Orts #900
Yes, 900!
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It wasn’t until 1863, during the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. He only did that after being pestered for years by Sarah [Josepha] Hale [1788-1879], author of the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb. For 36 years, she’d been sending letters to governors, senators, presidents, and other politicians, pleading for the establishment of a national holiday.
— Garrison Keillor, The Writer's Almanac, November 23, 2017
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Alice’s Restaurant, a U.S.Thanksgiving classic:
https://youtu.be/W5_8U4j51lI
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a fascinating science article which will change the way you think about the origins of life,
and of minerals, on this planet:
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/10/meet-endoterrestrials/571939/
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from the Who Cares? Department:
The pop song cited in Orts #899 is the work of The Northern Pikes, a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1984.
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from the Nostalgia Department:
At this link
https://tinyletter.com/curmudgeon/archive
you can find previous Orts messages, all the way back to #674, July 13, 2014