Bolivia Edition
World Pocket Notebook Day leads today's complete edition for Bolivia.
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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 women of La Paz in their bowler hats, shawls, and layered polleras who run markets, lend money, and carry the city's economy on their shoulders. The bowler hat arrived in the 1920s because a shipment meant for European railway workers was too small and a vendor convinced local women it was the latest Paris fashion. It was not, but it became iconic anyway.
A day for clearing the surface, finding the note, opening the notebook, and giving the workday a better beginning.
A day for washing the thing people refill every day and forget to clean often enough.
