Happy Shakespeare's birthday to those who cerebrate.

On her 101st birthday, Mavis is celebrating a life of hardship and joy
By Eliza Bidstrup and Natasha Harradine

Mavis Rowles reveals her secret to living well as she celebrates turning 101 while still living independently.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-19/toodyay-resident-mavis-rowles-celebrates-101st-birthday/105184982

How Karina Garcia of Cocina Consuelo Threw Her Own Birthday Party https://www.diningandcooking.com/2020477/how-karina-garcia-of-cocina-consuelo-threw-her-own-birthday-party/ #birthdays #CocinaConsuelo(Manhattan #CookingAndCookbooks #HamiltonHeights(Manhattan #KarinaGarcia #ny #Recipes #RecipesTopics #restaurant #Restaurants

Birthday Book, A Happy Birthday To You, c.1910 - Greetings Postcard

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I've updated my writer profile and blog site with recent posts I've shared on Tall And True, including My Uncle's Voice and Sixty-Three Beatles Songs. Enjoy! #writing #blogging #shortstories #birthdays #beatles

Link to my profile and blog site: https://www.robertfairhead.com/

94-year old celebrant sleeps 95% of the time in her mobility chair during a party with her church community

Today's my grandma's 94th birthday party, and our family spent the weekend preparing a celebratory meal for members of her church who are visiting.

While grammy's bedridden with significantly reduced consciousness, this gathering is a meaningful occasion for my parents, who host this event in her honour.

My sister and I helped with the preparations even if we aren't affiliated with this particular religious community anymore.

I find myself reflecting on the nature of such celebrations when the individual being honoured is no longer cognizant of the event.

As a lifelong learner of Psychology, I think about the various motivations and benefits these occasions hold for those involved.

Nonetheless, our family is united in marking this milestone so Happy Birthday, grandma!

Birthday Greetings, 1911 - Wildt & Kray Postcard

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During lunch, I mentioned to my family the birthday challenges I'd done over the years, and how I'd been unable to think of sixty-three things to do to mark my sixty-third. Suddenly I had it! #birthdays #beatles #thebeatles

Link to post on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/sixty-three-beatles-songs

A new blog post I've shared on Tall And True about the challenge I set myself for my 63rd birthday, listening to 63 Beatles songs! #writing #blogging #birthdays #beatles #thebeatles #songs

Link to post on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/sixty-three-beatles-songs

World War II veteran who’s turning 104 goes viral with Trump birthday request https://www.byteseu.com/888683/ #birthdays #centennial #Conflicts #DonaldTrump #USNews #WorldWarII

Thoughts on "special" occasions (#holidays, #birthdays, and such):

Another reason I don't celebrate is that there is a tendency to save things for "special" occasions and "special" days in humans. I think it would be better not to do this. Instead, live fully every day of your life. Don't delay and save and build up anticipation beyond what can be fulfilled. Don't let go to waste, or gather dust, things put aside. Experience, and fulfil, and treat others as if all days were birthdays or holidays. And none. Spread the joy out over all times instead of saving them to spike at one point then inevitably invert into disappointment and despair soon after or before. It takes not much to destroy great expectations, and equally little to lift those without.

As I approach 80 in less than ten days, I have more of a past on which to ruminate than future on which to feast. That saddens me but also gives me reason to celebrate how fortunate I am and have been in my time circling the sun. Happy Birthday to me!
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A Happy Birthday, c.1920 - Embossed Greetings Postcard

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Birthday Greeting To My Dear Wife, c.1910s - Postcard

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I had wanted to start posting #Weekly on my #Blog again this #Month. While I have plenty of #Posts written, I haven’t had time to get much #Editing done between #Kids, #Birthdays, #Travel, and the impending doom of the #Govt.

I’m hoping I can find a little time to get some #Editing done soon, but as soon as I do, #Summer will roll through and stop me, I’m sure.
#DadWriter #WritingCommunity

How's this for irony...

I turned 50 today (damn...just saying it....lol) and my parents (divorced) each sent me $25.

This Sunday morning, we're remembering Lou Reed on his birthday.

Strawberry Switchblade covered Sunday Morning as a bonus track on the 12" single of Since Yesterday. It's one of the most beautiful things they ever recorded but it's never been reissued.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28WtQJ3pers

#Apple launches 'age assurance' tech as US states mull social media laws | Reuters

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Apple Thursday said it will introduce a way for parents to share the age of a #child with app developers without revealing sensitive information such as #birthdays or government #identification numbers
#privacy #security #ageverification #socialmedia

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apple-launches-age-assurance-tech-us-states-mull-social-media-laws-2025-02-27/

This week, we added an unusual feature to ChronoLink:

You can now use our #CalendarSynchronization service to create calendar events for the #birthdays of your Google Contacts. For details (including the answer to "Why would one need that when Google offers similar functionality?"), see https://www.chronolink.app/userguide/systems/google-contacts/.

Join our free public beta, no strings attached!
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