Did you know there will be a lunar eclipse tonight? (An editorial note: The eclipse was actually early this morning.) Do you plan to watch the eclipse? I hope to watch it
if we have clear skies. In the desert where I live, we have a lot of
evenings with clear skies, but this week we are expecting some clouds.
Here is a photo that I took of a full moon some months ago.
If you look
very, very closely you can see the outline of the mountains just below the
moon. The little red dots are traffic lights in the distance.
In
addition to the eclipse, October 8th is National Fluffernutter Day.
That's the celebration of the sandwich made with peanut butter and
marshmallow creme or fluff. That brings me to another point. One
Christmas our family got in a discussion about marshmallow creme, which I
use when I make fudge at Christmas. Both of my sons-in-law call it
marshmallow fluff. I had never heard of Fluff until we moved to
Massachusetts in the 1990's. I had always called it marshmallow creme.
Which came first? Supposedly, marshmallow creme was actually invented in
Massachusetts in 1917, but when the recipe was sold to Durkee-Mower,
Inc., they renamed it Marshmallow Fluff. Check out the commercial for Fluffernutter at the bottom of the page.
October 8th is also National Pierogi Day. I have seen the pierogi race at the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game. Have you? Check out this link.
This is also National Emergency Room Nurses Day. Here's a shout out to my friend Nancy who worked for many years as an emergency room nurse. Do you know an emergency room nurse?
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