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Daily Sapphic Book Recommendations

There are 365 days in a year, which gives us 365 opportunities to recommend sapphic books for you to read! Each day we share a new holiday and recommend three sapphic books that tie into the day’s theme. Will it be lesbian sci-fi for National Science Fiction Day? Or maybe a sapphic office romance for Write a Business Plan month? Check back every day, because every day is special in its own way!

Today is Working Moms Day

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On March 7, 2020 the Governor of Wisconsin officialized March 12th as National Working Moms Day. Let’s face it. Working moms are rock stars. National Working Moms Day is the opportunity to celebrate all the working moms in your life. Friends, neighbors, and relatives alike. Working doesn’t mean being out of the home any more. […]

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Today is World Plumbing Day

March 11 is World Plumbing Day Graphic

Fun fact: the most simultaneous toilet flushes in the US happens each year during the Super Bowl halftime. Without modern plumbing, our cities would be uninhabitable. Not only would the smell be intolerable, but the likely spread of fatal diseases could easily decimate the population. It is so important, a town or city’s sewage system […]

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Today is International Bagpipe Day

International Bagpipe Day

Today we are celebrating a musical instrument everyone loves: Bagpipes! Bagpipes are best known in Ireland and Scotland, but are actually believed to have originated in Egypt in 400 B.C. These days, bagpipes have become so popular in America that there are actually more bagpipe bands in the US than in Scotland. Bagpipes are used […]

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Today is Popcorn Lovers Day

March 9 is Popcorn Lovers Day

We are celebrating popcorn in all its wonderful goodness! Both TB and Miranda, the founders of IHS, grew up in southern California, land of Hollywood and the film industry. In the 1980s, going to the movies was a weekly activity, and the best thing about it was that giant tub of movie theater popcorn. No […]

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Today We’re Celebrating Holi

March 8 is Holi

First of all, happy International Women’s Day! There’s a reason that is not our holiday pick for today… If you’ve been following this daily feature, you’ll know that we like to choose a special event or celebration for the day and pair it with three book recommendations that have a tie-in to the theme. At […]

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Today is National Cereal Day

Today is National Cereal Day

Celebrating cereal in all its shapes and forms today. Whether you like it hot or cold, cereal is a staple in most of our lives. Ironically, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes were invented by accident in 1877. Today, making cereal is quite sophisticated. Cereal is probably one of the most versatile foods available. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, or […]

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Today is the Day of Memorial and Respect for Veterans

Day of Memorial and Respect for Veterans

Celebrating active duty and veteran military personnel around the world today. Countries throughout the world have days set aside to honor their veterans. The Day of Memorial and Respect For Veterans is widely celebrated in Kosovo on March 6 each year. The country fought a war of independence in 2008. People go to cemeteries and […]

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Celebrating Women in Construction Week!

Women in Construction Week

Today we are celebrating the innovations and work of women in the construction industry. The National Association of Women in Construction was founded in 1953 with just 16 members. There are now 115 chapters, showing just how far we’ve come in the past 70 years through education, support, building technical skills, and networking. Thanks to […]

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Today is National Back Country Ski Day

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Celebrating our adventurous side. Skiing has been around much longer than you might think. Did you know archeologists found a broken pair of wooden skis in Southern Norway believed to be 13,000 years old? Backcountry skiing is different from resort skiing, with hardcore skiers and snowboarders having to be dropped in by helicopter. Here is […]

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Today is National Day of Unplugging

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Using technology in today’s super-connected world can become all consuming. We’ve all been there. Out to dinner with friends and you look around the table at everyone on their phones. Wouldn’t it be nice to talk to each other? That’s what the National Day of Unplugging is all about! Taking the time to unplug has […]

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