Colombia Edition
World Careful Flame Day leads today's complete edition for Colombia.
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 cooking fires, candles, heaters, lamps, grills, ceremonies, workshops, and the respect every culture gives controlled fire.
Nine nights of prayers, carols, and buñuelos before Christmas. The novena is supposed to be solemn, but by night three it has become a party, by night five someone has brought aguardiente, and by night nine the prayers are barely audible over the vallenato.
A day for borrowing, lifting, watching, warning, checking in, and making the block feel less anonymous.
A day for practical kindness when weather interrupts the plan.
You find Pitcairn parrots and endemic seabirds as the most distinctive wildlife native to the Pitcairn Islands. You notice that residents of Pitcairn Islands typically keep dogs, cats, and chickens as their most common pets. ACADA celebrates the world's pets, and helps assure better care.
