SENIORS ALIVE! THE NOVEMBER ISSUE

THE NOVEMBER ISSUE OF SENIORS ALIVE! IS OUT. HERE IS A LINK. TO ACCESS BACK ISSUES OF SENIORS ALIVE! AND SENIOR MOMENTS CLICK ON THE TAB ABOVE.

There is a bunch of good things in this issue. I especially liked Pat's editorial about November. Truly, it is November. Typically it's a 'neither here nor there' sort of month, with cold-ish temperatures, gray sky, some rain and maybe some snow. The colorful leaves are gone. Maybe some golden birch leaves are hanging around but mainly what remains are the brown beach and oak leaves. Surely it's the fastest month of the year. I really do believe there is at least a week fewer number of days in November than in any other month. I mean, Thanksgiving is sort of a week away and the Christmas commercial hullabaloo is in full swing now.  

I like November. Some might think of this somber month as a time of dead but really Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year: your 'responsibility' is to reflect on your (hopefully) many blessings. Just now, even before Thanksgiving, we celebrate and honor those who have gone to war in order to ensure our thankfulness at Thanksgiving. We  honor those guys, men and women, in November. Thanksgiving, unlike Christmas, is not laiden with guilt  about gifts, cards -- 'got to,' and 'should have' stuff. It is no wonder Christmas is, for some, a very depressing season (the whole reason for celebrating the season by many having been overlooked or hijacked by commercial interests: didn't Christ throw the money lenders out of the temple after all? time for us to reconsider what this season is about?). No, I like November and Thanksgiving  My wood is stacked, we've got gas for the generator. Most importantly, the fruitcake fruit is marinating now in good dark rum.

Anyway, back to Seniors Alive!. Read Pat's introduction. Then note that there will be a Thanksgiving feast at the Hillsborough .American Legion on Saturday, 21 November at 1:00. It's free thanks to the Hillsborough Lions Club. 

Note also that the Senior's Bus will make its' monthly trip to Walmart onWedneday, 18 November, leaving from Shaw's parking lot at 10 am. Call Marie Mogavero (603 464 4727) to reserve  your spot.

I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving!