Nine Grandma's Stars

Sarah Nicole Miller and Megan Emily Scott created Backwards Day in 1961. The idea is a simple one: on the last day of January, do something backwards. You might leave for work through your back door instead of the front, or put on your shirt backwards. You could add fries to your catsup or pancakes to your syrup. You could try writing something backwards, word by word or letter by letter. You could get a few friends together and play a game backwards. (Some backwards games, like Monopoly and baseball, are absolutely hilarious.) You could play a record or a movie backwards. You could read a book beginning with the last page. Walking backwards isn’t all that complicated, but backwards running is much harder. And have you ever considered how you might ride a bicycle backwards? What would happen if, just for today, you answered phone calls by saying, “goodbye?”