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Angelou On Burns 1996

African American writer and poet Maya Angelou goes on a pilgrimage to Burns Country in Scotland.

She is welcomed to Ayrshire by a group of Burnsians who hold a party in her honour to celebrate Rabbie Burns’ genius. They sing his songs and read his poems, while Angelou, in return, performs one of her own works.

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POLL: BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS:
I stopped celebrating my #birthday & expecting #gifts once I entered #adulthood. I only have a nice dinner, perhaps a fancy dessert, & wine. So, I don't fathom why many people continue on like this. In fact, it's actually a modern phenomenon. What about you?

What do you think? Do you still celebrate? How? Or, rather, when did you stop? And how do you feel about it?

If you do celebrate, do you actually want to continue or stop?

If you don't celebrate, do you wish others would know and share your celebration?

I've always had thoughts and questions about this, but I just came across an option to show the birthdays of people on my MacBook's desktop calendar, which are imported from my contacts. There are just too many, and it clutters my calendar, so I removed them. Many of these came from social media... where I would NEVER publicly share my birthday in the first place.

britannica.com/story/why-do-we

Encyclopedia BritannicaWhy Do We Celebrate Birthdays? | BritannicaFind out when and why the tradition of celebrating birthdays began.

»Gmail Gets End-To-End Encryption From Google As 21'st Birthday Present:
[…] Google Claims To Have Invented An Entirely New Type Of Encryption For Gmail Users […]«

This is not an April joke and yes Google offers OpenPGP for Gmail Accounts. This is not difficult to set up but too many people are too lazy in my opinion.

📧 forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2

ForbesGmail Gets End-To-End Encryption From Google As 21st Birthday PresentAs Gmail turns 21, Google has announced it is bringing end-to-end encryption to the email party. Here's what you need to know.
#e2ee#openpgp#email