Monthly Archives: October 2020

Well, here it is a holiday that we’ve celebrated every year for almost 50 years — Ten-Ten Day. Both the faithful readers of this blog know all about it, but if you’re new, Ten-ten, or Double Ten Day is a … Continue reading →

Well, Halloween is on the horizon and apparently there won’t be any ‘Trick or Treating’ in Shepherdstown in 2020. Of course, everything is screwed up, different, or just plain canceled this year.  Anyhow, that got me to thinking about Halloween … Continue reading →

If you’ve been following the news, you know that COVID-19 has reached the White House. It had reached the White House before, but now it’s hit the “front office.” In the early days of this disease’s  spread (in the United … Continue reading →

Well, yesterday we got October off to festive start by celebrating the Moon Festival. The first full Moon of fall occurred last night — the Harvest Moon. Of course 2020 being what it is, we’ll get a second full Moon … Continue reading →

If you check your calendar, you’ll see that today is the first day of October…. what your calendar may not tell you is that today just also happens to be the Chinese Moon Festival. This is a holiday that has … Continue reading →