39ers Aging with ATTitude AUGUST 2024

Hey August 39ers Tell Me Something Good! 

Welcome, 39ers! Hopefully, you’re not suffering the same Summer fate as me … so much to do and so little time! I need a cook, a maid, and a chief bottle washer, so I can concentrate on more fun stuff, like this article! So let’s do it …

Celebrating AUGUST 39ers ~ And More!  
Happy UN-Birthday Leo and Virgo AUGUST 39ers! Although August is often a transitory, overlooked month, it has its place in life to help you anticipate and appreciate the cooler fall weather. In the meantime, give this month its due … whether August 2024 holds your first or “next” 39er birthday or no birthday at all, below you’ll find a little fun to help you slow down a bit and savor the Summer.

For 39ers who Follow the Stars  

Although the early New Moon might seem like it disappeared too early in the month to be helpful, trust me, it isn’t going away that easily. You will still feel its push to reassess and revise well into mid-August.
Leo (07/23-08/22) the royal Lion and the reliable Virgo (08/23-09/22) rule the August skies and may find life a little chaotic. Take heart, it will settle down. 

So, my dear Leo, the New Moon on the 4^th is urged you to remember, if you want a different outcome to life, you must take a different path. It may not be easy, but what is your heart telling you to do? The more effort you apply, the further you’ll get. When the 19^th’s Full Moon rises, whether personal or professional, you’ll finally discover the root problem that’s been holding you back from a major move.

By the last week of the month, Virgo, you’ll be gearing up for a personal reassessment. It’s time for you to see the value you are to others, and feel good about it! This month is all about you discovering the real you. In areas of life, if you’ve been taking the back seat to others’ needs and wants, it’s time for you to drive. Calmly, quietly, but firmly assert yourself. Take the wheel … and enjoy. 

֎ More AUGUST Fun for Everyone 

At 39 and Holding Club we do what we can to remind you, you can still enjoy the simple things in life, no matter how many times you’ve had a 39er UN-Birthday! August is National Crayon Collection Month! (Note: It’s unclear if the sponsor link is particularly current. Their most recent newsletter date is 2022.) Make it a point to find your inner child and rummage through the closet for your dilapidated box of ol’ Crayolas. See how many are left, and what fun you can still have with them! Go ahead. Take a break and scribble, draw, or color outside the lines. You’ll smile without even thinking about it.  

August 4^th:  Never fear … the New Moon is here! While you may be dismayed at its early appearance this month, your New Moon Musings will follow and influence your actions through at least mid-month. Celebrate the clarity it brings and New Beginnings it will foster, as we follow up later in the month with Full Moon Magic.

August 4^th – 10^th: This year more than ever, people would love to predict the future. Learn how now … this is International Psychic Week! Ever wanted to explore the psychic world but too intimidated to go it alone? Maybe this is your summer to explore our enigmatic realms in a whole new way. The sponsor provides many suggestions to create your own week of psychic exploration, or take advantage of their many members in considerably diverse realms. Learn the differences of everything from Tarot to psychic readings and beyond (literally), for your own guidance or to help others. I predict excitement in your future …

August 9^th – 17^th: Like every year at this time, Graceland—the palatial grounds of Elvis Presley’s home—is celebrating Elvis Week! Not only can you visit and enjoy everything Elvis, but there’s a special opportunity for virtual access to the festivities. Through the miracle of technology, online participants can have online front row seats without even being there! Schedule & pricing. Check out Elvis: Return to Vegas Show on August 16^th, featuring Elvis on the big screen accompanied by a live band … so cool.

August 17^th: We’re Rockin’ on for Baby Boomers Recognition Day! Well darn, there is no longer a viable sponsor link for this auspicious day—but you know too, 39AHC celebrates Boomers every month! We’re more than happy to share even more recognition for those who remember the “Good ol’ Days,” to spice up the dog days of Summer! You may recall this special day used to be celebrated in June, but now jams and jiggles in August for more celebration with the Woodstock Festival memories (August 15-18, 1969)!  

August 19^th: Can you feel it?! This month’s Full Sturgeon Moon holds real Full Moon Magic as it displays our first big, bright Supermoon of 2024! And it’s the first of four in a row, as we had into Fall and the Holidays. As always, the Full Moon urges us to complete our projects to make way for more. The wisdom of the ancients—which you can summon to help you know which projects to focus on—comes with August’s Full Moon, named for the giant prehistoric fish of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. The females can live for 150 years and the “living fossils” are thought to have been around 136 million years ago. A more earthen moniker that you may know, if you’re familiar with the native Cree, looks toward the sky as fledgling birds learn to fly under the “Flying Up Moon.” 

August 31^st: Oh yum! It’s International Bacon Day! Like we need an excuse to crave bacon. The sponsor link doesn’t seem to be updated since 2022, but it’s chockful of everything bacon! And if you need more encouragement to scarf up some savory bacon, I found a decadent list of recipes for you that offers all-day munching “bacon for breakfast, dinner and dessert.” Enjoy … 

֎ Monthly Song of Note ♪  

The ultimate Summer love song, “Tell Me Something Good” is coming to you from the hot music annals of AUGUST 1974. The steamy tune, written by Stevie Wonder and performed by Rufus, climbed the chart to #7 for San Diego’s listeners of KCBQ, with one-of-a-kind DJ Shotgun Tom Kelly singing along! How could any woman under the hot summer sun, resist a naked plea of love ♪ … Tell me something good (tell me, tell me, tell me) | Tell me that you love me … ♪ We’re stoking your memory to manifest more tuneful tidbits of AUGUST 1974, and keep the Rock Rockin’ from 50 Years Ago this Month! 

֎ Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude  
When your ATT-i-tude sucks, call on your Inner Child and a happy memory. Or just stick your tongue out at the world and move on. ~ L. Rochelle 

Happy UN-Birthday 39ers ~ AUGUST 2024 ~ Rock On!
       This one’s for you, kids – Linda, Jim, Stephanie, and Tanya!  

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And dear readers, I just want you to know that I try my best to create an informative, aesthetically creative article for you each month. However, Blogger is not a professional hosting site—but they’re free through Google. So we’re stuck with their crummy platform that doesn’t work well to manipulate images with writing, if you aren’t a techie who knows HTML. Trust me, I’ve tried for years to write articles without gaps between paragraphs and even between sentences. Sigh. Maybe I’ll win the lottery and be able to afford a professional hosting site someday. Cheers!

LinDee Rochelle is a writer and editor by trade, and author by way of Rock & Roll. She has published two books (of three) in her Blast from Your Past series, available on Amazon: Book 1 (currently eBook only, until updated) – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959; and Book 2 (eBook, print & color!) – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon … The Psychedelic Seventies!

*Important Message: Any data, links, or opinions on this site are for your information only and does not constitute legal or medical expertise of any kind. My proficiency is writing and sensible reporting. Period. All links have been vetted, but as always, please use all data, links, or my skewed opinions at your own risk.

Are you a 39er this month? Welcome to the 39 and Holding Club! Feel free to share your UN-birthday comments below (click on Comments or if it says No Comments, click that to be the first) and tell us how you really feel about your age and aging. Keep the stories coming!

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First entry 08/01/24: Hopefully, you’re not suffering the same Summer fate as me … so much to do and so little time! I need a cook, a maid, and chief bottle washer, so I can concentrate on more fun stuff, like this article! It may come in pieces, but there’ll be more for you very soon. We’ll have the usual for our August 39ers UN-Birthday, Leo and Virgo Zodiac tidbits, something fun for everyone, and a steamy Song of Note. Check back!

 

 

39ers Aging with ATTitude Platitude August 2023

August Super Moons & Yesterday Once More    

With big summer moons and languid vaca days, August simply begs 39ers to wax nostalgic. Music and moons have often been paired with wistful memories in music and our monthly Song of Note says it best.

We begin the month with a Full Moon—and end it that way too! We’re in a Super Blue Moon month which won’t be repeated until 2037. So take advantage of the extra magnetic pull on your psyche and enjoy!

֎ Celebrating AUGUST 39ers ~ And More! 

Arrgghhh, Matey! Welcome to Arrr-gust aka International Pirate Month!  Although these days we tend to glorify pirates and give them some redeeming character, truth is, they weren’t very nice people. Did you know they were often hired by leaders of countries? So that says a lot about the generational character of politicians! 😊 Queen Elizabeth I even knighted Francis Drake on the return of an especially lucrative trip. Yes, that Sir Francis Drake. (Learn about more “popular” pirates.)

So were they any women pirates back in their glory days? You betcha. Five of the most prolific female pirates have some interesting tales to tell. Unfortunately, thieving and murdering pirates exist today as well, which doesn’t stop their colorful garb from being one of the most popular Halloween costumes. Time to practice your best Pirate jargon and imitate Cap’n Morgan, “Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum!” Ahoy, me 39er lads and lassies, let’s see what joy we can plunder this month …

August 1: It’s Blue Moon Magic! TWO incredible SUPER Full Moons this month. One today and the other on August 30^th. One month with two completely different Full Moon Musings. Get busy wrapping up early year projects to clear your calendar for Fall fun! 

Although the 30^th’s Full Moon will be especially rare, the Full Sturgeon Moon is no slouch. Also a Supermoon, it honors the giant, prehistoric freshwater fish that were once plentiful in lakes nationwide. They’re still a tasty catch, just not quite as abundant. This Full Moon is also known as the Flying Up Moon! The Cree revered nature and this month features young birds preparing to try out their wings and flyyyyyyy! 

August 6^th-12^th: Since we’re prepping early for Halloween as pirates, what other age-old attire is great for the spiritual and dress-up holiday? Grab your crystal ball, psychics, it’s International Psychic Week! These are serious people with a fun vibe to help you learn or hone your metaphysical skills.

August 16^th: What do find between two summer Super Full Moons? Our New Moon Musings in Leo! Yes, as with all New Moons, we use this time to consider what’s fresh in life that we might add for clarity or create anew. The Leo New Moon reminds us to take advantage of this outgoing Fire sign’s sense of community while expressing our own personalities. It’s also a great time to poke some fun with our inner child and enjoy your summer!

August 17^th: Whether you’re superstitious, believe in a “familiar,” or simply appreciate all cats, enjoy Black Cat Appreciation Day! I love the idea of this special day, but the supporting link’s site has been only sporadically maintained since 2018. You might have more fun on the secondary “official” link. Fun Black Cat apparel. Or enjoy Black Cat Appreciation Day: Celebrate with a Cocktail | Then try to spell Superstitious! (My next t-shirt!) Suffice it to say, if you have a black cat, give it an extra hug today and remember when you first met. Cats always seem to make it special … purrrrrrr.

August 27^th: I did it. I found a celebrated game day for every age, intellect, and budget—today is World Rock Scissors Paper Day. It’s true, 39ers! There really is a World Rock Paper Scissors community! From events, to tournaments, rules (there aren’t many!) to logo apparel, WRSP is fun, exciting and entertaining for everyone. Challenge your friends to a match or decide who buys dinner. Learn all about it and how to participate!

August 29^th: Any lifelong cardplaying 39ers out there? Rummage through your cupboards for a deck of cards and enjoy According to Hoyle Day! Sadly, this day too, is sans an officiant. However, enough of us surely used the term regarding official rules at least once during a game of whatever you play most. For Edmond Hoyle, it began with Whist. He tutored players and finally published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist. He was a fanatical cardplayer, so of course, other games followed suit. In our family, it was Pinochle. What’s yours? But can you believe that with all Hoyle’s prominence in game rules over centuries (he first published the rules of Whist in 1742), a July 2023 Jeopardy! panel failed to identify him? They were asked (paraphrasing) who was often referred to for card game rules … all three of them just stood there going, “Duhhhhh” LOL Surely James Holzhauer would know the correct “Who is” answer.

August 30^th: It’s part two of our summer SUPER Full Moon Magic! This is no ordinary supermoon, however, it is also the last “super blue moon” until 2037! So if you can, 39ers, find a good place to enjoy the August 30^th Super Full Blue Moon in your area. Were you watching the last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month? It was 2018, so obviously, they don’t happen often.

This Full Blue Moon promises to be the closest, biggest and brightest full Supermoons of 2023. Of course, every Full Moon begs you to reflect and reminisce as you close a chapter and head towards another new beginning with the next New Moon. This incredibly powerful moon urges you to start tidying up your year so far, and begin planning the successful culmination of this year’s projects. The Full Moon is most powerful on the night it rises and through the two following nights. Make them count.

֎ Monthly Song of Note  ♪ 
With two super Full Moons making this an emotional month, are you ready to reminisce with me? No one did ballads in the early 1970s like The Carpenters. And in AUGUST 1973 they made it “Yesterday Once More” for all of us. It was on its way up to a stellar top ten tune, at #18 for KOVO/Provo, Utah, week of August 29, 1973. Go ahead, sing a long, you know you want to  ♪ ... When I was young | I'd listen to the radio | Waitin' for my favorite songs …  ♪ ... more tuneful tidbits to manifest your memories of 1973 and keep the Rock Rockin’ from 50 Years Ago this Month!  

֎ For 39ers who Follow the Stars … 

Leo 39ers (07/23-08/22), the New Moon in your sign this month, is a fortuitous sign for you to take a serious look at new business opportunities. By the Full Blue Moon on the 30^th you’ll be able to capitalize on major decisions from the first’s Full Moon. But don’t leave your heart out of the Moon Magic! Mid-month’s New Moon will prove to be consequential in facing your love life square-on. It’s OK. You’ll have just the right amount of charm on hand. Just make sure you give it your full attention (during the Full Moon!).

This month is truly the time for you to wrap some things up, Virgo 39ers. You worked hard in the first half of the year, so rev your motor and finish, to reap the rewards you deserve! You too, will make great use of the 16^th’s New Moon as your astute inner strength creates innovative ways to move forward personally and professionally. Make yourself clear, but not demanding. Then make way for a romantic night with the Super Full Blue Moon.

For those of you with family or friends born in August, the Peridot birthstone is always a great gift choice. Its refreshing light green, often called the “evening emerald,” is complimentary to nearly everyone. Fun fact, Peridot is indeed, special as one of few gemstones that occur naturally, in only one color. Or be creative and look for other gifts in light green—apparel, plants, or give them their new, favorite throw pillow! Want a splash of vibrant color to add to the green? August’s birth flowers are gladiolus and poppies. Can’t go wrong!

֎ Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude 
Turning 39 and Holding means releasing your inner child for the rest of your life. ~ L. Rochelle 

Happy UN-Birthday 39ers ~ AUGUST 2023!
       This one’s for you, kids – Linda, Jim, Stephanie, and Tanya!  

Join the 39 & Holding Club!
Celebrate 39 & Holding Day!  
Chat on Twitter: @39HoldingClub  

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08/02/23 – Original belated post intro: Ah yes, we’re late as usual. Ya know, it used to be called “fashionably late.” Now we’re just lagging. Anyway, there is MUCH in store for you August 39ers! From International Pirate Month to International Psychic Week (6^th-12^th) and Black Cat Appreciation Day (17^th). Of course we have a great monthly Song of Note, and words of wit with a modicum of wisdom for Leos and Virgos, and so much more!  

And dear readers, I just want you to know that I try my best to create an informative, aesthetically creative article for you each month. However, Blogger is not a professional hosting site—but they’re free through Google. So we’re stuck with their crummy platform that doesn’t work well to manipulate images with writing, if you aren’t a techie who knows HTML. Trust me, I’ve tried for years to write articles without gaps between paragraphs and even between sentences. Sigh. Maybe I’ll win the lottery and be able to afford a professional hosting site someday. Cheers!

LinDee Rochelle is a writer and editor by trade, and author by way of Rock & Roll. She has published two books (of three) in her Blast from Your Past series, available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959; and Book 2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon … The Psychedelic Seventies!

*Important Message: Any data, links, or opinions in this site are for your information only and does not constitute legal or medical expertise of any kind. My proficiency is writing and sensible reporting. Period. Please use all data, links, or my skewed opinions at your own risk.

Are you a 39er this month? Feel free to share your UN-birthday comments below (click on Comments or if it says No Comments, click that to be the first) and tell us how you really feel about your age and aging. Keep the stories coming!

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