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Sherman A1

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Sat Mar 21, 2015, 03:50 AM Mar 2015

Daily Holidays - March 21

California Strawberry Day http://www.calstrawberry.com

National French Bread Day French national law dictates that ‘French’ bread should contain only combinations of flour, yeast, salt and water.
French bread is a simple low-fat white flour bread, which is baked into long slender loaves called baguettes.
Most baguettes are around 2-3’ in length, and 3-5” in thickness.
While a regular baguette is made with a direct addition of baker’s yeast, it is not unusual for artisan-style loaves to be made with a poolish, “biga” or other bread pre-ferments to increase flavor complexity and other characteristics. http://foodimentary.com/2012/03/21/march-21-national-french-bread-day/

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/

National Common Courtesy Day Politeness and consideration for others abound on Common Courtesy Day. Say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’, hold doors open for others, and consider the feelings and perceptions of those around you throughout the day. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/common-courtesy-day/

National Single Parent Day Ever tried raising kids? Single Parents’ Day celebrates those brave, stoical people that do it on their own, and in many cases without a safety net.

Most single parents didn’t intend to be single parents when they started. Single parenthood usually comes about due to unfortunate and stressful events. Raising children even with two parents can be hard work, so take a moment to applaud those people who, usually through no fault of their own, are having to fly solo.

Children of single parents include Julia Roberts, Bradley Wiggins and Adele, so it’s clearly possible for single parents to raise very talented, high-achieving people. Despite this, there is still a stigma attached to single parent families. This is a real shame.

So if you’re the child of a single parent, use this day to show them how much you appreciate all their hard work! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/single-parents-day/

Poetry Day “A poet's work . . . to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.”

- Salman Rushdie

http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/world-poetry-day-2015/article7015417.ece

Spring Fairy Fun Day

http://www.famousbirthdays.com/march21.html
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Daily Holidays - March 21 (Original Post) Sherman A1 Mar 2015 OP
Happy Birthday ~ Rosie O'Donnell In_The_Wind Mar 2015 #1
For Fairy Fun Day: femmocrat Mar 2015 #2
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