Today is Veterans’ Day, a federally mandated holidays in the US, for all those who served our country. Originally it was just for the dead and missing, but in 1954 Congress expanded it to everyone who served. I set our chart for the White House at the same time as the original Armistice was declared:…
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2017, The week of November 5th in Charleston
Today is the end of Summer time. It’s unofficially winter and the days will darken from here on until the solstice next month. Our header picture is from Charleston where it is a glorious 80 degrees Fahrenheit with nary a cloud in the sky. Next week though, the temps start dropping, so enjoy it while…
#J341 Star Crossed Scott Fitzgerald
Born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24, 1896, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald really was named after the relative who penned the national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner. He joked once driving by his ancestor’s statue in Baltimore “Don’t let Uncle Frank see me drunk!” Scott was urbane and Princeton educated, yet he and the…
2017, The week of September 19th in Dubuque
Sunday, September 17, 2017 Venus quincunx Chiron 3:16AM EDT, Mars sextile Hades 3:37AM EDT, sun enters sidereal Virgo 12:53PM EDT, Uranus square Ceres 6:24PM EDT Monday September 18, 2017 Venus trine Uranus 00:26AM EDT, sun square Cupido 10:53PM EDT Tuesday, September 19, 2017 Mercury contra-parallel Jupiter 1:40AM EDT, sun opposes Chiron 3:32AM EDT, Mercury sextile…
J101 Dr. Alexis Carrel & the Dakin Solution
Before Dr. Alexander Fleming invented penicillin, Dr. Carrel developed the Dakin Solution, a type of hypochlorite solution made from bleach that is diluted and then treated to decrease skin irritation. Chlorine, the active ingredient in Dakin’s solution, is a potent antiseptic that kills most forms of bacteria and viruses. This simple solution saved many men…