It was a Friday on November 22, 1963. People we going about their business, eagerly anticipating Thanksgiving the following week and the weekend closer on the calendar. Talk of Christmas presents and plans began to be bandied about. It was a pleasant, ordinary day during the New Frontier, and the President and First Lady were heading to Dallas ( Read more... )

Yes, friends, it's one of those oddball dates again like 10/10/10 or 11/11/11 that we've had recently. They say some people are getting married on this day even though it's a Tuesday. Ah, well ( Read more... )

Hi, luvs! Well, Halloween is over and even though there's a whirl of activity around that holiday with buying candy, trick-or-treating, putting together costumes, decorating the house and going to parties, it does seem as if they holiday rush really starts after the candy corn and Jack O'Lanterns ( Read more... )

Hi, luvs! PBS is supposed to air a JFK special on American Experience this week. Check your local listings, but it looks like a two-parter on Monday and Tuesday. I can't confirm (Are you kidding? Some days I'm lucky to get into LJ, never mind PBS's site with dial-up!) but they've been doing previews without any info on the day or time. I happened ( Read more... )

http://www.50thhonoringjohnfkennedy.com/

I'm not sure how I feel about Dallas honoring JFK on the 50th anniversary of his death, but I suppose it's better than the city ignoring it.

November 22nd falls on a Friday this year just as it did in 1963.

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