6 June 25

The first Friday in June is always National Donut Day. You and Krispy Kreme® may prefer the spelling "doughnut" but Dunkin'® and many other makers use the shorter word. It is based on the donut event created by The Salvation Army in Chicago in 1938 to honor those of their members who served donuts to soldiers ("doughboys") during World War I. Today I am enjoying donut holes!

9 June 24

I missed wearing my special tie on National Doughnut Day (7 Jume), so I'm circling around to it today. 

In our house right now all we have are doughnut holes! But they will do well to honor the celebration.

22 June 23

According to some calendars, this is the date in 1847 when an American sailor named Hanson Gregory "invented" the doughnut. (Well, someone had to do it, sometime!) The legend says that Gregory was dissatisfied with the greasiness of the pastries on his ship, particularly the raw centers, and punched a hole with either the ship's tin pepper box or with one of the spokes on the ship's navigation wheel. After he taught his mother about making the rings, she added nut fillings to the centers -- which might be the origin of the "nuts" in the name of the pastry!

1 October 21

 This afternoon our campus has a celebration for the life of Bruce MacLaren (1943-2021). I knew Bruce primarily through our work with the EKU Honors Program, but we had a lot of fun with our group "doughnuts" meetings every Friday from 2000-2018, mostly in his office in the Memorial Science Building. So my doughnut today gives fond memories of those times! One day around 2008 Bruce was super-excited to share with us a video depicting a monk's first experience with a book, and we all laughed together.

4 June 21

Today is National Doughnut Day!

22 June 20

According to some calendars, this is the date in 1847 when an American sailor named Hanson Gregory "invented" the doughnut. (Well, someone had to do it, sometime!) The legend says that Gregory was dissatisfied with the greasiness of the pastries on his ship, particularly the raw centers, and punched a hole with either the ship's tin pepper box or with one of the spokes on the ship's navigation wheel. After he taught his mother about making the rings, she added nut fillings to the centers. My tie shows various doughnuts, and when I wear it on a beige shirt, it looks like there's an actual hole in the tie!

30 October 19

In case you need a good reason to celebrate, today is Buy A Doughnut Day. I used it as an excuse to (1) buy some doughnuts and (2) wear my doughnuts tie.

1 June 18

National Donut Day obviously creates an exception to my "no-tie-on-Fridays" general rule. National Donut Day started in 1938, sponsored by the Salvation Army as a fundraiser. It honored the "donut lassies" who provided amenities (writing supplies, cooked meals, donuts) to the American soldiers in France during World War I. Today many stores offer free donuts/doughnuts!

1 June 17

Tomorrow (Friday) is National Doughnut Day, so I'm wearing my doughnuts tie today! You can see a list of many offers for free doughnuts at this link from Time.com.

12 June 16

This was my first good chance to wear my doughnuts tie close to National Doughnut Day, nine days ago!

5 June 15

Happy National Doughnut Day! Dean John Wade didn't want to be recognized.

6 June 14

Breaking my habit of casual Fridays because it's National Doughnut Day! Krispy Kreme, Dunkin Donuts, Fazoli's and other places have free doughnuts and other offers.

7 June 13

I almost never wear a tie on Fridays, but I couldn't resist celebrating National Doughnut Day!

16 May 13

Today I'm attending the Kentucky Innovations Conference . . . about teaching and learning in higher education . . . I decided I should always have some doughnuts with me!

21 October 12

Today is simply a good day to think about doughnuts.

1 June 12

It's National Doughnut Day! This great tie gives me a great excuse to be more formal on this Friday. Later today I'm excused from work to help with the Kentucky Special Olympics, carrying luggage for the participants and their families as they move in to their rooms at Eastern Kentucky University.

15 August 11

I am celebrating National Relaxation Day with a new tie that reminds everyone to relax with a doughnut today. It's also OK to relax with some chocolate cheesecake too, if that's what you happen to have in your office refrigerator. But you MUST enjoy some kind of relaxing moment(s)--foodwise or otherwise--on National Relaxation Day!