Visit Your Relatives Day
Visit your aunts, grandparents or long-lost cousins on this day devoted to bringing people together with their seldom-seen relatives.

Flower Moon
A Native American celebration of the full moon in May. It’s name references the blooming of springtime flowers in May.

photo credit: via flickr

Biographer’s Day
Commemorate the anniversary of the first meeting in 1763 between James Boswell, the penultimate biographer, and Samuel Johnson, Boswell’s favorite biographical subject. Boswell’s biographies are considered models of this literary form.

photo credit: via flickr

Nylon Stockings Day
Celebrate by wearing a pair of stockings today – it’s the anniversary of the first sale of women’s nylons.

photo credit: via flickr

Letter Carriers Food Drive / Stamp Out Hunger
The time of year is here again when millions of Americans combine forces for Stamp Out Hunger – the nation’s largest annual single-day food drive!

ABOUT STAMP OUT HUNGER
On Saturday May 14th, letter carriers in more than 10,000 communities will collect food items and deliver them to local food banks to help some of the millions of Americans, including an estimated 13 million children, who face hunger every day.

Since 1993, families have donated more than a half-billion pounds of food to Stamp Out Hunger. You can help make this year our most successful ever.

Simply place bags filled with nonperishable food items like canned meats and fish, canned soup, juice, pasta, vegetables, cereal and rice next to your mailbox this Saturday, May 14th.Your letter carrier will pick up the bags and deliver them to your local food bank.

To learn more, visit HelpStampOutHunger.com

Friday the Thirteenth
Every year has at least one Friday the 13th, but never more than three, which are believed to be either lucky or unlucky — depending on whom you ask.

photo credit: via flickr

Blame Someone Else Day
Point the finger elsewhere today. Or, at the very least, find someone to share the blame with for the terrible mess you find yourself in.

photo credit: via flickr