National Road Trip Day “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” -Walt Whitman, ‘Song of the Open Road.’

World Turtle Day “Turtles remind us that the way to heaven is through the earth.  In Mother Earth is all that we need.  She will care for us, protect us, and nurture us, as long as we do the same for her.  For that to happen, we must slow down and heighten our sensibilities.  We…

National Asparagus Day “Respecting the dignity of a spectacular food means enjoying it at its best.  Europeans celebrate the short season of abundant asparagus as a form of holiday.  In the Netherlands the first cutting coincides with Father’s Day, on which restaurants may feature all-asparagus menus and hand out neckties decorated with asparagus spears.” -Barbara…

National Sing Out Day! “Singing connects the mind with the heart and the heart with the soul.” -Neha Dhingra

National Paper Airplane Day “I was so happy I wanted to fold all the people into paper airplanes and fly them into the lidless eye of that big yellow moon.” -Steve Toltz

World Otter Day “Otters seem to make slides for fun.  They will often slide down a muddy bank into the water, climb out, and do the whole thing again.” -Michael Leach

National Whooping Crane Day “High horns, low horns, silence, and finally a pandemonium of trumpets, rattles, croaks, and cries that almost shakes the bog with its nearness…A new day has begun on the crane marsh.  A sense of time lies thick and heavy on such a place…Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as…

Learn About Composting Day! “Nature demands a gift for everything it gives, so what we have to keep doing, is returning leaves and compost materials back to the soil, then we’re continuously giving the gifts to nature, because we have a return cycle.” -Geoff Lawton

National Creativity Day “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun.” -Anonymous

National Smile Day! “Dare to Be When a new day begins, dare to smile gratefully. When there is darkness, dare to be the first to shine a light. When there is injustice, dare to be the first to condemn it. When something seems difficult, dare to do it anyway. When life seems to beat you…