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EVENTS
NOV

Late Nov.-Early Feb, Annual Smoky
Mountain Winterfest, Gatlinburg, Sevierville,
Pigeon Forge, mypigeonforge.com/event/
winterfest
Early November, Granite City Fall Festival,
Elberton, GA, exploregeorgia.org/things-to-do
16- 1/2, Annual Winter Wonderland of Lights Festival,
Ashland, KY, facebook.com/wwolashland
November-December, Holiday Lights
Safari, Wellford, SC, discoversouthcarolina.com/
products/25837
November-December, National Gingerbread
House Competition, Asheville, NC, exploreasheville.
com/event-calendar
Late November, Lewisburg Holiday Open House,
Lewisburg, WV, greenbrierwv.com/
21, Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival, Poplar Forest, VA,
poplarforest.org/event/thomas-jeffersonwine-festival-2020

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Significa

●	New moon-15th	
(	First quarter-21st

❍	Full moon-30th
)	Last quarter-8th

November's full moon is the beaver moon.

sunrise sunset

Nov. 1 - sun rises 7:10; sun sets 17:56; length of day 10h 46m
Nov. 8 - sun rises 6:52; sun sets 17:14; length of day 10h 22m
Nov. 15 - sun rises 6:59; sun sets 17:09; length of day 10h 9m
Nov. 22 - sun rises 7:06; sun sets 17:05; length of day 9h 58m
Nov. 29 - sun rises 7:13; sun sets 17:02; length of day 9h 49m

Daylight Saving ends
Election Day
Sadie Hawkins Day

ˆ FACTOIDS

First issue of Rolling Stone magazine, 1967
"Sesame Street" debuts, 1969
Veterans Day (USA)
Vietnam Memorial dedicated, 1982
G. W.Vanderbilt born, 1862

First appearance of Mickey Mouse, 1928
Gettysburg Address, 1863
N.C. ratifies U.S. Constitution, 1789
"Toy Story" released, 1995

Consider the elephant:
It's the only animal besides humans
that can stand on its head.
It is the only animal with 4 forwardfacing knees.
A hummingbird weighs less than a
penny.
Reed Hastings was inspired to start
Netflix after racking up a $40 fine on
a VHS copy of Apollo 13.
A British man changed his name to
Tim PPPPPPPPPPrice to make it hard
for telemarketers to pronounce. He
refers to himself as 10P Price.
The amount of plastic film and wrap
produced annually could shrink-wrap
the state of Texas.

"Casablanca" premiers, 1942
Thanksgiving Day

George Washington Vanderbilt, who would complete Asheville, North Carolina's Biltmore mansion
in 1895, was born on November 14, 1862. Learn more: BlueRidgeCountry.com/Vanderbilt.

Writer C.S. Lewis born, 1898
Lucille Ball m. Desi Arnaz, 1940

ˆ WEATHER APHORISMS

ˆ REGIONAL NOTES

ˆ RECIPE

ˆ GARDENING HINTS

ˆ OLD SAWS

The thicker the apple skin
the higher the snow.

Leo the Enlightened, a
20-foot troll by Danish
sculptor Thomas Danbo,
lounges around in the Smoky
Mountains of Sevier County,
Tennessee. The troll, perched
on a hillside at Blackberry
Mountain Resort, was built
to encourage guests to go
outside and explore. 35.719⁰
N, 83.9545⁰ W

CHERRY NUT SALAD
Ingredients:

Run over dry leaves with
your mower before placing
them in the compost pile.
They'll decompose faster.

Every time you clean
something, you just make
something else dirty.

ˆ KITCHEN

Directions:

After stewing a chicken for
diced meat, let it cool in
broth before cutting. It will
have twice the flavor.

Mix well
and chill.

If robins are seen near a
house in the fall, the winter
will be cold and snowy.
Leave the breastbone of
a goose or turkey on the
windowsill to dry.
If the bone turns chalky
white, you'll be snug and
warm at night.
If the bone turns black or
blue winter will go hard on
you.

For crispier fried potatoes,
slice potatoes into cold water
and leave at least an hour.

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1 can cherry pie filling
1 can sweetened condensed
milk
1 can crushed, drained
pineapple
1 c. chopped walnuts
1 carton whipped topping

If you haven't already done
so, clean out your bird
nesting boxes for the winter.
While cats are the number
one cause of death for
songbirds in the U.S., window
strikes are a close second.
Prevent these by leaving
screens in or stretching
netting across hooks screwed
around the windows.

Life isn't all beer and skittles.
Everything passes,
everything perishes,
everything palls.
The only free cheese is
usually in a mousetrap.
Even a blind squirrel finds an
acorn sometimes.
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