We hang a teru teru bozu to wish for sunshine. Its roots may lie in China's "Saoqingniang" paper-doll legend. In America, there's the song Rain, Rain, Go Away. Different traditions, same wish: hoping for clear skies.
An escaped emu wandered onto the Salisbury Bypass in Maryland, causing traffic delays and leading state troopers on a chase that lasted more than three hours.
This immediately reminded me of the Road Runner cartoons I watched during my time studying abroad.
In Japan, May 9 is celebrated as “Ice Cream Day,” while in the United States, “National Ice Cream Day” falls on the third Sunday of July each year. Furthermore, in ice-cream-loving America, the entire month of July is recognized as “National Ice Cream Month.”