by Edie Melson @EdieMelson
It’s time again
for Calendar Days. These are fun to read and also a great way to
jumpstart our creativity when looking for ideas for articles and blog posts.
They’re also a fun writing prompt idea.
Weekly Celebrations
They’re also a fun writing prompt idea.
In addition,
calendar days are great conversation starters for social media sites like
Facebook and Twitter.
August is:
Romance
Awareness Month
Family Fun
Month
National
Catfish Month
Admit You’re
Happy Month
National Picnic
Month
Inventor’s
Month
American
Artists Appreciation Month
American Indian
Heritage Month
National Goat
Cheese Month
National
Immunization Awareness Month
National Panini
Month
What Will Be
Your Legacy Month
Peach Month
National Golf
Month
Week 1:
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:
August 2
August 3
August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8
August 9
August 10
August 11
August 12
August 13
August 14
August 17
August 19
August 20
August 21
August 23
August 24
August 25
August 26
August 27
August 28
August 29
August 30
August 31
National
Simplify your Life Week
National Smile
Week
Friendship week
Be Kind to
Humankind Week
Individual
Days
August 1
National
Raspberry Cream Pie Day
Rounds
Resounding Day
National Mustard
Day
Girlfriends Day
World Wide Web
Day
Us Air Force
Day
Yorkshire Day
National Ice
Cream Sandwich Day
Friendship Day
International
Forgiveness Day
Sister’s Day
National
Watermelon Day
Assistance Dog
Day
U.S. Coast
Guard Day
Social Security
Day
Work Like a Dog
Day
National Oyster
Day
National
Underwear Day
Wiggle Your
Toes Day
National Root
Beer Float Day
Fresh Breath Day
National
Lighthouse Day
Particularly
Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional
Speakers Day
Purple Heart
Day
Garage Sale Day
Sneak Some
Zucchini onto Your Neighbor’s Porch Day
Happiness
Happens Day
International
Cat Day
Odie Day
(Garfield’s Pal)
Rice Pudding
Day
Book Lover’s
Day
Lazy Day
World Lion Day
National Duran
Duran Day
Skyscraper
Appreciation Day
National
S’mores Day
Son and
Daughter Day
Ingersoll Day
Play in the
Sand Day
Presidential Joke
Day (did you hear the one about…)
Middle Child’s
Day
World Elephant
Day
Vinyl Record
Day
International Youth
Day
International Left
Hander’s Day
V-J Day (marks
the end of WWII. There are actually 3 dates with this designation. August
14—Japan surrenders; August 15‑Surrender announced to the world;
September 2‑Ceremony and formal signing of surrender.)
National
Creamsicle Day
National Navajo
Code Talkers Day
August 15
Corn on the Cob Day
World Honey Bee Day
International
Geocaching Day (Third Saturday in August)
International Homeless Animal Day
V-J Day (see
note above)
National
Relaxation Day
August 16
Rollercoaster Day
National Tell a
Joke Day
National
Airborne Day
National
Thriftshop Day
Black Cat
appreciation Day
August 18
Bad Poetry Day
Mail Order
Catalog Day
Photography Day
World
Humanitarian Day
Aviation Day
World Mosquito
Day
Chocolate Pecan
Pie Day
Lemonade Day
National Radio
Day
Spumoni Day
Men’s Grooming
Day
Senior
Citizen’s Day
Poets Day
August 22
Be an Angel Day
National
Tooth Fairy Day (also celebrated on
February 28)
Take Your Cat
to the Vet Day
Valentino Day
Ride the Wind
Day
Knife Day
Vesuvius Day
International
Strange Music Day
Pluto Demoted
Day
Kiss and Make
Up Day
Women’s
Equality Day
National Dog
Day
Global
Forgiveness Day
Just Because
Day
Burger Day
The Duchess Who
Wasn’t Day (Margaret Wolfe Hungerford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wolfe_Hungerford,
she’s responsible for the popular phrase, “Beauty is in the eye of the
beholder.” It’s from her book, Molly Bawn) Just Because Day
Bow Tie Day
Radio
commercials Day
Race Your Mouse
Around the Icons Day
More Herbs,
Less Salt Day
Individual
Rights Day
Franchise
Appreciation Day
According to
Hoyle Day
National
Toasted Marshmallow Day
Slinky Day
National
Holistic Pet Day
Pony Express
Day
Frankenstein
Day
Love Litigating
Lawyers Day
We Love Memoirs
Day
National Trail
Mix Day
Now let's do a
little brainstorming for next month. What are some of your favorite days from
the list and how do you propose using them?
Don't forget to
join the conversation!
Blessings,
Aug. 9th (Book Lovers Day) and Aug. 10th (Lazy Day) sure make a nice pair! I'd love to celebrate by reading another new book and doing absolutely nothing else!
ReplyDeleteAmanda, you picked my favorite two of the month! Thanks for sharing! Blessings, E
DeleteHI Edie, the click to tweet is not working. I always tweet these.
ReplyDeleteMy Birthday is Aug 2. Love that it is friendship day and Ice cream is involved.
Cherrilynn, thank you. I just fixed the Tweetables, not sure why it didn't take the first time! Happy early birthday! Blessings, E
DeleteI always love your posts and love to share them. I just retweeted "old-fashioned" way through the twitter icon. This is great, Edie!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much.
Julie, thanks for the extra work to retweet! And thank you for stopping by, Blessings, E
DeleteI love when you post these, Edie!! Thanks for the blogging help. :-)
ReplyDeleteAne, thank you! I never want to overuse any idea, but I love crazy holidays and I'm glad you all do too! Blessings, E
DeleteI love these posts, Edie! My son's birthday is on the 3rd. I think we'll be eating watermelon that day. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of creating posts about the first week in August—ideas for simplifying your life. If I don't write about it, I can at least take steps in this direction of simplifying my life. ;) Friendship week would be another good topic to write on—maybe those friendships that have made a difference in my life, or impacted me in some way.
Jeanne that's a great idea! And I'm glad you mentioned ideas for the designated weeks. Thanks for sharing! Blessings, E
DeleteI love this! My son's birthday is the 11th, and it's Son and Daughter day! Whoop!! Thanks for the list. Great idea for story starters.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cool coincidence! Thanks for sharing, Blessings, E
Delete