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Monday, November 7, 2022

39ers Aging with ATTitude Platitude November 2022

Adopt a Turkey & Have a Garden Party Thanksgiving!

Happy UN-birthday NOVEMBER 39ers! Invite a turkey to your party! No, really—not the kind you stuff in your oven—maybe a cute little stuffed toy turkey? Or, you can adopt a turkey and make it the star of the party!

I know you think that’s crazy—not the first time I’ve been called that! But that’s what’s fun about being 39 and Holding—crazy is a compliment! Let’s feast on November’s fun ...

֎ Celebrating NOVEMBER 39ers ~ And More!

Yeah, I know it’s the wrong time of year for a garden party, but you’ll see in the November Song of Note ♪, why it could work inside! The deco? All the farm-fresh veggies that accentuate your Thanksgiving meal. Colorful and yummy!

But if you’re a traditional Thanksgiving partier, here’s a shocker for ya ... it’s officially Adopt A Turkey Month! Ya think?! You better believe it ... he’s gonna be adopted right into my oven. Sorry if that
offends anyone but I am a meat eater and I dine on so much chicken throughout the year that a yummy roasted turkey for Thanksgiving is a welcome treat!
However, CNN’s host-link 2010 news article (above), seriously suggests we “adopt” a turkey—for real! Yes, there is a Farm Sanctuary Adopt-a-Turkey Project. They have saved hundreds of farm animals (not just the gobblers) from slaughter since opening in 1986, and now have two physical locations for rescuing, housing, and educating about animal sanctuaries, in California and New York. For a one-time $35 donation, you can symbolically adopt a turkey rather than eat one. Learn more here.

Have you daydreamed about your youth lately, or wondered what Grandpa George’s youth was like? It’s never too late to begin your personal legacy and November is Family Stories Month.

I applaud the topic of this link-host’s website that focuses on the importance of life stories for adoptees and their adoptive parents. But am not impressed with their site’s lack of current information on the subject; and I really don’t get those sites that have a blog, events, or other page that clues you in on whether it’s still operating, but neglect to include the YEAR on any of their data, so you really have to dig and sometimes “surmise” whether it’s still a functioning enterprise.
Personally, 39AHC also urges you—adopted or not—to record details of your life at all ages, for future generations. On our parent site, Penchant for Penning, you’ll find a helpful page about writing your legacy. Not just a “memoir” that suggests you need to live long to write it, but start young, build it over time, and pass it on. You, your grandchildren and their grandchildren will appreciate your efforts.

November 8^th: It’s Full Moon Magic! Talk about a busy beaver ... this month’s Full Beaver Moon not only illuminates election day—if only—it’s pretty murky, but like our politics, it immediately sinks into oblivion in a total lunar eclipse ... are you ready?
This eclipse also makes it a dynamic “Blood Moon,” so this full moon is full of surprises and color, as the beavers burrow into their lodges for their long winter’s nap.
Also called the Digging and Scratching Moon by the Tlingit natives, think of other animals still prepping their winter homes with nuts and greens. Or dogs and cats—digging and scratching—whatever works for you!

November 23^rd: Ah, we get philosophical with this month’s New Moon Musings as we’re only a short month or so away from the profound new beginnings of a New Year. Let the retrospection and forward musings begin!

November 23^rd: The calendars note National Jukebox Day but without a hosting link. Well, we can’t have that! Our Big Bro site, Blast from Your Past is dedicated to the Oldies music and Rock Radio DJs who brought it to us—where it inevitably—landed in a jukebox! From the 1940s through at least the 1980s, there was a jukebox everywhere we gathered for fun and music.

Mini-jukeboxes sat on our tables in the diners and the big, colorful ones were the focal point of any popular bar, across the country. And like Rock & Roll, they refuse to fade away or die ... jukeboxes just rolled with the punches over the decades and morphed according to progress.
Smart jukebox manufacturers simply updated their technology and the music kept playing ... ♪ put another dime in the jukebox, baby ♪ ... if only they were still a dime! Go here for more info and Rock On!

November 24^th: Of course, it’s Thanksgiving! But it’s also Brownielocks Day. I totally love this day. Until recent silver locks covered half of my head, I was a fortunate auburn-haired lass most of my life (when I wasn’t trying to dye the red out). However, my favorite calendar lister is Brownielocks—yup, named for her proud mass of burnished brown hair.
She purchased her site on this day to bring humor and important information to your yearly calendar. For years I’ve enjoyed culling her calendar data for my writings, to bring you viral and valuable insights!
As her site says, she wants you brunettes “To take pride in having brown hair. And, in some cases, BIG brown hair!” Are you a brunette with ATT-i-tude? Brownielocks has just the fun products for you.

֎ Monthly Song of Note ♪
Only the eldest of our 39ers will remember Thanksgiving 1972 as the charming Rick Nelson (about the time he decided to grow up from “Ricky”) crooned his nostalgia and laments of a “Garden Party.”

       Rick sang, ♪ I went to a garden party to reminisce with my old friends | A chance to share old memories and play our songs again ♪ ... lots of nostalgia as his tune slipped a tad from #7 to #11 on KROQ/L.A.’s survey*.
       Many of us will have a Thanksgiving party/dinner of some sort—not necessarily in a garden—and I’ve been known to do it for a party of one (moi), thinking of Thanksgivings past, as I dressed my turkey to join me for the occasion, when I wasn’t near family or close friends.
       You might not have a garden party but this song manifests the memories, melodies, and good food of our lives every Thanksgiving. ♪ You see, ya can't please everyone, so ya got to please yourself ♪ Let’s keep the Rock Rockin’ from *50 Years Ago this Month!

֎ For 39ers who Follow the Stars …
Like it or not, here we are in the Holiday Season. Might as well party on with Scorpios (10/23-11/21) and Sagittarians (11/22-12/21), two of the Zodiac’s best partiers!

Well, Scorps, it’s a good thing you’re an expert in dodging curveballs or working them to your advantage. There’ll be plenty of them, both personally and professionally, although it won’t be all bad. This would be a good time to turn on your considerable charm and use your stingers as a batting ram, so as the New Moon rises (11/23), attitude trumps curveballs, in time for your UN-birthday gala.
In the meantime, good samaritan Sagittarians will also face some challenges until the New Moon appears on high. Don’t neglect your health (same goes for Scorpios on the cusp) but do try to see when others in your circle might also need care. Show your gratitude even in times of stress. It won’t last. Health issues should be resolved by the end of the month, just in time for your Un-birthday party!

֎ Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude
Aging gives your Holidays more depth of feeling ... use your memories to feel the joy. ~ L. Rochelle

Cheers to your Happy UN-Birthday 39ers ~ NOVEMBER 2022!
This one’s for you, kids – JV, Jackie, and yours truly 😊!

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Orig’l post 11/07/22: For you dedicated 39ers, sorry I haven’t posted anything earlier for November. My mind is on it, but my body isn’t cooperating. I hope you’ll enjoy what I have so far ... the rest should be up on Tuesday. We’re just lacking the last few elements and some fun images to dress it up. And if you haven’t yet, please also enjoy October’s spooky 39er sweets ...

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. 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 expertise 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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Sunday, October 9, 2022

39ers Aging with ATTitude Platitude October 2022

39ers in October ~ Yeehaw & Yum-Yum!

Well, October 39ers, I’m as frustrated as you that the 39AHC blog is so late this month! Ya know how it is when life gets in the way of our plans. Are you ready to PAR-tay?!

From now through the end of 2022, there is a (good) reason to party all along the way. Especially if you have a 39er UN-birthday in the works. Hopefully, I’m getting this out there in time for you!

We know Oktoberfest is for beer lovers and has been a tradition from latter September through early October since about 1811. And it’s thought that somewhere in the 1970s October Rock & Roll concerts cropped up and we dubbed it Rocktober ... but with a couple of twists, October could become ...

BACH-tober for classical music celebrations of Johann Sebastian Bach! Oh! How about SOCKtober, as the time of year we celebrate our silly sockies for winter? Or, we could get even goofier with KNOCKtober! October 31^st is National Knock-Knock Jokes Day!* Oh yeah ... we’re havin’ fun now ...

֎ Celebrating OCTOBER 39ers ~ And More!
Guess what, ya-all? It’s Country Music Month! Fifty-two years ago this month (October 1970), President Richard Nixon signed the proclamation and asked the American people to mark October as Country Music Month. So head on over to your favorite honky tonk or put on a couple of
Country/Rock crossovers and do your best boot-scootin’ boogie!

And doesn’t it just make sense that it’s also National Chili Month? The South, Country Music and Chili ... there’s nothing better ... oh, and beer. Amazingly, there is no official link for the special designation, so we’ll turn you on to a couple of places to find great recipes to enjoy your belly-warming chili while you read on for October’s fun celebrations. Yeehaw and yum-yum!

October 9^th: Get out your binoculars, it’s the Full Hunter’s Moon! The big, glowing ball will, like last month’s full moon, seem larger and brighter than usual, in the dark night sky. While it originally presaged the need to hunt for winter’s food store, in today’s world we can also use this full moon to hunt for new projects to keep us occupied and thriving in the upcoming winter. Celebrating the autumnal equinox, it’s known in some areas as the Falling Leaves Moon (an Anishinaabe term) and the Migrating Moon (Cree). Enjoy, as you start winding up your primary projects, in anticipation of the coming New Moon ...

October 25^th: Celebrate October’s New Beginnings with a partial solar eclipse!* Our New Moon Musings are especially important this month, as everyone feels the intense Scorpio vibes. It’s a great time for self-evaluation, in all areas of life, in preparation for the New Year. We don’t need to figure it all out now, but start making notes as the moon takes a bite out of the sun. (*We won’t see it in the U.S., but we’ll still feel it!)

October 26^th: There are some people who simply howl at the moon for fun ... and then there are those who make a party out of it every night! Presenting Howl at The Moon Night, tonight, tomorrow night, any night you choose. “Howl at the Moon is the total entertainment experience! Our high-energy live music show is centered around dance hits and party anthems that will get you dancing in no time.” Fourteen locations in Midwest to East and South are available for your party pleasure.

October 31^st: It’s true! There’s something to celebrate today other than Halloween (Samhain in Ireland)! Grab your kids and have fun on National Knock-Knock Jokes Day!* There isn’t an official link, so—Knock, knock. Who’s there? Nobody. Nobody who? No body to claim this fun day!
Knock, knock! Who’s there? Jewel. Jewel who? Jewel be happy to know it’s almost Halloween! Okay, your turn! To get you in the mood, I found JokesBuzz that doesn’t stop at knock-knock jokes. Have fun ...
Speaking of howling at the moon, we can’t leave Halloween without a nod to my fave-ever Rock Radio DJ, the venerable and still-missed, Aoooowwwwooooo ... Wolfman Jack! Wolfman’s gonna do it, like he does it all night long ...

֎ Monthly Song of Note ♪
The perfect October/Halloween song on the 1972 Rock Radio charts is of course, the Eagles’ “Witchy Woman.” Since that one is featured on the BFYP blog, I give you ... the Moody Blues and “Nights in White Satin”! **
No, it isn’t exactly spooky like “Witchy’s” seductress, but it is haunting. Apparently, the band’s Justin Hayward, wrote the song to mean unrequited love. But its melancholy music is somber and thought-provoking lyrics are deeply odd. Especially on their album edition.** The spoken words at song’s end leave us puzzled and solemn ... ♪ Red is gray and | Yellow white | But we decide | Which is right | And | Which is an Illusion ♪ ... more tuneful tidbits to manifest your memories of 1972, 50 Years Ago this Month!

֎ For 39ers who Follow the Stars …

For most of us, the last quarter of the year is always extra hectic and demanding. October starts it all off, and away we go! This year, 39ers, embrace all “The Season” has to offer, as we celebrate the quiet justice of Librans and Scorpios’ intense scrutiny.
Ah, Librans (09/23–10/22) you’re in for a busy month of change! You may find your personal life takes a turn, while your professional dealings open you up to new possibilities. Don’t be shy. You’re great at weighing your options, so watch which way the scales tip and go for it! Your UN-birthday party can be especially fun—if you put your mind to it. Psssst: Friends of Librans, they look good in blue ... Sapphire gems, ocean-hued clothes, and sky-blue blankies.
Scorpios (10/23–11/21) however, are in a period of self-assessment, as we approach the powerful October 25^th Solar Eclipse. You’ll feel the influences on your connection to finances and stimulating, intimate relationships. Use this time to see yourself and others in a new way that may even inspire you to do a personal makeover. Show everyone what Aging with ATTitude truly means. It’s your UN-birthday, Scorpio 39ers, enjoy! Are you gift-buying for a Scorpio 39er? Don’t make it cheap or impersonal. Deep maroon sheets or deep-golden topaz gems are perfect!

֎ Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude
I joke about “39 and Holding,” but seriously, in your mind, how old are you? ~ L. Rochelle

Cheers to your Happy UN-Birthday 39ers ~ Spooky OCTOBER 2022!
This one’s for you, kids – Ron, Cheryl, Kim, Tammy, Lin, and Terry!