BIG WEEKLY BLEND PODCAST: AUGUST 14-20, 2023
Air Waves, Lenses, and Winged Wonders…
Recorded from Tiffany’s Bed & Breakfast near Hot Springs, Arkansas, this episode of the Big Weekly Blend podcast celebrates the national and international holidays, pop culture, and historic happenings between Aug. 14-20, 2023. Listen to the podcast in the YouTube player below or download it on Acast, and enjoy the music playlist as well as the links to the articles, podcasts, and recipes that connect with this week!
THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PLAYLIST
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CELEBRATE MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2023
“Don’t waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power – it’s time.” David Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023)
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Doc Holliday – gambler and dentist (1851); Ernest Thayer – author of “Casey at the Bat” (1863); Francis Ford – actor (1881); Russell Baker – journalist/TV host (1925); Dash Crofts – musician (1940); David Crosby – musician (1941); Connie Smith – singer (1941); Steve Martin – actor and comedian (1945); Susan Saint James – actress (1946); Danielle Steel – novelist (1947); Magic Johnson – basketball player (1949); Palmer Williams Jr. – actor (1965); Halle Berry – actress (1966); Chris Perez – guitarist (1969); Tim Tebow – football player (1987).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Financial Awareness Day; National Love Your Bookshop Day; National Creamsicle Day; Navajo Code Talkers Day; US Victory Day; Spirit of ’45 Day; World Lizard Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Oregon Territory (1848); General Grant National Memorial, New York (1958).
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Big Blend Library
Military Communication Podcast
CELEBRATE TUESDAY, AUGUST 15
“A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.” Sir Walter Scott (August 15, 1771 – September 21, 1832)
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Napoleon Bonaparte – Emperor of France (1769); Sir Walter Scott – novelist and poet (1771); Charles Comiskey – baseball Hall of Fame player (1859); Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – composer (1875); Ethel Barrymore – actress (1879); Edna Ferber – novelist (1885); Julia Child – cook (1912); Rose Marie – actress (1923); Mike Connors – actor (1925); Oscar Peterson – jazz pianist (1925); Jimmy Webb – musician and composer (1946); Tom Colicchio – chef / TV personality (1962); Debra Messing – actress (1968); Ben Affleck – actor (1972); Ermias Joseph Asghedom, aka Nipsey Hussle, rapper (1985); Joe Jonas – actor and singer (1989); Jennifer Shrader Lawrence – actress (1990); Chief Keef – rapper (1995).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Chant at the Moon Day; National Relaxation Day; Check the Chip Day (Micro-Chip Your Pet); National Back to School Prep Day; National Leathercraft Day; National Lemon Meringue Pie Day; World Greatness Day Celebrating Unsung Heroes.
PARKS & PLACES: Panama City, Panama (1519); Asunción, Paraguay (1537); Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark (1843); Chattahoochee National Recreation Area, Georgia; War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam (1958).
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
National Park Units in US Territories
CELEBRATE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16
“The way I look at things, a man’s life story isn’t his alone, but it belongs to a lot of people who have influenced him and done things for him that he can never repay.” (August 16, 1924 – March 18, 2010)
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Charles Bukowski – poet, author, writer (1920); Fess Parker – actor (1924); Ann Blyth – actress (1928); Robert Culp – actor (1930); Frank Gifford – football player and announcer (1930); Eydie Gormé – singer (1931); Julie Newmar – actress (1933); Lesley Ann Warren – actress (1946); Kathie Lee Gifford – singer and actress (1953); James “J.T.” Taylor – singer, Kool & The Gang (1953); Angela Bassett – actress (1958); Madonna – singer and actress (1958); Laura Innes – actress (1959); Steve Carell – actor and comedian (1962); Jeffery Lamar Williams, aka Young Thug, rapper (1991).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Rollercoaster Day; National Rum Day; National Tell a Joke Day; National Work From Home for Wellness Day; National Airborne Day; National Independent Worker Day; National Authenticity Day.
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Craven Raven Cocktail Recipes
Crème Brûlée French Toast
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Mike Guardia – Skybreak
The Millionaire’s Unit
CELEBRATE THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
“Let your tongue speak what your heart thinks.” Davy Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836)
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Davy Crockett – frontiersman and soldier (1786); Mae West – actress (1893); Maureen O’Hara – actress (1920); Jean Poiret – actor, director and screenwriter (1926); Glenn Corbett – actor (1930); Floyd Red Crow Westerman – Native American musician and actor (1936); Robert De Niro – actor (1943); Sean Penn – actor and director (1960); Joyner Lucas- rapper, artist, poet (1988); Taissa Farmiga – actress (1994).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Black Cat Appreciation Day; Baby Boomers Recognition Day; National I Love My Feet Day; National Non-Profit Day; National Thrift Shop Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Pike Place Market in Seattle (1907); Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina (1937).
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Experience Pike Place Market
Parks & Waterways of The South
CELEBRATE FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
“Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” Jimi Hendrix
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Virginia Dare – first English child born in North America (1587); Meriwether Lewis – explorer (1774); Max Factor – cosmetics entrepreneur (1904); Shelley Winters – actress (1920); Roman Polanski – director and actor (1933); Robert Redford – actor (1936); Patrick Swayze – actor (1952); Denis Leary – comedian and actor (1957); Bob Woodruff – journalist, anchor (1961); Edward Norton – actor (1969); Christian Slater – actor (1969); Madelaine Petsch – actress (1994).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Couples Day; National Fajita Day; Hawaiian Shirt Day; National Bad Poetry Day; National Ice Cream Pie Day; National Pinot Noir Day; Never Give Up Day; Serendipity Day; and World Breast Cancer Research Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Riga, Latvia (1202)
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
The Five Core Conversations for Couples
Relationship Sanity
Pinot Noir BBQ Sauce
Pinot Noir Chocolate Chip Brownies
Bells Up Winery in Oregon
CELEBRATE SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” John Dryden (August 19, 1631 – May 12, 1700)
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: John Dryden – poet (1631); Orville Wright – aviation pioneer (1871); Coco Chanel – clothing designer (1883); Ogden Nash – poet (1902); Malcolm Forbes – publisher (1919); Gene Roddenberry – television producer (1921); Willie Shoemaker – jockey (1931); Diana Muldaur – actress (1938); Jill St. John – actress (1940); Johnny Nash – singer-songwriter (1940); Bill Clinton – 42nd President of the United States (1946); Gerald McRaney – actor (1948); John Deacon – bassist for Queen (1951); Adam Arkin – actor (1956); John Stamos – actor (1963); Kyra Sedgwick – actress (1965); Lee Ann Womack – musician (1966); Matthew Perry – actor (1969); Nate Dogg – rapper (1969); Fat Joe – rapper (1970); Ethan Cutkosky – actor (1999).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Potato Day; World Humanitarian Day; International Homeless Animals Day; International Orangutan Day; National Aviation Day; National Soft Ice Cream Day; National Photography Day; World Photo Day; World Honey Bee Day; National Patient Advocacy Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee (1890).
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Garlic Herb Fries
Historic Aviation Happenings in Yuma, Arizona
Living in the Age of Airplanes
High in Desert Skies
Combat History of the F-14
Norfolk’s US Airfields in WWII
Street Photographer Norman Bush
Photographer Harun Mehmedinovic in Death Valley
Scott Kelby – The Travel Photography Book
National Park Photographer Robert Decker
National Park Photographer Jim Schlett
Nature Photographer Insider: Margot Carrera
Traveling Photographer William Henry Jackson
Photographer Cody Brothers in Death Valley
CELEBRATE SUNDAY, AUGUST 20
“”It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Benjamin Harrison – 23rd President of USA (1833); H.P. Lovecraft – sci-fi writer (1890); Alan Reed – original voice of Fred Flintstone (1907); Jacqueline Susann – novelist (1918); Jim Reeves – country music singer (1923); Isaac Hayes – singer, songwriter, and actor (1942); Connie Chung – journalist (1946); Robert Plant – musician, Led Zeppelin (1948); Al Roker – TV personality (1954); Fred Durst – rapper, Limp Bizkit (1970); Misha Collins – actor (1974); Ben Barnes – actor (1981); Andrew Garfield – actor (1983); Demi Lovato – pop singer (1992); Mitchell David Trubisky – football player (1994);
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Bacon Lovers Day; National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day; National Radio Day; and World Mosquito Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Hungarian State (1000); Tucson, Arizona (1775).
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
A Taste of Hungary
Hungarian Hollywood History
Hollywood Loves Hungary
Tucson Hollywood History
Tucson Sites on the Anza Trail
Tucson, Arizona Guide
Apple & Brie Soup with Bacon & Pumpkin Seed Granola
