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Summer heat, country music, the separation of church and state, Caesar salads, barbecued spareribs in particular, barbecuing in general, abstaining from eating meat, invisibility, the creation of the US as an independent nation, building scarecrows, and contraptions all attract holiday attention today: Build a Scarecrow Day Contraption Day Independence Day Independence from Meat Day Indivisible Day Invisible Day National Barbecue Day National Barbecued Spareribs Day National Caesa r Salad Day National Country Music Day Sidewalk Egg-Frying Day Parts of the US have already seen record-breaking hot temperatures; Sidewalk Egg-frying Day gives summer heat its own holiday. It sounds like Indivisible Day is actually about supporting the idea of a separation of church and state. I'm suspicious that Invisible Day is a corruption of Indivisible Day ... but lets celebrate the idea of being invisible anyway. On this date in 1776 the US declared its independence from Great Britain. Photo by Bel...

Holidays today cover topics like promoting peace by wearing something purple, body piercing, baking for others, barbecuing, a recipe for scallops, the mimosa cocktail, stepmoms, sea monkeys, and loving trees: Biographer's Day Love A Tree Day Mimosa Day National Barbecue Day National Coquilles St. Jacques Day National Piercing Day National Sea Monkey Day National Wear Purple For Peace Day Stepmother's Day World Baking Day Sea Monkeys aka Brine Shrimp were a product that usually fell somewhere on the interesting-disappointing range. On this date in 1763 James Boswell met for the first time Samuel Johnson, the subject of his successful biography. Trees are one of the most important elements of many of our ecosystems, and today is a day to show some love to these normally-big plants. Photo by niko photos on Unsplash