Monday

Monday. Oh Monday! The day after Sunday. Although, it’s the end of the weekends, it can still be a fun day. The start of a new week for some. For others the 2nd day has come. The “Moon” day, feeling the blues day, but grateful that another day has begun. ☪ Share or “Like” if you like #Mondays. ☪

This postcard, sent in 1907 and captioned “Monday Morning in N. Y. City”, reflects the tradition of Monday as a day for washing clothes. Store Web pages also show opposite side of card with 1906 postmark. Undivided back. Back states: “The Rotograph Co., N. Y. City, (Germany)”

Culture References

• A number of songs feature Monday, often as a day of depression, anxiety, or melancholy. For example, Monday, Monday (1966) from the Mamas & the Papas, Rainy Days and Mondays (1971) from the Carpenters, I Don’t Like Mondays (1979) from the Boomtown Rats, and Manic Monday (1986) from the Bangles.
• There is a band named the Happy Mondays and an American pop punk band Hey Monday.
• In the Garfield comics and shows, the title character hates Mondays, and is frequently harmed during them.
• A greater number of people commit suicide, call in sick, and surf the web on Mondays in the Netherlands.

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Ken Sherman