National Oatmeal Cookie Day Falls on International Jazz Day? 🍪😋🎺🎸

April 30th

"Considered by many to be one of the healthiest cookies of all, the classic Oatmeal Cookie offers sustenance to a hungry clan, while also addressing the vital needs of that pervasive sweet tooth. Crispy or chewy, glazed or fruity, and often enjoyed with a glass of milk, oatmeal cookies are versatile and fun to make as well as to eat.
National Oatmeal Cookie Day is the perfect opportunity to celebrate the deliciousness of all cookies, but especially this one made with yummy oats and often juicy raisins.
Invite some friends to join and get started celebrating National Oatmeal Cookie Day in a variety of fun ways!"

Anzac biscuit

April 25th

ANZAC Day and the Care of the Dead?🪦

I'm down to my last 3 Anzac biscuits, plus crumbs, and since they are pretty much just an oatmeal cookie, what better day than today to finish them off with my morning cup of coffee?

AWW24: Birds with Personality -
Georgia Angus & Darryl Jones

Even the book that I bought last week and am reading now (Curlews on Vulture Street) starts off with the young Darryl Jones running into his childhood kitchen following the smell of freshly baking Anzac bikkies:-)

World Curlew Day? 🌍🪺🌎🪹🌏

April 21st

April 26th

National Go Birding and Independent Bookstore Day?🐦📖👀

April 26th

I guess timing is everything when you pick a book to read?

The Subway Anzac Biscuit

"The Anzac biscuit is a sweet biscuit, popular in Australia and New Zealand, made using rolled oats, flour, sugar, butter (or margarine), golden syrup, baking soda, boiling water and optionally desiccated coconut. Anzac biscuits have long been associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) established in World War I.
It is thought that these biscuits were sent by wives and women's groups to soldiers abroad because the ingredients do not spoil easily and the biscuits kept well during naval transportation.
Anzac biscuits should not be confused with hardtack, which was nicknamed "ANZAC wafers" in Australia and New Zealand.
Anzac biscuits are an explicit exemption to an Australian ban on commercial goods that use the term "Anzac", so long as they are sold as "biscuits" and not "cookies"."

"As a result of the restrictions on the recipe, the Subway chain of restaurants dropped the biscuit from their menu in September 2008. After being ordered by the Department of Veterans' Affairs to bake the biscuits according to the original recipe, Subway decided not to continue to offer the biscuit, as they found that their supplier was unable to develop a cost-effective means of duplicating the recipe. In April 2025, the biscuit returned to the Subway menu."

April 30th

How many days can you celebrate in one day?

131 - In Conversation with Darryl Jones
 - Synchronicity

I also stumbled across a "synchronicity" podcast featuring Darryl Jones, but not the bird guy, this Darryl Jones is a bassist who has played with Miles Davis, Sting, Madona and The Rolling Stones. 

Synchronicity ... So? ⏺🎤🐱

April 30th

131 - People say Jazz SUCKS…
We say it changed our LIVES!

131 - In Conversation with Darryl Jones
 - Synchronicity

I notice that there are two different SBL podcasts, both numbered 131.

One featuring Darryl Jones and one about people saying jazz sucks:-)

I guess there are not only "book angels", 

but also "podcast angels"?-)