The following, from an article written by Alex Gary in the Rockford-Register Star, appeared in today's edition. Mr. Gary details many of the causes and groups that claim January as 'their' month. And I quote:
- National Bath Safety Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Braille Literacy Month
- National Hobby Month
- National Hot Tea Month
- National Oatmeal Month
- National Soup Month
- National Bread Machine Baking Month
- Nation Dried Plum Breakfast Month
- National Fat-Free Living Month
- National Book Month
- National Diet Month
- National Egg Month
- National Eye Health Care Month
- National Fiber Focus Month
- National Mail Order Gardening Month
- National Retail Bakers Month
- National Prune Breakfast Month
- National Wheat Bread Month
- National Birth Defects Month
- Celebration of Life Month
- Cervical Cancer Screening Month
- Financial Wellness Month
- Nation Clean Up Your Computer Month
- National Get Organized Month
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Mentoring Month
- National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
- National Poverty in American Awareness Month
- National Skating Month
Who knew that this month highlighted so many important, as well as trivial, causes. Some of these are no-brainers for the month of January - such as National Soup Month, National Diet Month and National Get Organized Month. As far as National Fiber Month - I didn't know that this important dietary additive knew any monthly bounds. I would have thought that we need fiber every month! I will sleep better tonight knowing that hot tea, oatmeal, dried plums, prunes, wheat bread, eggs, skating, and seed-order catalogs are elevated to a higher thought-conscious state in the month of January.
You know this will spawn my own list of January 'importants'. Stay tuned!
Ancora imparo
