Author: Lisa Mungovan

There’s more to the sport of curling, than sliding a big rock down the ice. Sweepers heat up the pebbled ice, causing it to melt and reduce friction, but the rotation, speed and pressure are equally important. Today is Curling is Cool Day! It’s also Play Tennis Day, if you want something less complicated!

Sandi Martin’s family recently adopted a cat named Lilly, in Sherwood Oregon. Sandi noticed Lilly sniffing oddly, at their gas fireplace. It turned out to have a dangerous gas leak, which was so faint that the humans hadn’t smelled it. What a nice way for kitty to say, “Thank you for my new home.”

People have been eating sweet potatoes for thousands of years, but when’s the last time you ate one? Today is Cook A Sweet Potato Day, so eat sweet potato pie, fries, chips, casseroles, or simply baked. While your sweet potatoes cook, celebrate World Yoga Day, by learning some yoga poses and meditating.

Today is Single Tasking Day. Try to just do one thing at a time. I’m going to focus on being humble today, because it’s also Be Humble day. I’m not really so perfect. I was wrong once in my life, when I thought I was wrong but I was really right!

Today is Walking The Dog Day. Dogs love to go on walks, even if they have big fenced-in yards. They want to smell what’s going on in the neighborhood! It’s also good exercise for you! Just remember to bring a plastic bag, and be a responsible poop-picker-upper. Nobody wants to step in that stuff!

Studies show that playing card games, keeps your mind sharp. A deck of cards gives you loads of games in a tiny package! Today is Play More Cards Day. Ask your parents to play their favorite card games with you, or play solitaire. I bet your grandparents can teach you to play 52-Card-Pickup!

People in California were excited to see mysterious lights in the sky this week, wondering if they were UFOs. The lights turned out to be SpaceX satellites, which orbit much closer to the Earth than most satellites, and reflect light. 60 Starlink satellites had been launched 2 days earlier, to provide Earthlings with better internet service.

People in Texas have been struggling to stay warm, and find clean water, after a polar vortex swept icy temperatures into the area. Sea turtles have also been shocked by the unusual weather. Volunteers on South Padre Island, have rescued nearly 5000 turtles, who can’t move in cold water. One turtle is 400 pounds, and 150 years-old!

Eagles all over North America are busy with their nests, and some have laid eggs. Eagle pairs will add to the same nest year after year, building them up to 8 feet deep and 9 feet wide! Find your favorite eaglecam online, and watch eggs hatch, and parents feed their growing eaglets, throughout the season.

Dear Alexa, Happy Birthday! No, it’s not really my birthday. I’m just reading an old greeting card, because today is Card Reading Day! Find all the cards you’ve saved, and enjoy them again while you eat a gooey, cinna-money sticky bun, because it’s also Sticky Bun Day! Try not to get your cards sticky.