National Pig Day...

March 1st is National Pig Day! It seems that Ellen Stanley, a Texas art teacher created the day in 1972. Her intent was to be thankful for pigs as the intelligent, domesticated animals they are. Lot's of ways to celebrate...heck, celebrate the whole month! Here are some ideas:





1) Of course, eat a lot of pork...preferably peameal bacon from Gord's





2) Who ever thought bacon could be so entertaining? Check out You.tube for Addicted to Bacon- A Sizzlin' Rap Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXxFbp5rY_o

3) How about celebrating by reading literature with pigs as central caracters or with a theme about pigs? Try:

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Charlotte's Web by EB White

Piglett by AA Milne

Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter

That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx

4) Listen to the Beatles song, Piggies.

5) Watch the movie Babe, or any of the Muppet movies, for, of course, Miss Piggy!

6) Check out the journal article, Western Culture and the Ambiguous Legacies of the Pig at
http://doc.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1137&context=clcweb

Have fun on National Pig Day, and all March! Comments are always welcome at Gord's.

See you next month!

Gordette