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September 30 “Some can’t chew gum and walk at the same time”

September 30th is National Chewing Gum Day. My first book is “The Chewing Gum Trees” by Ruth Bishop Juline, published 1950. This is an unusual about a family of ‘Chicleros” who every year take a journey into the jungle in the Yucatan, to harvest the sap that is used to make chewing gum. It isContinue reading “September 30 “Some can’t chew gum and walk at the same time””

September 29. Vader, “I like my coffee… on the Dark Side.”

September 29th is National Coffee Day. International Coffee Day is October 1st. We shall talk coffee only on the 29th. I love the smell of coffee. I love reading about coffee. I have some unusual old books about coffee. The first is “Coffee from Plantation to Cup” by Francis B. Thurber, published 1883. This isContinue reading “September 29. Vader, “I like my coffee… on the Dark Side.””

September 28 “Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits”

September 28th is National Hunting and Fishing Day. It is celebrated on the fourth Saturday in September. I have a bunch of hunting and fishing books, but I like this collection of hunting, fishing, and outdoor lore and profit makers all published by A.R. Harding. Some of them are unusual, as well as old. AllContinue reading “September 28 “Shhh. Be vewy vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits””

September 27 “Like a teepee and a Wigwam…I was too tense”

September 27th is American Indian Day, the fourth Friday in September. My dad was an avid reader and student of Indian history and art. He spent a summer in his youth living in at a reservation in New Mexico. When we traveled, if there were Indian artifacts in a museum, or buildings and mounds, weContinue reading “September 27 “Like a teepee and a Wigwam…I was too tense””

September 26 ” an apple a day…”

September 26th is Johnny Appleseed Day. John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) was born in 1774. Johnny Appleseed was a great folk hero for America. I have his story in “Johnny Appleseed” by Eleanor Atkinson, published in 1943. It is a beautiful book, with illustrations and the dust jacket cover. It is rather uncommon to find, butContinue reading “September 26 ” an apple a day…””

September 25 “Sometimes you have to just let it all out”

September 25th is World Pharmacist Day. To recognise this day, I have several books. First is a signed “A Sketch of Medicine and Pharmacy” by the S.E. Massengill Corporation, published 1943. The subtitle is “and a View of Its Progress by the Massengill Family from the Fifteenth to the Twentieth Century. This book gives aContinue reading “September 25 “Sometimes you have to just let it all out””

September 24 “How much is that gorilla in the window?”

September 24th is National Punctuation Day. This is an important day. As a graduate of NIU from the College of Journalism, I appreciate knowing the rules, regardless (not irregardless) if I use them. My biggest loophole is that writers (not that I am one-just impersonating) can disregard proper punctuation, when journalists must follow proper APContinue reading “September 24 “How much is that gorilla in the window?””

September 23 “tart cider, scarlet fly hair”

September 23rd is National Apple Vinegar Cider Day. I have several books talking about this. The first is an older book “Household Discoveries and Mrs. Curtis’s Cook Book, by Sidney Morse, published 1914. This large ( twelve hundred and six pages large) and and well used book has been a resource for me several times.Continue reading “September 23 “tart cider, scarlet fly hair””

September 22 “count the memories, not the calories”

September 22nd is World Rhino day. While you can’t always judge a book by its cover, this one is wonderful. I have showed it before, and it is worth a second look. This is “Stirring Stories for Girls” by John F. Shaw & Co. circa 1930. I have seen this book of stories with otherContinue reading “September 22 “count the memories, not the calories””