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If you ever get a chance to try ostrich sticks you should try them, their good. My parents raised ostriches for a few years and that's how I got to try ostrich jerky strips.

September 24th: National Cherries Jubilee Day, National Punctuation Day, and Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving.

National Cherries Jubilee Day! Smitten with this simply elegant dessert, cherry lovers celebrate National Cherrie Jubilee Day with delight. Auguste Escoffier receives the credit for the Cherries Jubilee recipe. Knowing the queen’s fondness for cherries, Escoffier prepared the dish for one of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebrations. The original recipe didn’t include ice cream. Instead, the chef poached the cherries in a simple syrup and poured warm brandy over them. Then just before serving, dramatically set the alcohol aflame. Later recipes added the liqueur Kirschwasser and ice cream.

National Punctuation Day! A period, a comma, a semicolon, a question mark and an exclamation point are examples of some of the punctuation used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning. National Punctuation Day commemorates these and all punctuations. Across the country, National Punctuation Day events test skill, educate and even poke fun at some of those embarrassing errors. Jeff Rubin founded National Punctuation Day in 2004 as a way to promote the correct usage of punctuation.

Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving! The Schwenkfelders are the descendants of a small Protestant sect that sprang up in Germany around the time of the Reformation. They were followers of Caspar Schwenkfeld, a theologian. He and his followers separated from Protestant circles and formed the brotherhoods that still survive as the Schwenkfelder Church. Most Schwenkfelders now live in Pennsylvania Dutch country. In 1733, a handful of Schwenkfelder’s followers arrived in Philadelphia. A second group arrived from Germany on September 22, 1734. They swore their allegiance to the British king; then they spent September 24 expressing their thankfulness to God for having delivered them from persecution.

I'll leave the Cherries Jubilee to you and Bixby. I can never remember all proper rules for punctuation, so I put them where I think they belong.

Sending hugs along with my share of the cherries jubilee.🍒❓❗️🦃🐶💕🍂💕