August National Holidays

August 1:    National Minority Donor Awareness Day Link
August 2:    National Coloring Book Day  Link
August 3:    Watermelon Day  Link
August 4:    National Chocolate Chip Day Link
August 5:    National Mustard Day (First Saturday) Link
August 6:    American Family Day Link  (First Sunday)
August 7:    Assistance Dog Day Link
August 8:    Dalek Day Link
August 9:    International Day of The World's Indigenous People Link
August 10:  S'mores Day Link
August 11:  Presidential Joke Day Link
August 12:  National Garage Sale Day
August 13:  International Lefthander's Day  Link
August 14:  National Navajo Code Talkers Day
August 15:  National No SpongeBob Day Link
August 16:  Wave at Surveilance Day Link
August 17:  Black Cat Appreciation Day Link
August 18:  Bad Poetry Day
August 19:  National Honey Bee Day Link
August 20:  National Radio Day  Link
August 21:  Cupcake Day Link
August 22:  National Bao Day Link
August 23:  Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition
August 24:  Pluto Demoted Day
August 25:  Brother's Day  Link
August 26:  International Tongue Twister Day Link
August 27:  Just Because Day
August 28:  National Bow Tie Day  Link
August 29:  Individual Rights Day Link
August 30:  International Whale Shark Day
August 31:  National Diatomaceous Earth Day  Link



This is NOT an all inclusive list.  To see even more daily, monthly or weekly holidays check out Holiday and Other Fun with Brownielocks and the 3 Bears.

Creative Writing Prompts - 1/29/15

An Image to Inspire You

Post by Cottage Life.

Photo shared using a facebook embed code.  

This photo is NOT free to copy, use or distribute.

Prompts from this image:

Why is this man kissing a moose?

Why is this moose kissing a man? 

Who is inside taking this photo? Why?

In The News

If you saw someone selling a ghost online, would you buy it? 
Did a zombie cat claw its way out of the grave, or was it just cashing in on another of its 9 lives? 

Write About This!

Write about the last animated movie you saw.
Write about your favorite thing that comes in a bag.
Write about why buying bottled water is silly.
or
Write about why buying bottled water is great.

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Creative Writing Prompts - 1/28/15

An Image to Inspire You

You are allowed to copy, distribute, transmit the work and to adapt the work. Attribution is not required. You are prohibited from using this work in a stand alone manner.

 IMAGE SOURCE 

Quotable Food for Thought

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. 

--John Muir (1838 - 1914)

Use a New Word  

apoplectic
(ap-uh-PLEK-tik)

adjective:
1. Extremely angry.
2. Relating to or affected by apoplexy (stroke).

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If you use any of the prompts above I encourage you to come back here and share a link to your response in the comments section. I would LOVE to see where my prompts take you.

Creative Writing Prompts - 1/25/15

An Image to Inspire You

You are allowed to copy, distribute, transmit the work and to adapt the work. Attribution is not required. You are prohibited from using this work in a stand alone manner. 

IMAGE SOURCE

A Word Challenge

Use all of these words in ONE article, blog entry, story, poem etc.

sky
parlour
algae

In The News

A dog that vanished from Texas showed up in Indiana.  Read About It
Strange creature spotted in Ohio.  Alien, or not?