Hey, October!

The Month of October

 

October Almanac

Full Moon Oct. 20^th

Night Sky: During the first week of October look for Venus next to the crescent moon.

The following week you will be able to see Saturn and Jupiter next to the quarter moon.

Many common constellations will also be in view on clear nights.

Holidays Yom Kippur

Columbus Day

Child Health Day

Halloween

National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep 15 through Oct 15)
Italian American Heritage Month

Polish American Heritage Month

National Breast Cancer Month

National Pizza Month

National Dessert Month

Country Music Month

 National Book Fair Month

Birthstone: Opal and pink tourmaline

Flower: Calendula

 

Fun Facts about October

It is the second Autumn month.

National Fire Prevention Week falls during the week of October 9 each year.

It commemorates the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

October in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to April in the Southern Hemisphere.

The leaves of trees often begin to change their colors during this month.

The World Series for Major League Baseball generally takes place during October.

The NBA, National Basketball League, and the NHL, National Hockey League, both begin their seasons in October.

There are many health observances that have October as their national month. These include Healthy Lungs, Breast Cancer, Lupus, Spina Bifida, Blindness, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

“Just for Fun” Dates in October

Oct. 4: International Ships-in-Bottles Day
Oct. 6: National Noodle Day
Oct. 16: National Fossil Day
Oct: 24–Nov. 11: World Origami Days
Oct. 25: Frankenstein Friday

 

 

Renewed Faith

Every once in a while something happens to renew my faith in humanity.  In spite of all you hear and see of profound idiots in this country, there are a lot of genuinely good people around.

Take yesterday for example.  I went to the dump with an especially large load of crap including an old metal swing chair that I picked up from my daughter's.  

When I initially pulled in at least two guys asked me if I wanted help unloading it.  Then when I got to the metals pile where it was to go another couple of guys offered help.

This happens frequently at the dump.  There's always someone there picking through the various piles and when ever they see another person with heavy or cumbersome objects to get off their trucks they are quick to offer help.  It's like a club there.  

Who would have thought you'd have to go to the dump to meet a bunch of nice, considerate people!?

A Very Quiet Period

It has been busy but kind of quiet the past few weeks.  I've been busy with the ever present fall chores and grand children sports events.  Also September and October are big anniversary and birthday months so there's a lot of family stuff going on.

Isn't it nice not to have to continuously post comments about the awful stuff Trump was doing?  Sure we've had a few blips, i.e. Afghanistan and immigration issues but they have been handled or are being handled quietly and satisfactorily.

Then there's the persistent pandemic.  It just won't go away.  And why? Because people are stupid.  For Pete's sake get vaccinated. Period.

Now it's back to fall chores: pruning, some waterproofing in my basement, a little more wood to get over to my wood pile. After 44 years of burning wood, it looks like this coming winter may be the last.  I've been dealing with back issues these past several months and it doesn't look like it's going to get better.  I'll be visiting a pain management doctor in a week so we'll see.

Anyway, that's about it for a while unless something really ticks me off or something else happens.  

See you soon. 

The Damage He Did

 I could fill page after page with details of the damage Donald Trump did to this nation but recent news is an example of the worst of it.  Recently the state of Texas basically ignored the law of the land to rob women of their right to choose.  When the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to intervene first they delayed but eventually ruled 5-4 to uphold the state's law thereby doing basically what Texas did: ignore the rulings of previous courts.

Trump's appointment-along with the support of republican leadership-has loaded the highest court of the land with profound incompetents.  This is the kind of thing that is not easily reversed or corrected.  Someone needs to die, resign or retire.  In extreme cases a Supreme Court justice could be impeached but it's never happened and probably won't any time soon.

So we're stuck with rulings that ignore law and the constitution in favor of personal political beliefs.  We're screwed!