cj Sez: We celebrate Halloween by dressing in weird costumes and then go begging for treats.
October 31 - Hallowed Eve, the day before All Saints Day.
But since most stores have ALL their end-of-year marketing displayed,
here’s an all-encompassing wish:
November 1 - National Author Appreciation Day
In 1928, Nellie Verne Burt McPherson, president of the
Bement, Illinois Women’s Club had the idea of setting aside a day to celebrate
American authors. An avid reader, while recuperating in the hospital during
World War I, she wrote a fan letter to fiction writer, Irving Bacheller,
telling him how much she enjoyed his story Eben
Holden’s Last Day A’ Fishin. Bacheller thanked her by sending her an
autographed copy of another story.
To thank him properly, she submitted the idea for a National
Author’s Day to the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, and they passed a
resolution declaring November 1 as a day to honor American writers. The United
States Department of Commerce subsequently recognized the day in 1949.
Now that you know…
Got a writer or two in your life? Go out of your way to encourage
them. Buy books by your favorite author and then take five or ten minutes to
write a review to support them.
Also on November 1 – NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is a hot-to-trot race to
produce 50,000 words in 30 days—1,667 words a day will get you there. Authors, if you’re participating, start your
writing.
cj Sez: My gift
to you…an extra hour of sleep next weekend.
It’s fall-back time. For those of you on Daylight Savings
time, before you tumble into bed next Saturday night, remember to turn back
your clocks one hour because on Sunday morning at 2 a.m. Nov 5, 2017 -
Daylight Saving Time Ends. (cj Sez: I
like the idea that I can reclaim the hour I lost to DST in March.)
According to Google: ( https://www.livescience.com/56048-daylight-saving-time-guide.html )
Benjamin Franklin takes the honor (or the blame, depending
on your view of the time changes) for coming up with the idea to reset clocks
in the summer months as a way to conserve energy, according to David Prerau,
author of "Seize the Daylight:
The Curious and Contentious Story of Daylight Saving Time" (Thunder's
Mouth Press, 2005).
At the time, Franklin was ambassador to Paris and sowrote a
witty letter to the Journal of Paris in 1784, rejoicing over his
"discovery" that the sun provides light as soon as it rises.
Even so, DST didn't officially begin until more than a
century later. Germany established DST in May 1916 as a way to conserve fuel
during World War I. The rest of Europe came onboard shortly thereafter. And in
1918, the United States adopted daylight saving time.
That’s it for today. You-all guys keep on keeping
on, and I’ll try to the same. Hope you have a great week.
cj
Leaving you with a word from my sponsors:
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