Author: Lisa Mungovan

Artist Monami Ohno, is a sculptor who uses a very common material. She creates amazing works of art, out of cardboard. She’s made everything from detailed cars and functioning shoes, to Godzilla and the Millennium Falcon. Her only supplies are a box cutter, ruler, glue, scissors, masking tape, and cardboard boxes.

Michael Packard is a Massachusetts lobsterman, with quite a tale to tell. While diving and looking for lobsters, he got swallowed by a humpback whale! The whale squeezed him in its mouth, shook its head back and forth, than spit him back out. Luckily for Michael, i guess he didn’t taste very good.

Today is Weed Your Garden Day. Make sure your vegetables aren’t getting buried in unwanted plants, and that your flowers have room to thrive. If you didn’t plant anything this spring, don’t worry. The weeds can be your garden! Dandelions, plantain, wood sorrel, chickweed, and many other weeds, are actually edible. Pick a salad.

Today is World Softball Day. Organize a game and practice your fastpitch. If you want to keep your distance from others, you’re in luck. It’s also International Axe Throwing Day. Use a toy axe please! You can also look for a local axe-throwing club, to safely practice your strength, technique, and accuracy.

Kitchen Klutzes of America, unite! It’s your day! It’s okay if you drop the bowl of cake batter, or forget to put the lid on the blender. We’ll forgive your clumsiness in the kitchen, and keep a fire extinguisher ready. It’s also Sewing Machine Day. Sew a chef’s hat, and an apron for protection!

Do you need new socks? Don’t go shopping. You can knit your own, to celebrate Worldwide Knit In Public Day. Proudly display those knitting skills! While you knit, eat fantastic fried fritters made from chick peas, for International Falafel Day. Eat your falafel in a pita pocket, with lots of toppings.

Today is Red Rose Day, and Loving Day. Although red roses are a symbol of love, Loving Day is about overturning a racist law. In 19 58, interracial marriage was illegal in many states. Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving went to the Supreme Court, to fight for mixed-race marriages to be legal everywhere.

Yay! It’s Peanut Butter Cookie Day! Mix a cup of sugar, a cup of peanut butter, and an egg together. Put spoonfuls on a cookie sheet, press them down with a fork, and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until they are just barely brown at the bottom. It’s the easiest cookie recipe ever!

Look, up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman Day! The first Superman comic was published in 19 38. Superman was also the first superhero with special powers, a colorful costume, and a secret identity. Make a cape out of a towel, and pretend you’re Superman today!

The United States announced that it’s officially protecting over 116,000 square nautical miles, of the Pacific Ocean. The areas are habitat for 3 populations, of endangered humpback whales. The rule will help protect migrating whales from speeding ships, oil spills, and fishing nets, along the Pacific Coast, Bering Sea, and Gulf of Alaska.