Thanks for reading the June 2021 issue of This Awful Awesome Life!
Next month we’ll be celebrating July 4th, our Independence Day, in the United States.
People around the world are getting vaccinated and restrictions are slowly being lifted.
Family and friends will be gathering, and we’ll have some great recipes from Linda Cahill courtesy of Pampered Chef and tips for summer entertaining. Our soup for July is Minestrone and we’ll be pairing it with hoagies. We’ll be offering vegan options for both.
Orlando Bartro and Lilly Kauffman will have new articles for you. We’ll have a new quiz for you, reading recommendations, and streaming recommendations, plus a few surprises.
If you aren’t vaccinated, please get vaccinated to protect yourself and the most vulnerable members of our society who may not be able to take the vaccine.
Until Next month, be safe, be well; you are important, and you are loved.
Fran
Answers to the June 2021 Months Quiz
February 9 is National Pizza Day.
August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency because of the Watergate Scandal.
“Winds of March” is a song by Journey.
“A Long December” is a song by Counting Crows.
April was the second month of the earliest Roman calendar, the calendar of Romulus.
The name of the full moon occurring in January is the wolf moon.
February is the only month that can pass without a single full moon (last happened in 2018 and will happen again in 2037) and the only month that can pass without a new moon (last happened in 2014 and will happen again in 2033).
August 14 is Navajo Code Talkers Day.
May 6 is National Nurses Day.
“October Song” is a song by Amy Winehouse.
“February Song” is a song by Josh Groban.
December 16 is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day.
Snow in April is a book by Rosamunde Pilcher.
March was named after the Roman god of war, Mars.
January 18 is Winnie the Pooh Day (A.A. Milne’s birthday).
“End of May” is a song by Michael Bublé.
March 21 is World Poetry Day.
On October 13, 1884, Greenwich was established as the universal time from which standard times throughout the world are calculated.
“4th of July, Ashbury Park (Sandy)” is a song by Bruce Springsteen.
April 7 is World Health Day.
January 1 is National Hangover Day.
“September” is a song by Earth, Wind & Fire.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
June is National Adopt a Cat Month.
September is classical music month.
July is National Ice Cream Month.
May was named for the Greek goddess, Maia who is identified with Bona Dea, the Roman goddess of fertility.
March is Women’s History Month.
April 2 is Autism Awareness Day.
“Basement June” is a song by Paramore.
“Pieces of April” is a song by Three Dog Night.
May 21 is National Endangered Species Day.
“July Tree” is a song by Nina Simone.
October List is a book by Jeffrey Deaver.
“Through the Dark Months of April and May” is a song by Cocteau Twins.
“January Friend” is a song by Goo Goo Dolls.
The November Man is a movie starring Pierce Brosnan.
A romantic relationship with a large age difference is sometimes called a May/December romance.
June contains the summer solstice in the Northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the Southern hemisphere.
The Ides of March is a play by Thornton Wilder.
“June” is a song by Florence and the Machine.
Juneteenth is a book by Ralph Ellison.
January 26 is Australia Day.
July, July is a book by Tim O’Brien.
In the Southern hemisphere, January is the seasonal equivalent of July in the Northern hemisphere.
“August is Over” is a song by We the Kings.
The September Society is a book by Charles Finch.
February is Black History Month.
March 2 is National Read Across America Day.
On September 18, 1947, the U.S. Air Force was established as a separate military service.
“November Rain” is a song by Guns n’ Roses.
September originally had 29 days and was the seventh month of ten months in the oldest known Roman calendar, the calendar of Romulus.
First Monday in October is a work of fiction (play and movie) about the first woman to be appointed Supreme Court Judge.
November 1 is National Vegan Day.
The Dog Days of Summer are from July 3 – August 11.
February 12, 2021, begins the Chinese New Year (the date varies each year).
“Gone till November” is a song by Wyclef Jean.
June 8 is Best Friends Day.
“Flowers in December” is a song by Mazzy Star.
August is Family Fun Month.