Constitution Day

anniversary of 1787 ratification of

U.S. Constitution in Philadelphia

Sept. 17, 1787

Happy Mexican Independence Day!

 September 16 annually

National Peanut Day

 Sept. 13 annually

Kilauea - volcano on Big Island, Hawaii

story from Big Island

Volcano National Park has lowered the threat to structures and infrastructure

It is erupting again after an extended period of eruptions 2021-22

//abcnews.go.com/

Patriot Day (State of Michigan Governor's proclamation) - Sept. 11 annually

 LANSING (mich.)

https://www.abc57.com/news/michigan-gov-whitmer-proclaims-sept-11-as-patriot-day

4th Quake in less than a month - Southern IN and IL area (Salem & Vincennes)

from WISH- TV (Indianapolis) statewide Television / news source

https://www.wishtv.com/weather/weather-stories/fourth-quake-in-less-than-a-month-felt-near-illinois-indiana-border/

Early Sunday a.m. 12:11 a.m. September 10, 2023

National Blood Supply crisis

Red Cross dot-org

September 2023

The American Red Cross has announced that the national blood supply

has fallen to critically low levels -- dropping nearly 25% -- since early August

https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/press-release/2023/red-cross-announces-national-blood-shortage.html

Donors of all blood types needed; emergency need for platelet donors and 

type O blood donors to make appointments to give now. . .

Here, Bullet

POET is Brian Turner (American)

published in 2005 by 7-year Army soldier in Middle East

If a body is what you want,

then here is bone and gristle and flesh.

Here is the clavicle-snapped wish,

the aorta's opened valves, the leap

thought makes at the synaptic gap.

Here is the adrenaline rush you crave,

that inexorable flight, that insane puncture

into heat and blood.  And I dare you to finish

what you've started.  Because here, Bullet,

here is where I complete the word you bring

hissing through the air, here is where I moan

the barrel's cold esophagus, triggering

my tongue's explosives for the rifling I have

inside of me, each twist of the round

spun deeper, because here, Bullet,

here is where the world ends, every time.

https://www.poetryinternational.com/en/poets-poems/poems/poem/103-14245_HERE-BULLET

When is ROSH HASHANAH this autumn?

Weekend of September 15 (Friday evening)

until 9/17/ (Sunday) evening.

Next time to see Comet NISHIMURA will be 2458

 Details in NY TIMES science article - here is online web

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/science/comet-nishimura.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR3YHetUsboAui9Nf7GeHmpHFZudfKxrfd_iSg_4n_oiDCkvWZzdnaMpv_4

International Star Trek Day

September 8 annually

The pilot-initial episode "The Man-Trap"

of STAR TREK (1966-1969) - a NBC Sci-fi series

was on prime time September 8, 1966.

8 September 1966

first airing of the NBC sci-fi series

Star Trek (1966-1969)

The original dramatic TV series was on for three seasons

Change Day 2023

Sept.14, 2023 

Andrews Univ. Ber. Springs, MI

details 

Andrews.edu

PLOTUS: Saint Mary's lecture-dialogue, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m.

Poet Laureate of the United States

Ada Limon

will speak to the faculty and students and guests of

Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN) on

Thursday Sept. 21, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets also available for Moreau Hall presentation online

after Sept. 12.  Details and reserved ticket sales at

https://www.saintmarys.edu/evening-plotus-ada-lim%C3%B3n

Hurricane Lee (category 1 storm in Atlantic Ocean) - as of Sept. 8 Category 5

 details at CNN dot-com

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/07/weather/hurricane-lee-path-atlantic-caribbean-climate/index.html

Likely to pass over Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico this weekend

May only stay off East Coast of the United States

College Night - UPTON HALL, Lake Michigan college - 9/18 at 6 p.m.

from school website about Monday 9/18 free event at Mendel Center Auditorium, Upton Hall

https://www.lakemichigancollege.edu/about/news-events/2023-09/lmc-hosts-more-60-colleges-universities-college-night

Adrian College to WMU

High School students and their parents, transfer students, adult students are invited

to this free event from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. in Week 3 of the new Fall Semester 2023

National Read a Book Day

 Sept. 6, 2023

Hottest summer on record (NPR)

 https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1197825362/this-summer-was-the-hottest-on-record-across-the-northern-hemisphere-the-u-n-say

Closed on Labor Day

 Retailers like Costco;

City services such as Libraries;

Also, the U.S. Post Office and many banks across the U.S.

Bacon

Happy International Bacon Day!

September 2 annually

more information here --

https://reviewed.usatoday.com/cooking/news/international-bacon-day-2023-how-to-cook-bacon-in-air-fryer-microwave-at-home

Archaeology

Oct. 1 - 31 is Michigan Archaeology Month

READ more about it at MI gov-com

https://www.miplace.org/historic-preservation/archaeology/

Apple Festival 2023 (Niles, Michigan) Hours - Dates for this year

 at Apple Festival Grounds north of

Niles High School and Ring Lardner Middle School

17th st. at Lake Street

Kids parade is sat. 9/23/23

Opening day - Thursday 9/28/2023 from 3 - 10 p.m.

Friday is 2nd day 9/29th from 3 - 11 p.m.

Saturday Sept. 30 from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m.

Sunday October 1 (Apple-themed events/competitions) from 8 a.m. until

6 p.m. close-down