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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Happy UN-Birthday 39ers SEPTEMBER 2021

It’s Eat, Drink & Read Month for September 39ers!

Happy UN-Birthday SEPTEMBER 39ers! I know, finally! Sorry … thanks for waiting and coming back. It’s “eat, drink, and read” month! Not necessarily in that order … change ‘em up and enjoy!

֎ Celebrating SEPTEMBER 39ers ~ And More!
Let’s start the month with a spoonful of honey for your honey … it’s National Honey Month and do you know how many dishes there are that feature the thick, golden nectar? Honey needs our support (well, the bees do), so pick a recipe: appetizers to salads, breakfast to beverages … color your world sweet with golden honey.

Is there a honey and mushroom recipe? If not … concoct the first for National Mushroom Month. Um, Boomers, we’re not talkin’ ‘bout your kind of shrooms … we’re hankerin’ for the steak-and-mushroom kind. Yum!

More food and take your choice of beer or coffee!

September 9-12^th: Many agree, this hoppy beverage is great to celebrate, and celebrate with, during Craft Brewers Week. However, this sponsor site promotes a beer industry conference. So, guess we industry outsiders will just have to toast a frosty mug to ourselves … works for me.

September 9-12^th: What yummy, crunchy snack goes great with beer? Pop … pop … pop! Let’s have a poppin’ good time for Popcorn Days. There’s even a festival and parade for that if you’re able to visit Marion, Ohio. Chomp, chomp, slurp … I’m too far away, but will be there in spirit.

September 10^th: What’s for dinner? It’s National TV Dinner Day for those days you just don’t fee like cooking, and nothing cold in the fridge looks inviting. TV dinners have definitely elevated beyond our Retro days in taste and cook time, if not in healthy nutrition. My primary complaint (being a 39er), is even the advertised “wholesome” frozen meals often include way too much salt. So since Retro Planet is sponsoring this fun day with a link to their history of Swanson TV dinners, if there is too much salt in your frozen food, substitute a nostalgic piece of décor!

September 18^th: And we’re throwing in something to do while you relax with your favorite food and libation … Read An eBook Day! While the sponsoring link is informative, it isn’t particularly exciting.
Most of us know to hit up Amazon for the latest in eBooks, and while you’re at it, if you’re a genuine Boomer, you’ll appreciate my books there as well. Take a trip down Memory Lane and read true tales of pioneering (1950s & ‘60s so far) Rock & Roll Radio DJs. Rock On with a Blast from Your Past eBook!

September 29^th: Wind up your month with a smooth cuppa java for National Coffee Day! These super sites tell you who has free coffee today and more: Coffee Affection and Sip Coffee House! Want to keep your coffee celebration flowing? International Coffee Day is October 1^st.

֎ Monthly Song of Note:
In the height of the Psychedelic Seventies, Chicago’s love song, “Colour My World,” is a dreamy, slow tune, with a mind-tripping intro piano solo, one-verse vocals, and a stunning flute ending. It accompanies this month’s Monthly Wordplay definition for tintinnabulation. Wow, that’s a mouthful … and an earful!

֎ For 39ers who Follow the Stars …

Virgo and Libra are dancing around each other this month. Although Virgo (08/23-09/22) seems to have limitless energy, and mid-month is full of loving surprises—great time for your buds to throw you a party—you may want to slow down toward month’s end and review your goals. Look for fresh ideas.
You a Libra lover? (And they are lovers …) Watch your Libran (09/23-10/22) 39er climb the ladder of success this month! And Libra, get your swagger on … you’ll be the center of attention wherever you go. The last few days of the month, however, may find you tense. Try not to overthink everything and look for a new direction to set your sails.
If some days set your teeth on edge, September 39ers, hint around for your fave birthstone gift of the blue sapphire. It’ll soothe your soul while you work on the root cause. Wear it and enjoy it!

֎ Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude
There is just about nothing that good food, drink and music can’t fix, at any age. ~ L. Rochelle

Cheers to your Happy UN-Birthday SEPTEMBER 39ers!
This one’s for you, kids – Barb, Karen, Jennifer, Thomas, Chad, Scott and Verne.

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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!

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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Monday, August 9, 2021

Happy UN-Birthday 39ers AUGUST 2021

39ers Summer Fun Not Just For One!

Though this article is late … again … this time, there is a viable reason. No, really. I’ve been seeking ways to improve the monthly 39AHC blog, and attempting to standardize it a bit more, to give it better continuity and substance.
       This month you’ll see a couple new topics: Monthly Wordplay, a cross-referenced segment from my Penchant for Penning site’s monthly Wordplay Wednesday. Every month a unique word will strive to help 39ers build your vocabulary and promote an active mind.
       The new Song of the Month is for 39ers who enjoy that Old Time Rock & Roll or simply curious about what made their parents and grandparents shake, rattle and roll. You’ll find a brief blurb about a song from Blast from Your Past’s monthly Featured Radio Survey—50 Years Ago this Month—a site dedicated to pioneering Radio and the dynamic DJs that brought us the new Rock & Roll.
       Still in play is a more condensed version of the month’s unique, relevant, or oddball holidays and observances, our star-based section for the month’s Zodiac 39ers, and ending as usual, with a thoughtful Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude.
       Please do click on the links that will take you to my sites, for more information, or a YouTube tune, or current news. My sites are verified safe, and I have visited each of the links to others, to ensure viability, but of course, as with anything on the Internet, you enter at your own risk. I do not receive compensation from any person, product, or company whose links are included in my articles (except my own, of course!). I simply love to share knowledge and nostalgia … they’re great stress-relievers.

All of that said … let’s get on with AUGUST 2021 for 39ers, their friends, and family!

August 39ers arrrrr … oops … got stuck on Pirate talk!

Speaking of talk, we’ll start off the New and Improved 39 and Holding Club article with one of the new topics to test your vocabulary acumen. Ready … ?

֎Monthly Wordplay / August: supererogatory … as we enjoy more 39 and Holding UN-birthdays, we find that familiarity, repetition, and routine are more a part of our days. There’s a word for that! This fourteen-letter word is even longer than superfluous, its most common synonym. Even at our fun age, sometimes we realize that too much of a good thing or anything, is irritating and just supererogatory.

֎Celebrating AUGUST 39ers ~ And More!
>Some calendars say it’s Boomers Making a Difference Month. However, there is no official link associated with it, so let’s just make it our own! Thing is, you don’t need to stage large, demonstrative actions to make a difference. Even a shy smile for your grocery checker or long-overdue call to someone you love, will make a difference. It’s the moments that count.

>Arrr-gust: Do you know it’s International Pirate Month? Join the folks at this site to celebrate everything pirate-related. From movies to theme parties (perfect for your sunny Leo 39er festivities), you’ll find like-minded ideas and loads of fun. Party hearty, me boatswain buddies, and practice for Talk Like a Pirate Day next month! (September 19^th)

>Friday the 13^th: Look out! It’s the only one of the year—are you sad or glad? Apprehensive? Be brave. Be strong. You’ve been through enough Friday the 13^ths (slasher movies notwithstanding) in your lifetime, to know this day is really what you make of it, dear 39ers. So make it a warm-up to Halloween! A little scary and filled with superstition, but ultimately fun.

>August 21^st: On August 19, 1988, President Ronald Reagan issued a declaration proclaiming this day as the National Day of the Third Age—or as it’s known today, World Senior Citizen’s Day. As a senior himself (77 years young), he knew the importance of the day, to laud and acknowledge seniors for all they contribute to society, locally and globally. Give yourselves, and/or your 39er loved ones a thank you and big hug! (And remember, if you’re not there yet, with any luck you will be eventually!)

>August 30^th: Let’s slink into September on the next-last day of August with Slinky Day! I’ll bet there isn’t a 39er reading this who hasn’t played with a slinky at some point in life. I still own two, m’self! Slinkys are great stress-relievers and can keep a young’un entertained for at least an hour, watching it “walk” from surface to surface in synchronistic moves. Everyone knows it’s Slinky! ♪ And while you’re singing …

֎Song of the Month: “Whatcha See is Whatcha Get”), by the Dramatics makes no promises to nobody, but promises love. (My bad English aside.) I’m as real as real can get … ♪ The perfect song for 39ers, climbed to the middle of WCFL/Chicago’s Featured Radio Survey 50 Years Ago this Month!

֎For 39ers who Follow the Stars …
Whether you make your party goers walk the plank or simply sip a summer libation, you Leo 39ers (07/23-08/22) will roar in satisfaction of another UN-birthday. Some may still tiptoe into parties, not sure what to expect in this confusing climate, but dear Leos, you never step hesitantly anywhere. Let the Sun brighten your month and share the glow with your friends.

While Leos shine through most of August, Virgos (08/23-09/22) also are gearing up for their 39er party, albeit a bit quieter. As a nurturer, Virgo acts on their ancient beginnings as a family-oriented goddess and quietly concocts a plan to accommodate everyone as the summer heat rolls on. Organizing and planning are an integral part of Virgo and they do it very well. They just need an occasional reminder to include their friends.

Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude
At this time in my life, nothing galls me more than a person or company that wastes the precious time of my life, when I only want to spend it having the time of my life. ~ L. Rochelle

Hope this month’s article goes well with your favorite summer libation! Feel free to comment below.

Cheers to your Happy UN-Birthday AUGUST 39ers!
This one’s for you, kids – Linda, Jim, Stephanie, and Tanya.