Nov 4

 

Week: 45 Day: 308 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   57°\ 28° Wind: 10mph\ Gusts: 15mph Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 192mi. \ Lightning: 664mi. Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Monthly Observations

National Adoption Month National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month National Alzheimer's Disease Month National COPD Month Link National Diabetes Month National Entrepreneurship Month Link National Family Caregivers Month Link National Georgia Pecan Month National Gratitude Month  Link National Healthy Skin Month Link National Home Care & Hospice Month Link National Impotency Month Link National Inspirational Role Models Month National Memoir Writing Month National Long-term Care Awareness Month National Marrow Awareness Month National Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Awareness & Appreciation Month Link National Native American Heritage Month Link National Family Literacy Month National Novel Writing Month Link National Peanut Butter Lovers Month Link National Pet Cancer Awareness Month Link  Link  National Pomegranate Month Link National PPSI Aids Awareness Month National Runaway Prevention Month Link National Scholarship Month Link

 

Weekly Observations

 

25-11/11	World Origami Days
1-7	National Fig Week World Communication Week
1-5	National Patient Accessibility Week National Veterans Small Business Week   Link
1-6	World Karaoke Championships Link

 

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Trivia

The original jack-o'-lanterns were made with turnips and potatoes by the Irish. In England, they used large beets and lit them with embers to ward off evil spirits. Irish immigrants brought their customs to America but found that pumpkins were much easier to carve. Each pumpkin has about 500 seeds. And they take between 90 and 120 days to grow. High in iron, they can be roasted to eat. The flowers that grow on pumpkin vines are also edible.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice fall day. Mary headed to Phx to pick up a nephew. Andy, Faith and I did lunch today. Great to catch up. Andy is heading to Many Farms for a family funeral tomorrow. His 40 yr. old nephew passed from decades of drinking. Yesterday’s elections certainly show that our country is still very divided politically. The last I heard, the NJ Gov. race is still too close to call. People seem to want chaos. I don’t get it.

 

 

Historical Events

1922 – King Tut’s Tomb was discovered. 1924 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first female elected as governor in the United States. 1948 American-born British poet T. S. Eliot wins Nobel Prize for literature 1979 500 Iranian students loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini seize the US Embassy in Tehran, taking 90 hostages for 444 days 2020 Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed orders military offensive and state of emergency in northern region of Tigray, amid fears of a civil war

 

Birthdays Today

@92 – Walter Cronkite, American journalist, voice actor, producer (died in 2009) @90 – Doris Roberts, American actress (died in 2016) 84 – Loretta Swit, American actress, and singer 75 – Laura Bush, American educator, librarian, 45th First Lady 61 – Kathy Griffin, American comedian, and actress 60 – Ralph Macchio, American actor 60 – Jeff Probst, American TV host, and producer @55 – Will Rogers, American actor, and screenwriter (d.1935; plane crash) 52 – Sean Combs, American rapper, producer, and actor 52 – Matthew McConaughey, actor