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

 

 

Week: 45 Day: 307 Ave. Sky Cover:  25%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   58°\ 33° Wind: 1mph\ Gusts: 8mph Low Moderate High Extreme risk of fire Active fire: mi. \ Lightning: mi. Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

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

It's fall, which means that everything 'pumpkin' is the thing. Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin scented candles... you name it! The word pumpkin showed up for the first time in the fairy tale Cinderella. A French explorer in 1584 first called them "gros melons," which translates into Latin as "pepon," which means large melon. It wasn't until the 17th century that they were first referred to as pumpkins.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

A nice fall day. That means time for prescribed burns in our forest. I’m expecting some smoke to settle in this afternoon and it will last through the night. A few days ago, I checked on flights to Mexico at Christmas. I went back and checked today and made the reservation. When I first flew there about 8 years ago, it was around $500. Today it was $1001. Prices just keep going up and up. After getting over the sticker shock, I went out to get a haircut. Quick and easy from my favorite stylist. She and her husband are raising 2 grandkids. She had some great stories and is really enjoying it. Today is election day. I’ve learned over the years not to listen to polling, so tomorrow we should have the results and learn to deal with them, whatever they are.

 

 

Historical Events

1883 – US Supreme Court decides federal courts have no jurisdiction over Native American tribal Council (Ex parte Crow Dog) 1930 – First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens 1947 --Dewey Defeats Truman” #fakenews headline 1906 – The “SOS” distress signal was adopted, and in place as of July 1, 1908. 1952 – Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas 1957 – Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with space dog Laika aboard, a mostly-Siberian husky, the 1st animal in space 1969 – PBS (Public Television) began in the US 1987 – Gordon Gould issued US patent US4704583 for the laser, ending his 30-year battle to be credited as the inventor of the laser 1992 – The Nunavut Territory was approved in Canada. 2014 – New York's 104-story One World Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks

 

Birthdays Today

88 – Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, politician @81 – Charles Bronson, American actor (died in 2003) 73 – Lulu, Scottish Singer/Songwriter, and actress 69 – Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer 68 – Dennis Miller, American comedian, producer, and talk show host 67 – Adam Ant (Stuart Leslie Goddard), English Singer/Songwriter and actor 63 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor, director, producer, screenwriter, martial artist 34 – Colin Kaepernick, American football player 26 – Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model