Welcome back to the odd and whimsical poetery of the Peeps related to holidaze! Let’s investigate what today is, because we need all the holidaze we can celebrate, right? Furtunately, our country is back to more or less normality, about which all critters are very happy!
Still, every day seems to be many holidays. Which is good, because we all have our favorites. So I will pick out one or two, and you can click the link above if you’re curious about the rest. This is an Open Thread, so please feel free to add your favorite pomes and photoes and holidaze for today in the Comments!
National Virtual Vacation Day reminds people that they don't have to wait until some time in the distant future—when they have more money or are retired—to go on their dream vacations. On National Virtual Vacation Day, they don't need to take off work, don't need to spend money, and don't need to pack. With their imagination and a bit of technology, they can travel all over the world.
by Rachel Lyman Field
If once you have slept on an island You'll never be quite the same;
You may look as you looked the day before And go by the same old name, You may bustle about in street and shop You may sit at home and sew,
But you'll see blue water and wheeling gulls Wherever your feet may go. You may chat with the neighbors of this and that And close to your fire keep,
But you'll hear ship whistle and lighthouse bell And tides beat through your sleep. Oh! you won't know why and you can't say how Such a change upon you came, But once you have slept on an island, You’ll never be quite the same.
[Rachel Lyman Field (September 19, 1894 – March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and author of children's fiction. She is best known for her Newbery Medal–winning novel for young adults, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, published in 1929…. Field was also a successful author of adult fiction, writing the bestsellers Time Out of Mind (1935), All This and Heaven Too (1938), and And Now Tomorrow (1942). Much more at the link! Her books are available at Thriftbooks.]
Please to remember that Pootie Diaries post twice a day! The regular Pootie Diaries post daily at 1:45 pm Eastern (on Sundays at 3 pm Eastern) and the evening Open Thread Pootie Diaries post at about 10 pm Eastern Please to show ‘em both some lubs!
Please to remember that Pootie Diaries post twice a day!
The regular Pootie Diaries post daily at 1:45 pm Eastern (on Sundays at 3 pm Eastern)
and the evening Open Thread Pootie Diaries post at about 10 pm Eastern
Please to show ‘em both some lubs!
In Loving Memory of Swampyankee:
In Loving Memory of Jan4Insight:
And almost finally, please note da roolz:
PWBPeeps is a group that posts a daily diary and nightly open thread for animal lovers. We share photos, seek & give advice about pet health and behavior issues, support each other in times of sadness and stress, celebrate together when times are good, and on most days have an inordinate amount of fun.
You are welcome to join us!
Here are a few not-too-onerous PWB rulez
Violate ‘em and we’ll say that you’re crulez
For those who missed our Earth Day special, Climate Change helpful hints from the aminals are here!
If you are looking for our illustrated poetery, we will keep here da list!:
Srs Ogden Nash (and Other) Poetry for December 31, 2019, New Year’s Eve, Illustrated! (At the end of which is the list of all our illustrated Ogden Nashes.)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for January 7, 2020, Illustrated! (Marge Piercy, Twisted Sister)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for January 14, Illustrated! (Ogden Nash, Francesco Marciuliano)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for January 21, Illustrated! (Shel Silverstein, Muhammed Iqbal, Elena Carlena)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for January 28, Illustrated! (Rita Dove, Anonymous, KoalasofNYC)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for February 11, Illustrated! (Neil Hilborn, Jeannine Atkins)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for March 3, Illustrated! (Poemasabi)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for March 31, Illustrated! (Rebekah Bastian, traditional song)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for April 7, Illustrated! (G.K. Chesteron, Faith Shearin)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for April 14, Illustrated! (David Bowie, Robert Lowell)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for April 21, Illustrated! (I Am Your Dog by Author Unknown)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for April 28, Illustrated! (Francesco Marciuliano again!)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for May 5, Illustrated! (Elena Carlena cartoons, Venessa Medina-Rosas)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for May 12, Illustrated! (nelpogrando)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for May 19, Illustrated! (Edward Monkton, Giles Andreae)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for May 26, Illustrated! (Lesbia Harford)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for June 2, Illustrated! (Sienna Luna)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for June 9, Illustrated! (Christopher “Kit” Smart)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for June 16, Illustrated! (Russell Edson)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for June 30, Illustrated! (Rosa Silva’s cat)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for July 7, Illustrated! (Mark J. Halliday)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for July 14, Illustrated! (Vivian Shipley)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for July 21, Illustrated! (Sawyer Sewell, David F)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for July 28, Illustrated! (Carma Reed)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for August 11, Illustrated! (Bob Raczka)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for August 18, Illustrated! (The Sumerians, William Topaz McGonagall)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for August 25, Illustrated! (Kathleen Graber)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for September 1, Illustrated! (Daver Austin)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for September 8, Illustrated! (Terri Cannan)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for September 15, Illustrated! (Ada Limón)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for September 22, Illustrated! (William Butler Yeats)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for September 29, Illustrated! (Olivia Kent)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for October 6, Illustrated! (Gareth Taylor)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for October 20, Illustrated! (Lawrence S. Pertillar, Gerald E. Greene)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for October 27, Illustrated! (MiladyMar)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for November 10, Illustrated! (Edgar Allan Poe)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for November 17, Illustrated! (Emily Johnston)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for January 5, 2021, Illustrated! (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for January 19, Illustrated! (X.J. Kennedy)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for January 26, Illustrated! (Rita Dove)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for February 2, Illustrated! (Allan Wolf)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for February 16, Illustrated! (Mydriasis Aletheia)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for February 23, Illustrated! (Jane Kenyon)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for March 2, Illustrated! (Foundation for Homeless Cats)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for March 9, Illustrated! (Tiffany L. Ganci)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for March 16, Illustrated! (Caren Krutsinger)
Srs Not-Srs Poetry for March 23, Illustrated! (Jessie Pope)
This is an open thread! Please chat away in the Comments. Enjoy!
PLEASE NOTE: Your humble diarist is NR, so consider yourselves +1 as long as you behave! ;-)
And Finally, In Especially Loving Memory of Ginger the World’s Best Pootie
(and maybe Oreo too!)
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