It's fall, y'all. Did you remember?

cj Sez: Did you remember to turn your clock back anhour? 

  By the by, the answer to why there is a time change twice ayear? According to a dot com newsarticle: “The U.S. first implemented daylight saving during World War I as away to conserve fuel with the Standard Time Act of 1918, also known as theCalder Act.”
  In recent years, people have questioned the need to continueto observe the act. In response, there are sages among the D.C. electorate who decidedthey needed to save the sunshine. The Sunshine Protection Act that would have eliminated“Fall Back” and “Spring Forward” was approved by the U.S. Senate in 2022, butit never made it past the House of Representatives. The national billis waiting in the wings, however. 
  According to the Farmers’ Almanac, at least33 state legislatures have attempted to keep daylight saving time year-round.Currently only Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation) and Hawaii donot observe daylight saving time.
Tip:  The correct term is daylight“saving” (not savings) time. The AP Style Guide says it’sproperly all lower case, as does the “writers’ bible”—the Chicago Manual of Style. Initials, however, areall caps: DST.
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  The idea of turning back time can be especially appealingwhen thinking about aging:
  Not me. I want people to know “why” I look this way. I'vetraveled a long way and a lot of the roads were not paved. Points to remember:
   You know you are getting old when everything either dries upor leaks.
   Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
  I'm grateful for each day that I’m lucky enough to growolder. I can testify that eventually we reach a point when we stop lying about ourage and start bragging about it.
  Here’s a wonderful tongue-in-cheek essay on the youngergeneration’s perception of "seenagers" (a senior who doesn’t act her/his age). My personal goal is to be one of those. 
  https://writerswhokill.blogspot.com/2023/11/seniors-ageism-and-cozy-mysteries-by.html?spref=fb    I actually experienced an episode of that perception when Itook my granddaughter to lunch last week. The waitress came back with my creditcard and the receipt for the tab I had paid, handed it to her, and spent a fewminutes suggesting she enter a contest after logging onto the restaurant’swebsite. I was using Mac and PC computers for reports and graphic presentationsbefore either of them were born. I give Maggie Rose credit . . . she startedlaughing before I did.
  I believe the following prayer will help keep the peace…if Ican remember it in time: 

Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over mymouth.  Amen

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  This weekend, Saturday, November 11, the U.S. respectfullyobserves Veterans Day, a day set aside to honor all the veterans whose heroismmade and keep this country free.

  “When first celebrated as Armistice Day, the day marked theend of World War I, formally recognized on the ‘11th hour, of the 11th day, ofthe 11th month’ in 1918. The U.S. continues to honor the original connection toWWI, and Veterans Day is celebrated on the same day every year—November 11—regardless ofwhich day of the week it falls.” (Source: https://www.military.com/veterans-day)

  Canada honors its veterans on November 11 bycelebrating their heroism with “Remembrance Day.”  
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  Okay, that’s it for today. You-all guys keep on keeping on,and I’ll try to do the same. Raising prayers for a happy and safe you.cjNow a note from my sponsors:
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