There's a day for everybody ... some good and some not so good

Happy Beer Day. For everybody who didn't know — or who didn't care — today is special for all of you beer drinkers out there. And if you didn't realize it, Tuesday was New Beer's Eve. Every day in the Norwalk Reflector we run a list of national days. Some are funny, some are well thought out and some are just plain stupid. Stupid or not, somebody out there is making a lot of money cashing in on these special days. Take today, for example. It is: • National Beer Day. • National Coffee Cake Day. • National Girl Me Too Day. • National No Housework Day. • National Bookmobile Day — Wednesday of National Library Week. • National Walking Day — First Wednesday in April. • Childhelp National Day of Hope — First Wednesday in April. I don't really know if beer drinkers need a special day (That's what St. Patrick's Day is for), but if they go overboard they will be happy to know Thursday is National Alcohol Screening Day. Today also is National No Housework Day, which for a lot of people is every day. It is also National Walking Day, which I think is one of the best days on this list. Jody and I, along with our dog, Sparty, have a 2 1/2-mile course we walk around Veterans Memorial Lake Park. And at this time of the year, there is no better place — especially with this beautiful weather. If you start at the clubhouse and head toward the water tower, you start out with a big down- and up-hill challenge. It's Norwalk's answer to Heartbreak Hill and that is a perfect way to get going. There is so much to look at while you are walking. You usually run into a couple of disc golfers, who enjoy one of the finest disc golf courses in this part of the state. There are plenty of fishermen to watch and if the wind is blowing just right you can get a whiff of the buns coming off the line at New Horizons right across the street. At this time of the year, there are plenty of walkers, runners and bikers on the path. I think Veterans Memorial Lake Park is one of the best-kept secrets in Norwalk and Huron County. Once you are done walking, you can go home, sit back and prepare for one of these national days: Thursday: National All is Ours Day National Empanada Day National Zoo Lovers Day National Alcohol Screening Day — Thursday of first full week in April Friday: National Cherish an Antique Day National Chinese Almond Cookie Day National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day National Name Yourself Day National Unicorn Day National Winston Churchill Day National Day of Silence — Changes annually — April 9, 2021 Saturday: National Cinnamon Crescent Day Encourage a Young Writer Day National Farm Animals Day National Siblings DaySunday: National Barber Shop Quartet Day National Cheese Fondue Day National Eight Track Tape Day National Pet Day National Submarine Day Rounding out next week there is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day, National Peach Cobbler Day, National Scrabble Day, National Ex-Spouse Day, National Gardening Day, National Reach as High as You Can Day, National Glazed Spiral Ham Day, National Tax Day, which has been pushed back for the second straight year, National Rubber Eraser Day, National Bean Counter Day, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day, National Clean Our Your Medicine Cabinet Day, National Cheeseball Day, National Record Store Day and National Auctioneers Day. There is a little bit of something for everybody — for all of your beancounters out there it is good to know somebody still has a rubber eraser to fix any mistakes you may make. Enjoy ... and keep your eye on the Norwalk Reflector every day to see who we are going to honor next. Joe Centers is Reflector managing editor. He can be reached at jcenters@norwalkreflector.com.