13 Things About May

Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose. The blog host doesn't have any official graphics to display on the Thursday 13 posts, so I decided to whip one up myself. 🙂   

Last week, I had my trivia class at work and the topic I chose was about the Month of May. I based my questions on those from this video. I then looked for other trivia on different sites. Click here, here and here for more. 

1. No US President has died during the month of May.
2. May is known as the Month of Flowers and as the Merry Month.
3. The Empire State Building opened in May 1931.
4. No other month of the year starts and ends on the same days of the week as May.
5. Blue Jeans were invented in May of 1873 by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.
6. At one point, May was once considered a bad luck month to get married. There was a poem that said, "Marry in May and you'll rue the day."
7. May is named after the Greek goddess Maia, the Greek Goddess of Spring. The Romans had a similar goddess named Bona Dea where they would hold a festival in the month of May for her.
8. In the US, the last week of May is library and information week.
9. In the UK, May is National Smile month.
10. Colors associated with May celebrations are green and yellow.
11. May 1 in France is known as "Fėte du Muguet," meaning "Lily of the Valley Day." Lily of the valley is the birth flower for May.
12. The May Day celebration is known for dancing around the pole.
13. In the Southern Hemisphere, May occurs in the fall.

Movie Day

One thing I have not been doing a lot of lately is going out to the movies, something I decided to do yesterday afternoon on Tuesday bargain day. One reason is that not too many movies have come out that I have been interested in seeing. Also, movies released recently don't seem to get a lot of hype. Well, except two lately. One of course, is  the Michael Jackson biopic, which I don't think I'll be seeing. Another is The Devil Wears Prada 2, which I decided to see yesterday.

I had seen the original 20 years ago, but did not read the book until years later. And I did not know that the book had a sequel. Now I'll have to read that one. I also have the original movie on DVD, and was thinking of rewatching it, but never got around to that. I was bored yesterday and needed to get out. I just had to see the movie now and not have to wait until it was on streaming. One thing I miss about getting DVDs is getting to see the movie right away. Most streaming services charge to watch a movie when it's first released on the service, and it can be a long time before the movie can be seen free. I did not want to wait for that to happen. 

I now wonder when I'll ever get out to see a movie again. Ticket prices are one thing keeping me away, exactly why I chose to go on a bargain day. And i have not heard of many upcoming films that seem to interest me. Movies don't seem to get the same hype as they used to.

And on a side note, I came across this about a week ago. Sounds about right!

13 Words Beginning With Z

Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose. The blog host doesn't have any official graphics to display on the Thursday 13 posts, so I decided to whip one up myself. 🙂  

I haven't posted a Thursday 13 in almost two months. My topic this week is inspired by the A to Z Blogging. 

1. Zeitgeist
2. Zanzibar
3. Zephyr
4. Zulu
5. Ziggy
6. Zebra
7. Zirconium
8. Zero
9. Zinger
10. Zoological
11. Zipper
12. Zygote
13. Zany

What are some that come to your mind?

Six Years Ago...

The two occur on the same day this year. The last time that happened was in 2020, during the pandemic. I began to remember these memes that came up then:

Many people did not seem to know at that time that "coronavirus" already exists as a term. "Corona" is also Spanish and Italian for "crown," which appears on the Corona beer labels.

May Bookish Bingo

 Here is the card for May.

My Books: 

1. 44 Cranberry Point--Debbie Macomber (9 squares): DNF Last Month, Library Book, In a Series, Physical Book, Book Club Read, Mother/Grandmother, Travel, Flowers on the Cover, Plot Keeps You Guessing
2. What About X?--Anne Marie Houppert (1 square): E-Book
3. Make Me Rain--Nikki Giovanni (1 square): Audiobook
4. 6 Rainier Drive--Debbie Macomber (5 squares): A Favorite Author, Free Space, Set in a Small Town, Banter, Cozy Vibes 
5. The Wedding People--Alison Espach (2 squares): Not in a Series, Tropey Title
6. The Last Telegram--Liz Trenow (3 squares): Training, Death, Clues/Puzzles
7. The Beast Within--Serena Valentino (1 square): Retelling

Summer Reading Challenge: Read the Rainbow

Once again, doing this one, at Booklist Queen. The colors have to be on the covers.

Red:

Orange:

Yellow:

Green: The Goodbye Quilt--Susan Wiggs

Blue:

Purple:

Black:

White:

Blogging A to Z Reflections

 

The Refections post sign doesn't begin until next week, but I wanted to do mine now before getting back to regular blogging this month. I only made a few posts in April outside of A to Z, during our Sundays off. 

It was another great year of reading posts by participants. I was amazed how many people participated in my scavenger hunt. The number of comments per post dwindled once the challenge neared the end, but it was still fun to see what others came up with.

Once again, I am glad for schedule posting. Made it a lot easier to navigate other people's posts.

One blog had an 80s theme. When I learned about this in March, I knew I had to read their posts. Another had a book theme, which I also knew I'd be reading. More than one person, including me, wrote about books on B day. Same with cats on C day. 

The month seemed to speed by fast with the challenge. I can't believe it's already May. The weather in my area is still a little weird, not feeling like mid-spring. 

Though a little burned out from the challenge, I do plan to see how many others are participating in the Road Trip that begins on May 11. There weren't a lot of participants in the Road Trip last year and I now wonder how many will take part this time.

And here is the Winner badge for this year. Congrats to all who finished.