Daily Factoid

The autumn frosts will lie upon the grass

Like bloom on grapes of purple-brown and gold.

- Elinor Hoyt While, American poet (1885-1928)

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Tue 22 Oct 2013 

Company's Coming

Expect visitors when

... you drop the scissors and they stand upright.

... you knock over the pepper.

... your eyebrows twitch.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Wed 23 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

To love is to understand and to feel  that the other person is different.

- Swami Pranjnanpad

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Thu 7 Nov 2013

Does a flower, full of beauty, light and loveliness say, "I am giving, helping, serving?" It is! And because it is not trying to do anything, it covers the earth.

- Krishnamurti

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Thu 17 Oct 2013

Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise) 

Daily Factoid

Grandfather was a voracious reader. . . . He would retire with at least three books and consume them before he slept. . . . He chewed over the first chapter and got the meat of the thing and where it was heading, and then he'd skip to the last chapter to see if he was right.

- The Old Farmer's Almanac, 1963

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Sat/Sun 19/20 Oct 2013 

Aubergine, Meet America

In 1806, Thomas Jefferson introduced the eggplant, also called the aubergine, to North America.

For decades, the plant was grown mainly for decoration because it was believed to cause insanity if eaten.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 21 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

Whatever our mind constantly dwells upon, that we become.

- Patanjali

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Tue 5 Nov 2013

How can the drops of water know themselves to be a river?

- Zen Saying

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Wed 16 Oct 2013

Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)

2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)

3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise) 

 

Daily Factoid

Im living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
- e.e. cummings, American poet (1894-1962)
- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Thu 17 Oct 2013 



The geographic center of the 50 United States is 20 miles north of Belle Fourche, South Dakota.
Welcome to Belle Forche the Geo Center of the U.S.

in 1959 following the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic survey officially designated a point 20 miles north of Belle Fourche, South Dakotaas the Geographic Center of the Nation
Entry of Alaska and Hawaii as states moved the site from its old position in Smith Center Kansas to Belle County, South Dakota.
Teh U.S. Coast and Geodetic survey announced that the location of the new center is at Latitude 44 degrees, 58 minutes North, and Longitute 103 degrees , 46 minutes West.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Fri 18 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

Help, if you can; if you cannot, fold your hands, stand by, and see things go on.

- Swami Vivekananda

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Mon 4 Nov 2013

Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do.

- Mencius

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Tue 15 Oct 2013

Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)  

Daily Factoid

Birth Verse

October's Child is born for woe,

And life's vicissitudes must know;

But lay an opal on her breast, And hope will lull those woes to rest.

- Tiffany and Company, 1870

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Tue 15 Oct 2013 

From the Kitchen Cupboard

After cleaning up Fido's mess, control odor by sprinkling baking soda on the area. Vacuum when dry.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Wed 16 Oct 2013 

Daily Inspiration

Live every second in the consciousness that you are immortal; thoughts and habits change, only your soul will live forever.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Sat/Sun 2/3 Nov 2013

There is one Being, this Self;

It neither comes nor goes.

- Swami Vivekananda

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Mon 14 Oct 2013

Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)

Daily Factoid

The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.

- Doris Day, American actress (b. 1924)

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Sat/Sun 12/13 Oct 2013

Apple Dabbler

In 1811, Canadian John McIntosh discovered what was to become known as the first 'McIntosh' apple tree.

- The Old Farmer's Everyday Almanac Calendar; Mon 14 Oct 2013

Daily Inspiration

If you do not learn how to love everywhere you go, you are going to suffer.

- Eknath Easwaran

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Fri 1 Nov 2013

The intellect is weak; it has no power except over what is as weak as itself.

- Al-Nuri

Wisdom of The East daily calendar; Sat/Sun 12/13 Oct 2013

Today's Tarot
1) Card of the day (the important aspects of the day ahead)
2) Attend to this (personal issues that will require attention)
3) What to look out for (feelings, desires or reactions that could arise)