“I had forgotten what mustard fields looked like…Sheet upon sheet of blazing yellow, half way between sulphur and celandine, with hot golden sunshine pouring down upon them out of a dazzling June sky.  It thrilled me like music.” -Monica Baldwin

“Oh sure, I’ll only eat half the ice cream sandwich…said no one ever.” -Unknown

“Life is a watermelon.  Pull out the seeds of woe to taste the pulp of joy.” -Sushmitha Sriram Kumar

“The strength of my mother is something I didn’t pay attention to for so long.  Here she was, this single mom, who was part of the Great Migration, who was part of a Jim Crow south, who said, “I’m getting my kids out of here. I’m creating opportunities for these young people by any means…

“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift.  Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing.  You get to choose.” -Wayne Dyer

"What a wonderful beautiful thing, to wiggle your toes.” -Dalton Trumbo

“A lighthouse is not interested in who gets its light!  It just gives it without thinking! Giving light is its nature!” -Mehmet Murat Ildan

TARANTULA APPRECIATION DAY “Yet here we have the young Tarantula, wishing to leave her mother and to travel far away by the easiest and swiftest methods, suddenly becoming an enthusiastic climber.  We know her object.  From on high, finding a wide space beneath her, she sends a thread floating.  It is caught by the wind,…

NATIONAL BOOK LOVERS DAY "That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.” -Anthony Trollope

Amy (Zepczyk) Janecek, Ashland County Elder Benefit Specialist, will return on the second Monday of the month, 9am-noon in September.

AGENT ORANGE AWARENESS DAY “We pretended there was no problem with Agent Orange after Vietnam and later the Pentagon recanted, after untold suffering by veterans.” -Jim McDermott

“The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand; there I represented it in the reeds.” -Casper David Friedrich

NATIONAL VINYL RECORD DAY “I’ve always been a fan of vinyl. There’s something about the ritual of it.  Something about it holds its gravity, for some reason.  Sometimes you’ll put on music and the music fades into the background.  But when you take that vinyl out and put it down, the music becomes the conversation…

INTERNATIONAL LEFT HANDERS DAY “The left-handed are precious; they take places which are inconvenient for the rest.” -Victor Hugo

NAVAJO CODE TALKERS DAY “We used our language, the sacred language of our people, to create acode that helped save lives and end the war.” -Code Talker

NATIONAL RELAXATION DAY “You are worthy of rest.  We don’t have to earn rest.  Rest is not a luxury, a privilege, or a bonus we must wait for once we are burned out.  I hear so many repeat the myth of rest being a privilege and I understand this concept and still deeply disagree with…

NATIONAL TELL A JOKE DAY “How does the ocean say Hi? It WAVES!” -Unknown

NATIONAL THRIFT SHOP DAY “Thrifting isn’t about being cheap, it’s about being clever, creative and kind to the planet.”-Anonymous

SERENDIPITY DAY “Serendipity: such a beautiful word describing the occurrence of events by chance.  I like to think it’s the energy you put out into the world returning to you with love.” -Steven P. Aitchison

NATIONAL AVIATION DAY “Flying is freedom.  The freedom to explore the world from above, to dance with the clouds and escape the bonds of earth.” -Richard Bach

NATIONAL RADIO DAY “The power of radio is not that it speaks to millions, but that it speaks intimately and privately to each one of those millions.” -Hallie Flanagan

HAWAIIAN SHIRT DAY “Wear aloha in every action; let it shape your choices.” -Leilani Makai

NATIONAL BE AN ANGEL DAY “Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you.” -Eileen Elias Freeman