SONG OF THE WEEK “They Were There For You” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/they-were-there-for-you

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Today has been an "F" day. Football, food, fucking and fun. Very festive!😉

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Fuel for the Festivities – The Thanksgiving Breakfasts of Yesteryear – Inside Adams

Inside Adams Science, Technology & Business, ISSN 2691-3690

Fuel for the Festivities: The Thanksgiving Breakfasts of Yesteryear

November 21, 2025, Posted by: Jennifer Harbster

The quintessentially American holiday, Thanksgiving evokes images of vast dinner spreads, centered on turkey, and as we cook and bake, prepare and labor on these elaborate feasts, who has time to think about breakfast? Well, some cookbook authors in the 1900s didn’t forget breakfast when they shared their Thanksgiving Day menus!

A hearty Thanksgiving breakfast menu of chicken pot pie, a common breakfast dish served at Thanksgiving of the time; baked potatoes; baked sweet apples; and coffee comes from the Landmarks Club of California. In 1903, to help raise money to preserve California’s Spanish missions, club founder Charles Fletcher Lummis and the members published “The Landmarks Club Cook Book” (Los Angeles,1903).  Lummis, the first city editor of the “Los Angeles Times” and head librarian of the city’s public library, had spent time traveling throughout Latin America.  Consequently, he was able to contribute authentic Mexican and Peruvian recipes and essays to the cookbook. Along with recipes for tamales, enchiladas, chiles rellenos, and mole; the book features a section of menu plans for picnics, seasonal bills of fare, special luncheons, dinners and suppers.

Boasting of  “three thousand helpful suggestions and recipes” and assisted by “one thousand home keepers,” Annie R. Gregory’s “Woman’s Favorite Cook Book” (Chicago, 1902) includes a menu for Thanksgiving Day which presents a substantial Thanksgiving breakfast of grapes, oatmeal, sausage, eggs, potatoes and griddle cakes (e.g. pancakes). In the book, Gregory described herself as a “home caterer, successful housewife, and ideal mother.” When writing her cookbook, she solicited and curated recipes from friends and families from across the U.S. “Woman’s Favorite Cook Book” is really three books in one. The first section includes menu plans; food preparation techniques; and recipes, divided into categories by main ingredient (e.g. fish) or dish type (e.g. soup). The second section is dedicated to vegetarian recipes, while the third features household tips.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Fuel for the Festivities: The Thanksgiving Breakfasts of Yesteryear | Inside Adams

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Halloween trick-or-treating - a drive-through neighbourhood:

Spoiler: Driving and idling (fossil fuel combustion), plastic decoration, sugar 'treats' and traps for native wildlife.

Haunted by the spectre of climate disruption and the prospect of an uninhabitable biosphere they drive to event spaces turning neighbourhoods into drive-through (commercial) amusement parks for Halloween and Christmas.

* "People drive from miles and miles to participate in destination neighborhood festivities. The same kind of dynamic has long happened with Christmas.Halloween has gone from a primarily walking holiday to a driving holiday."
Where Have All the Trick-or-Treaters Gone on Halloween? Destination Neighborhoods >>
https://www.collegetowns.org/p/where-have-all-the-trick-or-treaters

* "Research suggests about 30 percent of birds' nests may include human-made materials, posing a risk to nestlings. Halloween in Australia coincides with bird nesting season and birds are often looking for nesting material at this time of year, so there is the potential for these types of decorations to have a bigger impact here than in North America and Europe." >>
https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2025/10/21/halloween-in-australia-how-an-irish-tradition-became-a-uniquely-local-celebration.html

* Halloween on one Sydney street has grown so big it’s now sponsored
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/30/halloween-renwick-street-sydney-trick-or-treat-sponsored

* Australians will spend a record $500 million on Halloween this year despite the so called cost-of-living crisis
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/halloween-australia-growth-displays-community-connection/105954120

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Fig. 16 presents the pyramid complete, and it certainly produces a novel and effective decoration for any Christmas or festival occasion, and is one that can be easily made if one has the time. (1910), from “The Art of Ornamental Orange Peeling”, American Homes and Gardens (Dec 1910).

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a0673d1c-ee07-466d-9ecf-a82054aa54a8

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