Famous First Words: Be it enacted... Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
September is Baking and Decorating Month and today is National Bakery Day. So, what we knead are some hot cross puns. :: Remember, a good baker rises to the occasion; it's the yeast she can do.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. --Arthur Ashe
..........One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing..........George Gershwin …..Summertime
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. --Dag Hammarskjöld
It is a bright, cool (58°F) Friday morning. The sun is shining through a cloudless azure sky. Trees are still green but motionless without much breeze to move them. Birds flit about and sing or call or scream – in the case of blue jays. I have filled 2 bird feeders and 1 bowl of peanuts (squirrels, birds, and bunny rabbits all seem to like peanuts). Puck went out, came back in, and promptly went back to sleep. Veronica guarded the peanuts from an ajar door until I got cold and closed it. My coffee is brewing and filling the house with acrid but welcome flavor that will soon warm my nose and mouth. Ahh! And now I get to write to you. What fun.
Hope this weekend is the icing on your week, oven masters.
Unsolicited Review of the Week: The Peace Gala (ECM at KU, 9/21/25) was wonderful. The food was excellent and the company was divine. Dances of Universal Peace, Food Not Bombs, and The Haskell Foundation all won Tom and Anne Moore Peace and Justice Awards. And various members talked about what peace and justice meant to them and how they sustain hope and they talked about building a better future. It made me want to share the Peace Lullaby (aka Let Peace Be Part Of You) again. But since one cannot embed an mp3 in an email, I have attached it to the letter. You only need to click on it for the file to play. NOTE: Either I can't or I don't know how to copy the file into this blog. Sorry. I'll work on it and if I figure it out I will include it at a later date. In the meantime try this: https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive?q=parent:0AMe81FXhyMVfUk9PVA%20type:audio
First Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Propel, propel, propel your craft / Lightly down the water solution / Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically / Life is just an illusion
Procrastibaking: (verb) when you have a million things to do but ignore everything and bake. :: A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face. --Maya Angelou
..........s' awful nice, s' paradise..........George Gershwin …..S' Wonderful
Trivia Questions: It's Save The Koalas Day
What scientific classification is the Koala?
Sleepier than cats, how many hours a day do Koalas spend sleeping?
Where are Koalas found – besides zoos?
How many Koalas – more or less – are left in the wild?
What is the lifespan of the Koala?
Big Hello: Habari – Swahili https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/hello.htm
Second Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Here's what we do: we tell Agent Orange that Obama went to school at the Electoral College and he will dismantle it.
Image of the Week: Celebrate World Contraception Day
Insult of the Week: I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it. --Groucho Marx
I tried to make a cake shaped like a car...but it kept breaking down. :: Caker Problem #32: Running out of frosting with one cupcake to go...
We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young. --Letty Cottin Pogrebin
..........The sun was shining everywhere..........George Gershwin …..A Foggy Day
Moonbeam: Making itself intelligible is suicide to philosophy. --Martin Heidegger
Blasphemy of the Week: I want to see executions on TV. Imagine if Coca-Cola sponsored executions. That would be so American, so patriotic. People would tune in. I think children at a certain age, as initiation, should be required to watch. Public executions by guillotine are holy. --Charlie Kirk
Coffee Joke of the Week: At the Cate Café they serve affoGato.
Next Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher...or as his wife would have it, an idiot. --Douglas Adams
Some dream of cake; others bake it happen. :: Life is what you bake it! :: Batter late than never.
We need not think alike to love alike. --Francis David
..........It can be done, it can be done..........George Gershwin …..My One And Only
1) The Koala is in the order Diprotodontia, specifically a marsupial (pouched) mammal with two forward-facing incisors. Marsupial is the important designation here.
Almanac: It is Friday, September 26, 2025. The moon will reach its first quarter on Monday (9/29) and is in Scorpio. The United Nations has declared this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. In addition it is Hug a Vegetarian Day, Johnny Appleseed Day, National Doodle Day, National Dumpling Day, Shamu, the Whale Day, and World Contraception Day. Because it is the fourth Friday it is also National Bakery Day, and Native American Day. Finally because it is the last Friday it is Hug a Vegan Day aka Vegan Baking Day, and Save the Koala Day.
Among those born on this day were John Chapman (1774), Isvar Vidyasagar (1820), T.S. Eliot (1888), Martin Heidegger (1889), George Gershwin (1898), Jack LaLanne (1914), Barbara Britton (1919), Clifton Williams, Jr. (1932), Lynn Anderson (1947), and Oliva Newton-John (1948).
On September twenty-sixth the Parthenon was destroyed (1687), Jefferson became the first Secretary of State (1789), New Zealand became a dominion (1907), the Federal Trade Commission was formed (1914), the Queen Mary liner was launched (1934), Dag Hammarskjöld was re-elected secretary-general of the UN (1957), West Side Story opened on Broadway (1957), The Beverly Hillbillies premiered (1962), Yemen declared itself a republic (1962), Soyuz 38 returned to Earth (1980), and Antonin Scalia became a Supreme Court Judge (1986).
Night Sky, 9/26: The Moon reaches apogee, the farthest point from Earth in its orbit, at 5:46 am. EDT. At that time, our satellite will stand 251,996 miles (405,548 km) away. Triangulum is a small constellation rising in the east after sunset. Check it out.
Fraternal Picture of the Week: Time Travelers to World Con 2025
This Week: Saturday, September 27 – Fish Amnesty Day & National Day of Forgiveness & World Tourism Day
Sunday, September 28 – National Good Neighbor Day & World Rivers Day & Confucius Day
Monday, September 29 – National Coffee Day & World Heart Day & Silent Movie Night
Night Sky, 9/29: The recent five-planet display is breaking apart as Saturn and Neptune sink into the thicker air at the horizon. Venus, Jupiter, and Uranus remain visible in the morning twilight, while the First Quarter moon highlights the evening sky.
Tuesday, September 30 – Ask A Stupid Question Day & Blasphemy Day & National Love People Day
Wednesday, October 1 – International Coffee Day & Random Acts Of Poetry Day & Willy Wonka Day
Night Sky, 19/1: The planet Jupiter rises in the east-northeast shortly after midnight at the start of the month. It rises a little earlier each night, so that by month’s end it rises around 10:30 pm. At brighter than minus-two magnitude, and getting brighter each night, it outshines the bright stars around it.
Thursday, October 2 – Guardian Angels Day & National Custodial Workers Day & Peanuts (the cartoon) Day
A party without cake is just a meeting. --Julia Child :: With baseball and baking it's all about the batter.
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen. --Rod McKuen
..........You got me on the go..........George Gershwin …..Fascinating Rhythm
2) Koalas are famous for sleeping up to 18 hours a day due to their low-energy diet of eucalyptus leaves which also provide most of their water intake.
Preantepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Janet had not imagined that being an evil scientist would involve quite so much evil paperwork. --Submitted by ScienceHumor
Moonbeam: The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking. --Martin Heidegger
Fun Facts of the Week: The New York shirtwaist strike of 1909, also known as the Uprising of the 20,000. It was a labour strike primarily involving Jewish women working in New York shirtwaist factories. In February 1910, the National Women's Trade Union League (NWTUL) settled with the factory owners, gaining improved wages, working conditions, and hours. The end of the strike was followed only a year later by the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which exposed the plight of immigrant women working in dangerous and difficult conditions.
Video of the Week: Shut Your Trap – Animated take off of Disney firing people at Donny T's request.
“Freedom from fear” could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights. --Dag Hammarskjöld
Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of others. --Mother Teresa
Is self-raising flour for orphans? :: Quiche is like the fool's gold of the baking world. When you see it, you think it's pie.
..........Fall in love, you won't regret it..........George Gershwin …..Nice Work If You Can Get It
3) Koalas are found only in the trees of Australia, yet their fluffy cuteness and sleepy behavior have made them popular all over the world.
Antepenultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Any dog can be a guide dog if you don't care where you're going.
Weird Word of the Week: Selenolatry: Worship of the moon. https://word-lists.com/word-lists/100-rare-words-with-beautiful-meanings/
Dragon of the Week: Mermaid on a Seadragon --Submitted by vr of +66
Wacky Uses for Common Products: Discourage blackspot on roses. Pre-treat the mulch by mixing one ounce Clorox Bleach per gallon of water in a bucket and soaking the woodchips and other natural mulches in the solution for one hour. https://www.wackyuses.com/wacky/clorox2.html
Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey. --Henri Nouwen
I have an incredible bread recipe. I keep it secret and only release it on a knead to dough basis. :: If Cinderella was a kitchen slave instead of a cleaning slave, would her name have been Mozzarella?
...........When the mellow moon begins to beam..........George Gershwin …..The Man I Love
4) As of June 2024 the International Fund for Animal Welfare estimates the wild population is between 100,000=500,000 while the Australian Koala Foundation estimates around 40,000-80,000.
Penultimate Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: Only 7 hours, 55 minutes and 35 more years until I'm done with work.
Science Fiction Convention of the Week: Necronomicon 2025 (26-28, Tampa Fl) Florida's longest-running Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror convention. https://necrofl.org/
Seasonal Quote of the Week: For summer, bear in mind, is a loitering gossip that only begins to talk of leaving when September rises to go. --George Washington Cable
Spark of Joy of the Week: The dreams of the people live on. --Glinda Oz the Great and Powerful
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. --Anais Nin
Peter was a short baker that did stand up comedy on weekends. He made lots of jokes about flat bread. I loved the pita patter of tiny Pete. :: Baking is the only profession where loafing on the job can get you a raise.
..........Oh, I takes dat gospel whenever it's pos'ble..........George Gershwin …..It Ain't Necessarily So
5) Koalas generally live from 10-15 years.
Protest Sign of the Week: Clean Up On Aisle 47
Better Protest Sign of the Week: If Melania Doesn't Have To Live With Him … Why Do We?
Best Protest Sign of the Week: Out Of The White House Into The Big House
Quote of the Week: Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world would do this, it would change the earth. --William Faulkner
Final Funniest Thing I Read of the Week: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When Scrabble gives you vowels, make aioli. --Submitted by UUHS
Today's Peace of History: September 26, 1909: International Ladies' Garment Workers Union (ILGWU Local 25) began a strike against the shirtwaist companies.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. --Martin Luther King Jr
How can you tell if the Mango Mussolini is baking chocolate chip cookies? There are m&m shells all over the kitchen. :: She was a baking ninja who claimed to have a black belt in tarts.
..........The way you haunt my dreams..........George Gershwin …..They Can't Take That Away From Me
Masthead of the Week: Friday ePistle, September 26, 2025: gLazed ePistle . Online at: http://fridayepistle.blogspot.com/ Exclusive editor: Christine Smith. Lawrence, KS.
Moonbeam: To dwell is to garden. --Martin Heidegger
Cost of War:
As of 09/25/25 State Department Costs: $275,642,359,657
As of 09/18/25 State Department Costs: $275,083,299,403
As of 09/25/25 Homeland Security: $1,211,111,547,457
As of 09/18/25 Homeland Security: $1,210,504,322,505
As of 09/25/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,329,001,257,812
As of 09/18/25 Interest on War Debt: $1,327,440,048,918
As of 09/25/25 Military Costs: $3,168,741,886,693
As of 09/18/25 Military Costs: $3,167,556,466,182
As of 09/25/25 Veterans Care: $4,499,431,947,816
As of 09/18/25 Veterans Care: $4,487,897,381,485
As of 09/25/25 Total Cost of Wars: $10,483,930,680,284
As of 09/18/25 Total Cost of Wars $10,468,184,331,338
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/cost-of/
Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict. --Dag Hammarskjöld
Last Minute Addition of the Week: If you failed to Rapture today, you may be experiencing Ascension Deficit Disorder. --Submitted by Wittenburg Door
Famous Last Words: I'm going, but I'm going in the name of the Lord. --Bessie Smith who died after a car accident September 26, 1937
..........Who could ask for anything more...........George Gershwin …..I Got Rhythm
It takes a long time to grow an old friend. --John Leonard
Living the Loaf-Life. :: Coming up with a good joke is a lot like baking a cake; I can't do either. :: And that is how the cookie crumbles.
May Peace spice your batter
And Joy flavor your frosting
prairie mama
christine
Last Laugh: My last birthday cake
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