Kelly Bennett's Blog, page 31
June 3, 2022
Fin Pal asks Norman "Wanna Play?"
Ready to read Norman’s answer? Sc...
June 1, 2022
Poetry Challenge #246-Live Your Color!
Let’s talk nails: Chipped or groomed? Hands, feet or both? Painted or not painted? 4. Sassy or nasty? If you fessed up to number 4. Then get with the program. Why? It’s National Nail Polish Day!
...May 30, 2022
What Inspires Me? #17-Humans Who Serve
It’s Memorial Day! We say Happy Memorial Day? Bittersweet really. Originally known as “Decoration Day” a Springtime memorial ritual begun after the Civil War, Memorial Day was declared an official holiday in 1971, a day to honor humans who died while serving in the U.S. military.
For many of us...
May 25, 2022
Poetry Challenge #245-Tap Happy
When I was a kid, my friend Valerie sat in her room for hours playing one song over and over and over again on her record player. Replaying the song was easy because the record only had one song per side (and Valerie only owned one “real” record). We replayed it until we knew every word by hear...
May 18, 2022
Poetry Challenge #244-It's All Relatives
Call your brother! Text your cousin! Email Auntie Poopsie in Pookipsie… or pile into The Rattletrap Car and pay them a visit. Why? It’s National Visit Your Relatives Day!
National Visit Your Relatives Day (May 18th) encourages family members to stay connected. Our hectic lives make it easy to g...
May 11, 2022
Poetry Challenge #243-The Fifth Dimension
“The Twilight Zone is a place that exists at any moment of time, of space or of mind.... but always when you least expect it.”
Happy Twilight Zone Day (May 11), a day obviously intended to be celebrated by ditching everything else and binge watching the vintage TV program, The Twilight Zone, cre...
May 6, 2022
Honoring a Life: Adele Hutchinson Bennett
My dear mother-in-law, Adele Hutchinson Bennett, passed a few days ago, at 89, with her mind and spirit saying “Yes! Yes!” as always. Her body and heart were plum worn out after a full adventurous life filled with music, travel, drama, and love. Her 4 children, Curtis, Liz, Paul & Marilyn were with her. Mom, Oma, Nana, Gramma Adele to her 4 children, 5 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren, will live on in ferocious card games and raucous laughter.
...May 4, 2022
Poetry Challenge #244-This One's For the Birds
Tweet! Tweet! Happy National Bird Day (May 4)! Why? It’s the middle of migration for many bird species. If you look closely, you may find a bird you’ve never seen in a tree or bush. Or you might hear an unfamiliar song.
...May 2, 2022
What Inspires Me? #16 Ken Burns UNUM
has been making documentary films for about 40 years. These include The Civil War (1990), Baseball (1994), Jazz (2001), The War (2007), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Roosevelts (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), and Country Music (2019). His newe...
