Word-Wednesday for October 2, 2019

And here is the Wannaskan Almanac for Word-Wednesday, October 2, 2019, the 40th Wednesday of the year,  the 275th day of the year, with 90 days remaining.


Nordhem Lunch: Hot Pork Sandwich


Earth/Moon Almanac for October 2, 2019
Sunrise: 7:24am; Sunset: 7:02pm;
Moonrise: 12:11pm; Moonset: 9:33am, waxing crescent


Temperature Almanac for October 2, 2019
                Average           Record          Today
High             59                   83                43
Low              37                    21                36


October 2 Celebrations from National Day Calendar

• National Produce Misting Day
• National Custodial Worker’s Recognition Day
• National Name Your Car Day
• National Fried Scallops Day
• National Walk to School Day
• National Pumpkin Seed Day
• National Coffee with a Cop Day

October 2 Riddle
He sits and (blank) over his (blank). What two 5-letter words to fill the blanks share the same letters?*


October 2 Pun

October 2 Notable Historic Events, Literary or Otherwise, from On This Day

• 1614 French King Louis XIII declared an adult at 13.
• 1789 George Washington transmits the proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
• 1836 After 5 years at sea Charles Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle.
• 1872 Phileas Fogg sets out on his journey as depicted in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days.
• 1902 Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit is published.
• 1950 First comic strip of Charlie Brown, Li'l Folks, later Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz published in seven nationwide papers.

October 2 Author/Artist/Character Birthdays, from On This Day

• 1704 František Tůma, Czech composer.
• 1869 Mahatma Gandhi.
• 1879 Wallace Stevens.
• 1890 Groucho Marx.
• 1895 Bud Abbott.
• 1904 Graham Greene.
• 1922 Otmar Macha, Czech composer.
• 1925 Alois Pinos, Czech composer.
• 1949 Annie Leibovitz.
• 1950 Snoopy.
• 1966 Yokozuna, [Rodney Anoia], wrestler.

Words-I-Looked-Up-This-Week Writer's Challenge
Make a single sentence (or poem) from the following words:

• agelast: a person who never laughs.
• augend: in addition, the first quantity when adding two quantities, where the second quantity is the addend.
• cornubation: an extended urban area, typically consisting of several towns merging with the suburbs of one or more cities.
• meech: to play truant.
• octothorpe: the symbol #.
• obelus: the symbol ÷.
• palaver: noun, unnecessarily elaborate or complex procedure; lengthy and unproductive discussion. verb, talk unproductively and at length.
• powhead: a tadpole.
• snood: an ornamental hairnet or fabric bag worn over the hair at the back of a woman’s head.
• tricolate: to adorn or decorate; to tidy or fix.

October 2, 2019 Word-Wednesday Feature
Anagrams
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. Think of anagram play as mental gymnastics for writers to expand creativity. For example, think of an anagram that may also be a synonym or antonym for the original word: evil/vile and customers/store scum. Then there are the clever anagram pairs: bad credit/debit card and school master/the classroom, dormitory/dirty room and Elvis/lives.

Maybe start practicing with your name, where Chairman Joe becomes American John; 

where WannaskaWriter becomes Rainwater Swank; 

where Mr. Hot Coco becomes Crotch Moo; 

Catherine Stenzel becomes teacher silent zen; 

and where Kim Hruba remains a tough one, but where Kim Koster Hruba becomes haiku berm stork.

Post your own favorite anagram in today’s comment section.

From A Year with Rilke, October 2 Entry
A New Morning, from Early Journals.

And today, once again, a new morning: bright, with close, rounded clouds that frame expanses of the immeasurably deep sky. Agitation in the treetops. In everything else, restfulness. Windfall of apples. The grass softly invites you to walk out of the house. The dimness inside is alive with lights on antique silver, and their reflections in the looking glass confuse the eye as to what is enclosed within the mirror’s frame.

There are so many days here, none like any other. And beneath all their differences is the great similarity: the gratitude in which they are received.

In memory of Joshua Birchem.
The Wannaskan Almanac contributors share our deep condolences with his family.


Be better than yesterday,
learn a new word today,
try to stay out of trouble - at least until tomorrow,
and write when you have the time.

*mopes/poems.