Happy UN-Birthday 39ers ROCK-tober 2021

 39ers Rock On in ROCK-tober! 

So believe it or not, I was on track to finish this post before October 1^st. As you can see, it didn’t happen. Sorry, but I had an offer I couldn’t refuse—drive cross-country with family for my granddaughter’s wedding. This comes to you from on the road and with little sleep. Please bear with me as we celebrate a happy UN-birthday with ROCK-tober 39ers!

To get us started, we’re kickin’ up our heels in October, with Country Music Month. Oh, you mean there is more to ROCK-tober than Rock & Roll and my favorite haunted Holiday?!

Yup, and since I have to wait all month for ghosts ‘n’ goblins, here is some mid-month fun for everyone … get out your banjos and boots, and let’s boot-scoot across the party floor …

֎Celebrating OCTOBER 39ers ~ And More!
Though we generally think B-B-Q and beans in the Country, October is also National Seafood Month as we 39ers wade into a celebratory food month. I love seafood too … of course, steak and lobster or shrimp are a favorite, but I am also a fan of Mahi Mahi, salmon, yellowtail, and South of the border inspired, fish tacos, to name just a few.  Fish on the barbie is tasty too!

       And who doesn’t love Pizza Month? I’ll take it just about any ol’ way, except with anchovies. Ewwww. To wash it down, you might expect a traditional beer, but when I’m really feeling feisty, let’s pop the champagne! Seriously … love the combo.

October 22^nd: Which leads us to Global Champagne Day! Any nice red or rosé works with pizza, ya know, while a tasty white wine or light rose adds ambiance to your dinner from the sea. The folks at the Champagne Day website, will even help you find an event to enjoy a celebration, near you!

October 31^st: Finally, it’s Halloween! No need to list food here, too much to consider … sweets aside. Yum! After last year’s hiatus (from life), are you costuming this year? It’s Country Music Month so the traditional cowboy/girl hats ‘n’ chaps just need a guitar to make it fun. And since William Shatner (Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise / Star Trek) just took a real jaunt to space, aliens and astronauts will be in demand. Whatever you do, keep the pumpkin lights on and enjoy!

֎Monthly Song of Note: Of course, at big-bro site, Blast from Your Past, we’re focusing on ROCK-tober and songs that go bump in the night. “Sweet City Woman,” the Country/Rock tune by The Stampeders, is a great feature for Country Music Month. But we’re looking for spooky and couldn’t help noticing the memorable “Wild Night” by Van Morrison. He conjures up wild nights and crazy times in a dark, rambling love song … ♪ The wild night is callin’ | Come on out and dance … ♪ Bringing back tuneful memories of 1971, 50 Years Ago this Month!

֎For 39ers who Follow the Stars … 
My dear Librans (09/23) – 10/22), the New Moon this month has you all in a tizzy as you consider opportunities and goals this month. Worry not, if you don’t make it all happen now. Though 39er Librans tend to internalize everything, your mind will unclutter itself before Halloween and you’ll swing into the end of the month ready to party hearty!
        Scorpio (10/23 – 11/21), too, should lay low through the latter half of October. Famous for retreating into your inner self, it’s okay this month. to let your stinger rest and use the time to reevaluate and rejuvenate. This is a good time for quiet contemplation and honest introspection. As we age with attitude, welcome the additional wisdom and strength. By November, Scorpio 39ers will be a power to reckon with.

֎Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude  
I’ve come to learn that laughter may not heal everything, but it helps keep you sane, feeling young, and life more livable. ~ L. Rochelle

Cheers to your Happy UN-Birthday OCTOBER 39ers!    
     This one’s for you, kids – Ron, Darlene, Cheryl, Kim, Tammy, Lin and Terry.

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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!

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Happy UN-Birthday October 39ers

Electing to Spice Up October 39ers 

In the immortal words of Nobel Prize winner, Bob Dylan, “The Times They are a-Changin’”!

A world without change is a stodgy society with its head in the sand. If you’re here, then you are certainly not one of ‘em! We Boomers (and if you’re not a true Boomer, that’s OK, you’ve earned your attitude stripes) were definitely un-stodgy in the Sixties, Seventies, and Eighties, and we’re not about to start now.

In recent years we’ve been blamed for everything from nuclear war to the millennials’ apathy. While we certainly had a hand in, and often led the discussion on, many changes that have been made to this great country—good and bad—we are hardly the sole proprietors of blame. (Rarely are we praised.)

 

ATT-i-tudes need to change. Boomers have been trying to pass the leadership baton for decades, but our descendants seem reluctant to grasp the enormity of the need for them to STEP UP and do something about the ills and ignorance of politics that refuse to change with the times. When millennials did grab the baton they voted in our current president—that sure went well!

We started the dialogue fifty years ago—we never said we’d finish it! Remember, we were young in the beginning, and we made some great inroads. But additional change needs to be fundamental—we are stifled in antiquated laws and layers of politically correct BS.

And judging by the condemnation on all sides in this election, fueled by the media, the general public wants to dredge up everything from birth about all candidates, and anyone who comments about them. Obviously, we’d like our leaders to be above moral reproach—that concept is completely unrealistic. They’re human—we’re human—you’ve never said or done something you wish you could take back?

The problem now, is once “out there” these days, it NEVER goes away. As Boomers, we’re likely to forget which planet we’re on—and you want us to recall that we dissed you in 1969?! Talk about haunted. Memories, and the importance of them, is highly subjective. Move on.

Unfortunately, humans are stupid. However, change also comes with age. Thank goodness. Or at least, it should ... the whole purpose of learning is to change, utilizing our newfound information … right? Right?

The inexperienced and morally judgmental young’uns are content to talk trash on Twitter and Instagram from the safety of their favorite seat at Starbucks. I, for one, would have been thrilled to see a younger, qualified person run for US President this year. Thoughtful, innovative approaches and a willingness to collaborate for change, would have been a breath of fresh air in the 2016 election field.

Alas, our youthful options were nothing more than mini-Boomers, perpetuating outdated strategies, with no solutions for inventive change. Once again we’re forced to vote for ineffectual pomposity with alarming baggage, or the unknown with an opulent ego—take your pick.

So go ahead—blame us Boomers—we don’t care anymore, we’re retired (or trying to be). But remember, you’ll be our age someday too, and everyone will blame you.

Let’s turn back time …

Hey, I’m no politician and you didn’t come here for a bitch session—something else we Boomers know—venting is OK, so long as it’s civil. I’ll leap off my soapbox now or rather, hobble off, and get on with your October UN-birthday fun.

 

Yes, I’m more than a little late with this month’s 39ers UN-birthday salute. But I’m not afraid of change. It’s in the air and belatedly wafted over my way … this month begins a new and hopefully, welcoming format to help you enjoy the changes your body, soul, and mind experience as we AGE with ATT-i-tude!

If you’re a 39er a few times over, you know how much the Holiday Season has changed since our parents were thirty-nine. My holidays, for instance, smelled heavily of pumpkin—and not on just one festive day. My mother was a baking fiend.

We ate pumpkin everything for three straight months … pumpkin pies, pumpkin cookies, pumpkin-spice cake, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin cupcakes … and don’t forget the cinnamon! None of it came from a box. Mom cleaned out the pumpkins’ meat, and dad helped us carve funny faces into the emptied Halloween symbols.

But the world has changed … nothing is baked from “scratch,” and we’re way too busy to scoop out pumpkin meat and pick out the seeds. We are resilient and innovative, however, and still find ways to spice up the Holidays to suit our lifestyles.

October 39ers know the value of nostalgia and how to apply it in today’s world. Enjoy the moments … again!

39 Years Ago this Month ~ October 1977 …

October 10 – Are you a Ronnie Milsap fan? Did you watch his big year of CMA accolades? Ronnie took Album of the Year (Ronnie Milsap Live), Entertainer of the Year, and Male Vocalist of the Year. Sweet.

October 20 – A moment of silence for three members of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band who were killed in a plane crash this day, along with their assistant road manager and both pilots. Their music lives on!

October 28 - British rock band Queen releases the album News of the World and we became their Champions!

For 39ers who Follow the Stars …

October UN-birthday buddies split their astro time between Libra and Scorpio … You would think Libra’s (09/23 – 10/22) gentle sense of balance and order would clash with Scorpio’s (10/23 – 11/21) intense and pulsing passion. Au contraire, mon cher. They thrive on each other’s qualities for a rollicking good time!

Libra: This month heralds a whole year of great things happening for you! Look for the opportunities and take your advantage.

Scorpio: Is it time to get back to your exercise regimen? Start now—it’ll help ward off Holiday sweets-gain! (P.S.: Finances may take an upward turn through mid-November. Cool.)

October Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude

Once you hit that 39 and Holding stage of life, there will come a day when you begin to notice slight changes—a twinge in your back for no reason, a true “mature” thought that came without effort, an intangible yearning for inner peace.

From Better Living—“10 Ways to Stay Young”:

“A posture change is a common symptom of age; the torso bends forward. Because we spend so much time sitting, muscles that support the upper body weaken, so we sag forward at the hips. Instead, concentrate on walking with your pelvis out and shoulders back; that will make you look and feel younger.”

When you realize your mental and physical twinges are not isolated incidents, but daily visits—congratulations! You’re truly “one of us.” Trust me, it’s a good thing.

In an election year, “freedom” is bandied about like a badminton birdie. But when you’ve celebrated more than a few 39 and Holding UN-birthdays, each day is another stride toward freedom within. It’s the liberty that truly counts.

Happy UN-Birthday OCTOBER 39ers,

(Here’s lookin’ at you, kids – 39AHC Birthday 39ers, Ron, Darlene, Cheryl, Tammy, Kim, & Terry!))

 

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*Image credits:

1) 2016 Nobel Prize/Literature recipient, Bob Dylan, then (1964) and now, receiving US Medal of Freedom (2012)

2) Pumpkin face—Reader’s Digest image

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