BIG WEEKLY BLEND PODCAST: September 24-30, 2023
Ghosts, Rivers & Seafarers, Breakfast & One Hit Wonders!
Celebrate the end of September on this episode of the Big Weekly Blend podcast that covers some of the national and international holidays, pop culture, and historic happenings between Sept. 24-30, 2023.
Featured guests is ho joins us every 4th Sunday. Joey is an award-winning blind guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, producer, radio and television personality, music columnist, educator, and sound engineer. He’s also the official music ambassador for Macon, Georgia, the “Southern Rock Capital of the World.” More: https://www.joeystuckey.com/
Listen to the podcast and enjoy the music playlist plus the book/author reading list, and links to articles, podcasts, puzzles, and recipes that connect with this week!
THIS WEEK’S MUSIC PLAYLIST:
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* Listen on Spotify
THIS WEEK’S BOOK/AUTHOR READING LIST: William Faulkner, T. S. Eliot, Louisa May Alcott
CELEBRATE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” F. Scott Fitzgerald
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Sir Arthur Guinness – Irish brewer (1725); F. Scott Fitzgerald – novelist (1869); Sheila MacRae – singer & actress (1924); Anthony Newley – actor and singer (1931); Jim Henson – puppeteer (1936); Linda McCartney – singer, fashion designer and photographer (1941); Gerry Marsden – singer, Gerry & The Pacemakers (1942); Gordon Clapp – actor (1948); Phil Hartman – actor (1948); Megan Ward – actress (1969).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Cherries Jubilee Day; National Bluebird of Happiness Day; World Rivers Day; Gold Star Mother’s & Family Day; World Rivers Day; World of Bollywood Day; National Punctuation Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming (1906); Katmai National Park and Katmai National Preserve, Alaska (1918); Flight 93 National Memorial, Pennsylvania (2002)
ARTICLES, PODCASTS, PUZZLES & RECIPES:
Monolithic Devils Tower National Monument
Exploring the Emerald Isle
CELEBRATE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
“The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” William Faulkner
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Fletcher Christian – English Bounty mutineer (1764); William Faulkner – writer, Nobel laureate (1897); Shug Jordan – championship winning football coach (1910); Phil Rizzuto – Hall of Fame baseball player and announcer (1917); Sam Rivers – musician (1923); Barbara Walters – broadcaster (1929); Juliet Prowse – actress and dancer (1936); Michael Douglas – actor and producer (1944); Cheryl Tiegs – model (1947); Mark Hamill – actor (1951); Christopher Reeve – actor (1952); Anson Williams – actor and director (1952); Michael Madsen – actor (1959); Heather Locklear – actress and model (1961); Scottie Pippen – basketball player (1965); Will Smith – actor and rapper (1968); Catherine Zeta-Jones – actress (1969), Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr., “T.I.” – actor (1980); Donald Glover – actor (1983); David S. Jones – snowboarder (1998).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Yom Kippur, National Lobster Day, National Quesadilla Day, National One Hit Wonder Day, National Daughters Day, National Cooking Day, National Food Service Employee Day, Binge Day, World Pharmacists Day, World Dream Day, Research Administer Day, National Tune-Up Day, National Roadkill Day, national Psychotherapy Day, National Comic Book Day, National Math Storytelling Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Sequoia National Park, California (1890); Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts (1911)
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
A Visit to Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Sequoia National Park
Cowboy Quesadilla Recipe Video
West Coast Lobster Rolls Recipe
CELEBRATE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” T. S. Eliot
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Johnny Appleseed- environmentalist (1774); T. S. Eliot – writer and poet, Nobel laureate (1888); George Raft – actor (1895); George Gershwin – composer (1898); Jack LaLanne – fitness, exercise and nutritional expert (1914); Marty Robbins – singer (1925); Julie London – singer and actress (1926); Richard Herd – actor (1932); Donna Douglas – actress (1933); Jerry Weintraub – film producer (1937); Olivia Newton-John – singer and actress (1948); Linda Hamilton – actress (1956); Joe Nemecheck – NASCAR Nationwide Champion (1963); Serena Williams – tennis player (1981), Asuka – wrestler (1981), Dat Boi T – rapper (1984); Russ Diemon – rapper (1992), Killumanti – rapper (1999); Walker Bryant – actor (2006).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: Better Breakfast Day, National Chimichanga Day, National Pancake Day, National Key Lime Pie Day, National Dumpling Day, Johnny Appleseed Day, Lumberjack Day, National Family Day, Alpaca Day, European Languages Day, Human Resource Professionals Day, Love Note Day, National Situational Awareness Day, National Mesothelioma Awareness Day, National Situational Awareness Day, National Law Enforcement Suicide Awareness Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin (1970)
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Faulkner’s Home in Oxford, Mississippi
Bottger Blue Cornmeal Pancakes Recipe
Banana Syrup Pancakes Recipe
Breakfast at Tiffany’s – Recipes
Leading for Justice
CELEBRATE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality.” Samuel Johnson
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Cosimo de Medici – Italian Patron of the Arts (1389); Samuel Adams – American revolutionary leader (1722); Harry Blackstone, Sr. – magician (1885); William Conrad – actor (1920); Jayne Meadows – actress (1920); Arthur Heller Penn – filmmaker (1922); Meat Loaf – singer (1947); A Martinez – actor (1948); Michael Jack Schmidt – Baseball Hall of Fame player (1949); Patrick Muldoon – actor (1968); Gwyneth Paltrow – actress (1972), Lil Wayne – rapper (1982); Avril Lavigne – pop singer (1984); Mitski Miyawaki – rock singer (1991); Jenna Ortega – actress (2002).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: World Tourism Day, Ancestor Appreciation Day, Morning Show Hosts Day, National Chocolate Milk Day, National Corned Beef Hash Day, National Scarf Day, National No Excuses Day, National Crush a Can Day, National Women’s Health & Fitness Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Rock Creek Park, District of Columbia (1870)
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Louisiana Travel & Tourism
Genealogy: A Family Affair
How Family History Led to Exploring Canada
10 Ways Women Can Improve Heart Health
CELEBRATE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
“If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. It transcends all barriers.” Ed Sullivan
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Ed Sullivan – television show host (1901); Max Schmeling – first European World Heavyweight Boxing Title holder (1905); Al Capp – cartoonist (1909); William Windom – actor (1923); Marcello Mastroianni – actor (1924); Brigitte Bardot – actress (1934); J. T. Walsh – actor (1943); Steve M. Largent – Hall of Fame football player (1954); Suzanne Whang – actor (1962); Janeane Garofalo – actress and comedian (1964); Mira Sorvino – actress (1967); Naomi Watts – actress (1968), Jeezy – rapper (1977); Hilary Duff – actress, singer (1987); Jasper Dolphin – rapper (1990); Spencer Rattler – football player (2000); Momona Tamada – actress (2006).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Good Neighbor Day, National Strawberry Cream Pie Day, Ask a Stupid Question Day, International Poke Day, International Right to Know Day, National Self Awareness Day, World Maritime Day, World Rabies Day.
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Dutch Shipping Art History
Island Time – Ohio Style
St Augustine – The Nation’s Oldest City
CELEBRATE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Confucius
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: Pompey the Great – consul of Rome (106 BC); Tintoretto – Italian painter (1518); László Bíró – inventor of the modern ballpoint pen (1899); Greer Garson – actress (1904); Gene Autry – actor, singer, and businessman (1907); Steve Forrest – actor (1924); Jerry Lee Lewis – musician (1935); Ian McShane – actor (1942); Dave Wilcox – Hall of Fame football player (1943); Gwen Ifill – journalist (1955); Andrew Dice Clay – comedian and actor (1957); Halsey – singer (1994); Nicholas Galitzine – actor (1994).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: National Coffee Day, Sukkot, German Sandwich Day, International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste, Confucius Day, National Biscotti Day, International Happy Goose Day, National Brave Day, National Silent Movie Day, National Police Remembrance Day, World Heart Day.
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Seattle
Esso Coffeehouse & Roastery
Cask & Kettle Hot Cocktails
CELEBRATE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.” Rumi
BIRTHDAYS & BIRTH ANNIVERSARIES: William Wrigley, Jr. – industrialist (1861); Buddy Rich – big band drummer (1917); Deborah Kerr – actress (1921); Truman Capote – author (1924); Eliezer Wiesel – holocaust survivor and activist (1928); Angie Dickinson – actress (1931); Johnny Mathis – singer (1935); Samuel F. Pickering, Jr. – author and professor (1940); Fran Drescher – actress (1957); Eric Stoltz – actor (1961); Jenna Elfman – actress (1971); Captain Kirk Douglas – guitarist (1973); Max Emilian Verstappen – race car driver (1997); T-Pain – rapper (1994); Raveena Aurora – singer (1994); Rylo Rodriguez – rapper (1993); Maddie Ziegler – dancer (2002).
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: International Podcast Day, National Ghost Hunting Day, National Hot Mulled Cider Day, National Chewing Gum Day, Save the Koala Day, Save Your Photos Day, International Translation Day, National Puppy Mill Survivor Day, National Love People Day, International Lace Day, Family Health & Fitness Day, Rumi Day.
PARKS & PLACES: Haleakala National Park in Hawai’i (1960), Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas (1972)
PODCASTS, ARTICLES, RECIPES & PUZZLES:
Koala: A Natural History & Uncertain Future
Ghostly Adventures in Asheville, North Carolina
Headless Horses & Horrible Hounds
Haunted Hotels on the Jefferson Highway
