November 19th, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. He was dedicating the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I have a copy of “Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings” by The World Publishing Company, published 1946. This was one of my father’s books. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is perhaps the most memorable speech ever given, andContinue reading “November 19 “Treating the sludge””
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November 18 “Once upon a time…”
November 18th is International Occult Day. The word itself comes from the Latin term “occultus,” which means “clandestine, hidden, secret” or “Knowledge of the Hidden”. I have a collection of occult books. The first today is “The Occult Sciences” with subtitle “How to Get What You Want through Your Occult Powers” by Anthony Norvell, publishedContinue reading “November 18 “Once upon a time…””
November 17 “Leave nature like you found it”
November 17th is Homemade Bread Day. This is a pretty good book from England about bread, “Loaf, Crust, and Crumb” by Silvija Davidson, published 1995. In this book are the most discriptions of types of bread than I have ever read. If that wasn’t enough, there are two hundred recipes to make your bread dayContinue reading “November 17 “Leave nature like you found it””
November 16 “Wagon Ho!”
On November 16th, 1822, William Bechnell arrived in Sante Fe New Mexico, along a soon to be named Santa Fe Trail. He was the first to use a specific route for trading, along with leading wagons. I have a good book that give history around Santa Fe, why there were people there, and what happenedContinue reading “November 16 “Wagon Ho!””
November 15 “read, write, visit, and support”
November 15th is I Love to Write Day. I do love to write. I may not be very good, but I force myself to work a little, every day. Some days are easier than others, but I try. Today, everyone should write a poem, a story, a letter, or a post card. Even a textContinue reading “November 15 “read, write, visit, and support””
November 14 “Tickle my Pickle”
On November 14th, 1851, Moby Dick, by Herman Melville, was published in the United States. While I have talked about it in some detail on Whale Day February 18, I have an additional book that I did not use then (Go back and re-read. I have a touching story on both my mom and dad-missContinue reading “November 14 “Tickle my Pickle””
November 13 “”Some things can be done as well as others” *
On November 13th (Friday the Thirteenth) 1829, Sam Patch died. Sam Patch was a “Jumper”. He could easily jump over fences and piles of stuff when he was a kid. Later, he became famous for jumping off of things into water. He would do shows and jump off a mast of a ship, or offContinue reading “November 13 “”Some things can be done as well as others” *”
November 12 “I invent nothing, I rediscover” *
On November 12th, 1840, Auguste Rodin was born. I have several interesting books that mention Rodin.The first is “Captions Courageous” or “Comments from the Gallery” by Bob Reisner and Hal Kapplow, published 1958. It is a comedic book that takes paintings and sculptures and gives them weird quotes. Rodin did many sculptures of people stillContinue reading “November 12 “I invent nothing, I rediscover” *”
November 11 “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”*
The Armistice of 1918 that ended World War I was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne, France on November 11th, 1918. Fighting stopped at the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th Month in 1918. It took a while longer to settle on the terms that ended the great war. ThatContinue reading “November 11 “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.”*”
November 10 “Can’t see…It’s thick as pea soup”
On November 10, 1871, Henry Morton Stanley found David Livingston. Stanley was a journalist, born in England and moved to United States at 18. Livingston was a missionary and explorer from Wales, he also trained in medicine in London, before going to Africa. He wanted to discover the source of the Nile river. After notContinue reading “November 10 “Can’t see…It’s thick as pea soup””
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