew
- Dan Ely: guitar tech
- Edge Recording: sound engineer (studio tour)
- John Delf: sound engineer
- Tom Frisco: stage design
- Kenny/ Sam Kenyon: lighting engineer
- Steve Weall: monitor engineer
- David Kitson/ Kaleidagon: graphic design
- Paul Bugler: camera operator
- Louis Foster: camera operator
- Pablo D’Ambrossi, Charlie France: video editors
- TANCK: lighting design
- Dimmers: Greg Miller
Make-up Artist:
- Krystle Holland
Stylist:
- Helen Seamons
- Roz Dnoghue
Security:
- JD Woolsey
- Joni Prroni: (crossed at the beginning of video)
Friends and Family:
- Eleanor Calder
- Luke Malak
- Calvin Rodgers
- Oli Wright
- The Tomlinsons: Lottie, Daisy and Phoebe, Louis’ grandparents
Supporting Acts:
- The Snuts
- Bilk
- Jess Iszatt (BBC Radio)
Others:
- Mark Brightman: tour manager
- Victory Amps
- Hangman Studios/ James Tonkin: post-production
Not attending but part of Louis’ team:
- At Coda/ Paradigm: Alex Hardee (agent), Ryan Penty (booking agent), Nicole Selke (assistant)
BMG TEAM (updated)
- Hatwig Masuch: CEO BMG
- Alastair Norbury: President BMG UK
- Felix Howard: Director A&R UK
- Christina Santamaria: PR
- Lisa Wilkinson: UK marketing
- Angela Barkan, Cyndi Lynott, Karen Ruttner, Andy Lloyd, Georgia Fenn: International Marketing
- Jamie Nelson: Adult contemporary A&R
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