SHOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE.

             TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2022

SHOULD HAVE, WOULD HAVE, COULD HAVE/

          I had just completed a couple errands

and was thinking about other things that

need to be done when I realized it was

November 1st. This marks the annual

"Give Up Your Should Of Day!" The idea

is simple. You give up things like "I should go

to the gym. I should lose weight. I should help

clean up the house." Toss them all out the window!

After last year's  "Give Up Your Should

Of Day" participants reported feeling a lot better

about themselves! Some of them felf so much

better they gave up their "Should of''s" for the

following day too! I think it's a great holiday

that we should celebrate more often. And one

we shouldn't put off! Hope you're well and that

all your NEWS is good. 

HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HARRY?

        MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2022

    HAVE YOU HEARD FROM HARRY?  

        One of the stories closely associated

with Halloween is true! World renowned

magician and escape artist Harry Houdini

died on Halloween day in 1926, For years

after his dearth his wife held a seance every

Halloween in the hope of  ringing his spirit

back. She eventually stopped but Houdini

fans continue the practice. They're hoping he

can pull off his greatest trick and escape

the grave! In reality, his spirit lives on!  It's

Halloween. Let me know if he visits you!

Hope all your NEWS is good! 

    

COLD GHOSTS!

    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2022

            COLD GHOSTS!

    

       Halloween is still a day away. But you don't have to wait

for a good scare!
   You may have a chill in store tonight...IF....you observe a
bizarre "holiday" that's scheduled for this pre-Halloween Eve!
   So you're thinking "Mischief Night". right?
   Wrong!
   The chill tonight will be coming from something lurking
right in your own house! It may be behind you as you read
this essay!
    You see October 30th is "Haunted Refrigerator Night!"
     Ruth and Thomas Roy came up with this unusual
observance.
     They suggest there's no need to go out to one of those
"Haunted Houses" when you could have the scare of a
lifetime waiting right there in your Fridge or Freezer!
      You may or may not have been keeping your
refrigerator closed just in case there's a power outage
in your neighborhood.
      But even if you occasionally reach in for a snack or
a beverage there's a good chance it's been quite awhile
since you really checked all of the items buried inside
that cold vault!
      So here's the plan.
      Turn out the lights.  Perhaps a couple of candles
 would be appropriate.
      Gather around your refrigerator this night…open the door
slowly and take in a deep breath…slowly move things around
and see what is lurking in that container or box buried in there!
      With a little luck you're discover a forgotten treat that's
been safely maintained in its cold surroundings.
       Of course there's also the chance you may be growing
your own penicillin on some leftover that's been forgotten
far too long ago. And that, my friends, is SCARY!
       Either way this is a great setting (and excuse) for a
Haunted Refrigerator Party!
       And mark the date on your calendar for next year so
you don't miss it!
       Hope that little light inside is working and that all
your NEWS is good!








































 

HAPPY ALLENTIDE!

 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2022

          HAPPY ALLENTIDE!

    It's October 29th. The date of an old

Cornish Festival known as "Allentide."

It's observed the Saturday cloest to

Halloween and, in fact, it's closely associated

with ghosts and such just like Halloween.

But Allentide features a couple traditions

that are, to say the least, unique! Apples

were given out as gifts on Allentide. But

young girls didn't eat them. Instead they

placed them under their pillows, Tooth

Fairy style, in the belief they would then

dream of the man they were to marry!

Another unusual Allentide tradition involved

hanging apples from a suspended board with

candles on top of the plank. You "bobbed"

for the apples by reaching up rather than

dunking into a pail of water. Proble is, if

you tilted the board as you stretched for your

apple you were likely to get some hot candle

wax on your head! I think I'll stick with

Hallowen's Trick or Treat traditions! Hope

you're well and that all your NEWS is good!

WHAT TO CELEBRATE?

    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2022

      WHAT TO CELEBRATE?

   Decisions, decisions! It's October

28th and there are two unofficial, but

interesting, holidays being observed

today. It is "National Chocolate Day."

It's also "International Champagne

Day!" I know one observes Chocolate

Day by consuming chocolates. The

instrictions for Champagne Day are

in French so I'm not sure exactly what's

expected. I would think, however, that

drinking champagne would be a logical

part of any celebration. Not wishing to 

offend anyone I've decided to celebrate

both. I have one full bottle and one box

of chocolates. I should be able to get

observe both in fairly short order. Hope

you'll be celebratinh too and that all your

NEWS is good! (With enough champagne

and chocolate it should be!) 

WHERE HAS THIS YEAR GONE?

    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2022

    WHERE HAS THIS YEAR GONE?

   You hear it asked all the time! "Where

has this year gone?" The summer seems

to have whizzed by! It seems like we should

still be in September instead of near the end

of October. But a visit to a local supermarket

today may have provided the answer. I found

the hall where the shopping carts are kept

fully stocked with snow shovels and small

children's sleds! Halloween decorations

could be seen in many shops even before

Labor Day. So now I think I get it. 

Marketing is forcing us to be absorbed 

into holidays and seasonal changes long

before they actually happen! Perhaps it's

time to relax a bit and let time slide by

slowly! Hope you do, that you're well,

and that all your NEWS is good!   

SENIOR FITNESS!

     WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2022

                 SENIOR FITNESS!

   This is "National Senior Fitness Day!" 

It's a time to encourage those of us who

have "logged a few miles" to be aware

of the importance of exercise! It can help

live a few more of those Senior years! I'm

a firm believer in exercise so I decided to

join in the day's efforts. I sat on my porch

rocking chair, rocking back and forth while

holding a 3 pound weight in each hand!

Pretty impressive I'd say. My wife disagrees.

But, what does she know? Even as she watched

me she insisted there were three dumbells on

the porch! Hope you're fit and that all your

NEWS is good!