Canada Edition
World Pocket Notebook Day leads today's complete edition for Canada.
Daily Edition
Official observances, world days, local context, and everyday celebrations for people who need something worth reading, sharing, or talking about today.
A day for lists, sketches, phone numbers, recipes, reminders, ideas, and the old power of writing something down.
The Niagara peach is a miracle. For three weeks in August, the fruit stands on Queenston Road sell peaches so ripe they barely survive the drive home. The juice runs down your elbow. The pit is warm from the sun. You cannot buy this in February and that is the whole point.
Canola harvest in Saskatchewan and Alberta begins in August. The combines run day and night. The prairies smell of crushed seeds and diesel.
A day for traffic, weather, jokes, songs, news, and the voices that keep people company while the day begins.
A day for borrowing, lifting, watching, warning, checking in, and making the block feel less anonymous.
You spot the endemic Cocos buff-banded rail, coconut crabs, and various tropical seabirds inhabiting these remote Indian Ocean islands. You notice that residents keep dogs, cats, and tropical fish as pets in this isolated community. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
You find that Sint Maarten's identity centers on its rum production, particularly Opa Locka and locally-distilled spirits that reflect Caribbean heritage. You recognize that these rums carry the island's colonial history and its position as a multicultural crossroads in the Eastern Caribbean.