And here is the Wannaskan Almanac for Wannaska World Wednesday, August 29, 2018, brought to you by Northern Bait and Convenience Store, downtown Gonvick, "Eat here and get worms!" 146 State 92, Gonvick, Minnesota 56644; (218) 487-6555.
August 29 is the 241st day of the year, with 124 days remaining until the end of the year, and 215 days remaining until April Fools Day.
Earth/Moon Almanac for August 29, 2018
Sunrise: 6:38am; Sunset: 8:13pm
Moonrise: 9:53pm; Moonset: 9:42am, waning gibbous
Temperature Almanac for August 29, 2018
Average Record Today
High 79 95 70
Low 56 34 52
August 29 News Headline
Pencer Underwear Bandit Apprehended: Admits to Brief Crime Spree.
August 29 Celebrations from National Day Calendar
National Chop Suey Day
August 29 Riddle
If A is for Apple and if B is for Banana, then what is C for?*
August 29 Notable Historic Events, Literary or Otherwise, from On This Day
August 29 is the 241st day of the year, with 124 days remaining until the end of the year, and 215 days remaining until April Fools Day.
Earth/Moon Almanac for August 29, 2018
Sunrise: 6:38am; Sunset: 8:13pm
Moonrise: 9:53pm; Moonset: 9:42am, waning gibbous
Temperature Almanac for August 29, 2018
Average Record Today
High 79 95 70
Low 56 34 52
August 29 News Headline
Pencer Underwear Bandit Apprehended: Admits to Brief Crime Spree.
August 29 Celebrations from National Day Calendar
National Chop Suey Day
August 29 Riddle
If A is for Apple and if B is for Banana, then what is C for?*
August 29 Notable Historic Events, Literary or Otherwise, from On This Day
- 1833 Britain's Slavery Abolition Act becomes law
- 1838 Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm announce in their intention to publish a German Dictionary
- 1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
- 1966 The Beatles' last public concert
August 29 Author/Artist Birthdays, from On This Day
- 1632 John Locke
- 1907 Joseph Wechsberg
- 1912 Wolfgang Suschitzky
- 1920 Charlie Parker
- 1929 Thom Gunn
- 1936 John McCain
- 1953 Speedy Gonzales
Words I looked up this week: afflatus, antimacassar, eady, eigenvector, quede, siderate, tagliatelle, yarn bomb
Wannaska World 2018.08.29
Maybe it's a matter of being the only male in the family. Maybe it's also the complex combination of being male, the youngest, and second born - especially the part about being the peacemaker. Maybe it's also being a 12-year-old living in a big farm house 1.9 miles from your best friend, 5.6 miles from the nearest store (Wannaska), 20 miles from your school (Roseau), 53 miles from the nearest town with more than one stoplight (Thief River Falls), 112 miles from the nearest mall (Grand Forks), and 334 miles from a major metropolitan area (Minneapolis/St. Paul). Maybe it's also being at the age when the dawn of cognition begins to develop deep roots in rules, roles, and logic, while an equally deep warmth begins to awaken in one's nether region - a dark and private land of unlogic. Otto understood why Eve listened to the Serpent and why Adam listened to Eve. Maybe, maybe not, but nature and nurture bestowed Otto with a prodigious work ethic and sense of personal responsibility. As such, Otto felt intellectually and emotionally compelled to get to the bottom of Izzi.
In Otto's world, the outdoors is for fun and games, the phone is for communications, and the computer is for homework and research, so he got busy up in his room as soon as he returned from the bridge. He found Oologah, Oklahoma, which just happened to fall on the same W95°54' longitude line as Wannaska, where there are about half as many people as Roseau. Moving quickly through the primary social platforms - Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook - Otto found startling evidence of a real person: part Cherokee; rode horses better than most boys her age; wrote dark poetry that she posted on Facebook and read aloud on Instagram; humiliated race and gender trolls with her intelligence; and yes, pretty.
Otto clicked Confirm on Izzi's Facebook friend request and went for a walk along Mikinaak Crick.
Wannaska World is a community writing project, where story ideas or contributions left in the comment section or elsewhere on Wannaskan Almanac will be incorporated into ongoing installments.
Be better than yesterday, learn a new word today, and try to stay out of trouble - at least until tomorrow.
*Plastic Explosives.
Maybe it's a matter of being the only male in the family. Maybe it's also the complex combination of being male, the youngest, and second born - especially the part about being the peacemaker. Maybe it's also being a 12-year-old living in a big farm house 1.9 miles from your best friend, 5.6 miles from the nearest store (Wannaska), 20 miles from your school (Roseau), 53 miles from the nearest town with more than one stoplight (Thief River Falls), 112 miles from the nearest mall (Grand Forks), and 334 miles from a major metropolitan area (Minneapolis/St. Paul). Maybe it's also being at the age when the dawn of cognition begins to develop deep roots in rules, roles, and logic, while an equally deep warmth begins to awaken in one's nether region - a dark and private land of unlogic. Otto understood why Eve listened to the Serpent and why Adam listened to Eve. Maybe, maybe not, but nature and nurture bestowed Otto with a prodigious work ethic and sense of personal responsibility. As such, Otto felt intellectually and emotionally compelled to get to the bottom of Izzi.
In Otto's world, the outdoors is for fun and games, the phone is for communications, and the computer is for homework and research, so he got busy up in his room as soon as he returned from the bridge. He found Oologah, Oklahoma, which just happened to fall on the same W95°54' longitude line as Wannaska, where there are about half as many people as Roseau. Moving quickly through the primary social platforms - Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook - Otto found startling evidence of a real person: part Cherokee; rode horses better than most boys her age; wrote dark poetry that she posted on Facebook and read aloud on Instagram; humiliated race and gender trolls with her intelligence; and yes, pretty.
Otto clicked Confirm on Izzi's Facebook friend request and went for a walk along Mikinaak Crick.
Wannaska World is a community writing project, where story ideas or contributions left in the comment section or elsewhere on Wannaskan Almanac will be incorporated into ongoing installments.
Be better than yesterday, learn a new word today, and try to stay out of trouble - at least until tomorrow.
*Plastic Explosives.
Roseau has 2 or more stoplights.
ReplyDeleteI'm beginning to think you are enamored with Izzi.
You go, Woe!