Great to Be Alive Day
n.— «Byers fractured his pelvis when a Jeep he was traveling in struck a mine. Two others in the Jeep were killed by the blast. “Every year since, I celebrate “It’s Great to be Alive Day’ on Feb. 5.”» —“Return To The Bulge Mentor-On-The-Lake Veteran To Toast History With Comrades” by Kevin Harter Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) Dec. 5, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Grant recommends the children’s book Dreams of Green: A Three Kings’ Day Story written by Mariel Jungkunz and illustrated by Mónica Paola Rodriguez (Bookshop|Amazon), about a girl and her family who move from Puerto Rico to Ohio and find ways...
David says that when he was growing up in Akron, Ohio, his family referred to the grassy area between the sidewalk and street as the devil strip. He’s since moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he doesn’t hear that term. There are lots...