DIANE'S CORNER ... Celebrate Evaluate Your Life Day
The time comes in every life where we have to take an accounting, a reckoning of the things we’ve done, the progress we’ve made, and the path we’re on. During that evaluation we may find that we don’t like where we are, and want to make changes to move forward with our goals. Maybe you’ll find that you’re making the progress you wanted to, and everything is moving along smoothly, most likely it’ll wind up somewhere in between. Whatever the case, Evaluate your Life day is a great opportunity to figure out where you are on your path.
Take a minimalist trip out to the country, into the woods away from it all, and spend your time conversing with yourself, and nature. Sometimes all it takes is the quiet, crackling fire, and the stars overhead to really understand your place in the world.
Word of the Day
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| Definition: | (noun) One that supports a cause, especially vehemently. | ||
| Synonyms: | partisan, zealot | ||
| Usage: | The editor of the newspaper was an unabashed drumbeater for the cause. | ||
Idiom of the Day
 HistoryAfter coining the word "antibiotic" for bacteria-killing chemicals derived from micro-organisms, American microbiologist Selman A. Waksman, working with Albert Schatz, isolated streptomycin—the fourth antibiotic ever discovered. Waksman won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery. Streptomycin acts by inhibiting protein synthesis and damaging cell membranes. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui (1897)
Feast of the Martyrs of North America
The Feast of the North American Martyrs commemorates the death of eight priests who were killed by the Iroquois, enemies of the Huron Indians, with whom the priests had been working for 34 years. The eight who are remembered on this day are St. Rene Goupil (1608-1642), St. Isaac Jogues (1607-1646), St. John Lalonde (d. 1646), and their companions, French Jesuits who died in 1649. They were canonized together in 1930, and a shrine built for them at Auriesville, New York, holds a novena each year over nine days, including October 19.
Can the Rare, Tiny Key Deer Survive a Flesh-Eating Worm?
As the rutting season for the planet's lone surviving herd of Key deer got underway on Big Pine in late August, staff at the national refuge that manages the toy-sized animals started to notice something strange: the bucks, often wounded on the head and neck during the mating ritual, were turning up with gaping, festering wounds.
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1814 - In Baltimore, MD, the first documented performance of "The Defense of Fort McHenry" with music took place at the Holliday Street Theatre. The work was later published under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1933 - Basketball was introduced to the 1936 Olympic Games by the Berlin Organization Committee.
1937 - "Woman's Day" was published for the first time.
1944 - The play "I Remember Mama" opened on Broadway. Marlon Brando made his debut with his appearance.
1951 - U.S. President Truman signed an act officially ending the state of war with Germany.
1959 - Patty Duke, at the age of 12, made her Broadway debut in "The Miracle Worker." The play lasted for 700 performances.
1977 - The Concorde made its first landing in New York City.
2003 - In London, magician David Blaine emerged from a clear plastic box that had been suspended by a crane over the banks of the Thames River. He survived only on water for 44 days. Blaine had entered the box on September 5.
sharon has a plant-based diet, chickens, ducks, etc., spinner of her fiber animal furs for crochet and quilting, gardener .. lots to see in our reader's action packed blog!
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Pictures of the day
The Miller cylindrical projection is a modified Mercator projection proposed by Osborn Maitland Miller (1897–1979) in 1942. The latitude is scaled by a factor of 4⁄5, projected according to Mercator, and then the result is multiplied by 5⁄4 to retain scale along the equator.
Dr. Seuss Working on the Main Character for his New Book (1957)
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” was the first book Dr. Seuss published after “The Cat in the Hat”
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All Squared Away
BETH WHITESIDE
This lapghan is easily sized up by either making bigger squares or adding more of them and is a great way to use up leftover yarn.
Download this pattern (1.7 MB)
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Mouse pin pattern by El Gallo Bermejo
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Turkey and Apple Curry Pot Pie
CROCKPOT RECIPE
SWEETS
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
easy paper pumpkin craft
This easy paper pumpkin craft is simple to put together, looks cute and festive, and the best part?It’s cheap! All you need is paper, glue, and pipe cleaners. Any easy craft that you can whip up with materials around the house, is a winner in my book!
You can decorate these paper pumpkins however you want. We opted for some glittery paper, and spiced them up with glitter glue and stickers. It would also be fun to use patterned paper, different colors, or even adding pictures to make them more like a scrapbook decoration. The options are endless!
If you’ve got little ones putting these together, you’ll want to help out when they glue all of the sides together. If you don’t line things up right, it might not look quite like a pumpkin when it’s done.But you can easily trim the edges to make things a little smoother.
easy paper pumpkin craft
Supplies Needed:
- orange card stock/a><
- paper
- green and brown/gold pipe cleaners
- glue stick
- scissors
Directions:
- Grab a piece of regular paper and fold it in half. Cut out half of a pumpkin, so when you unfold it, it looks like a whole pumpkin (see above).
- Use this as a template, and cut out 6 pumpkins out of card stock – or as many as you’d like. Feel free to alternate colors/styles of paper, just make sure that when you fold the pumpkin over, the inside is the side you want to show.
- Glue the pumpkins together, one side at a time, and connect them in a circle. Trim any edges that may not line up perfectly.
- Roll the green pipe cleaner around a pen to make it curly, and stick it in the top of the pumpkin. Secure it with glue and trim to your liking.
- Bend the brown/gold pipe cleaner into a triangle, twisting the bottom ends together. Slide it in the top of the pumpkin and secure with glue.
- Keep your pumpkin plain, or decorate it however you wish – glitter, stickers, coloring, pictures, etc!
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