A red letter day! I walked to work for the first time in probably more than a year, not fast but without grinding pain. So maybe it was worth it. And what the heck does "red letter day" mean? I had to google it...Now here's a fun fact!
This comes from the practise of marking the dates of church festivals on calendars in red. ... The term came into wider use in 1549 when the first Book of Common Prayer included a calendar with holy days marked in red ink; for example, Annunciation (Lady Day), 25th March, was designated in the book as a red-letter day.
Today Leigh and I were reviewing the Parent Collection (did you know we have one??!) It is our collection on child development, child rearing, education, recommended activities etc. We are trying to make it more accessible/user friendly and I decided to refer to our friend Dewey for some guidance, which is often good for a laugh. It didn't disappoint. We are increasingly using something often referred to as "Dewey Lite" though I really hate that spelling. In looking in the 300s where many education books are, I found this extraordinary juxtaposition:
394.266 Christmas
394.909 Cannabilism-History
395 Etiquette
These three are actually right next to each other in "NonFiction Catalog," one of those tools that librarians rely upon, though I sometimes wonder why. This is clearly an opportunity to offer guidelines on good table manners when eating your holiday gingerbread man.
Just look how innocent she is, trying to pretend she's compost for the garden...
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