View From The Bridge 12/4/19

VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
By Muncie
12/4/19

THE FULL COLD MOON
Truer words were never spoken.  Turning my thermostat up and up each day is a daily reminder. My blessing is an electric blanket.

The other name for this month is the Full Long Nights Moon. That also cannot be disputed.  Wow! Sixteen hours of dark and eight hours of light. However, the eight hours of light are only on days that the sun shines. That has not happened very often the past few weeks. Oh well, only 3 more weeks and the days start to get longer.

The full moon this month will be on Thursday the 12th. Did you see the full moon last month? It was so beautiful but I only saw it the night it was full because of overcast skies. I hope that this month will be clear because it should be a huge silver ball. Happy moon watching.

I’m writing this on Saturday, November 30th so I can get an early start on the View. I checked outdoors before I retired for the night and saw the Finger Nail Moon. It is about 1/8 the size of the Full Moon. We always watched for it about 2 weeks ahead of the full moon. It is so interesting to see it get larger and larger. 

TRAVEL WEEK
I hope that you all are back in your homes safely. If any of you have some travel, or not travel, stories, please give me a call.

I know that many of you were not able to travel over the river and through the woods on Thanksgiving Day. Our family was minus four members because of roads that were not yet cleared or actually closed to traffic. Never the less, we had a very “family” time together. There was a lot of conversation about how things used to be. The most important “THING” discussed was the cell phone. How interesting it would have been if we had experienced some of our adventurers if we had had cell phones. I have a dozen stories and I am sure that you have too. Oh well, it is over for this year and we now look forward to Christmas and the New Year. May all your travel plans be perfect and safe.

CHOUTEAU COUNTY COUNTRY CHRISTMAS
For you readers new to the community we have a great weekend coming up on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  It will be a full day and something for everyone.

Kiddos can shop at their very own Santa’s North Pole Outlet Mall. You can purchase, for small amounts, a gift for everyone on your gift giving list. (That also includes your brothers and sisters.)

For other shoppers check your schedules and fit it to fill your entire day. You have bus transportation and Santa will be all over town. I can hardly wait and I’ll be to as many places that I can. Have fun shopping.

To our neighboring towns, you have a variety of choices. Big Sandy, Virgelle, Loma, Shonkin, and Geraldine are all in the ready. Choose all those that you can get to. Support our local artists and businesses. They service you all year long. Christmas is a wonderful time to show your appreciation.

REMINDERS
HIGH SCHOOL CHRISTMAS CONCERT
The date is the 16th and I am asking that the Elementary School auditorium be filled to capacity. We have a new music teacher, Andrew, and since the last concert was not well attended, the community has to make it up to him. This also includes those students who are in the band. They spend many hours practicing and deserve to have a full house audience. I’ll be there and I know you will be there too.

BINGO
The next game on Monday, December 16th at the usual place and time.

TUESDAY NIGHT DINNER
The monthly Tuesday night dinner will be on the 17th. Be sure to call in your reservations at 622-3601. I know that it will be an extra special dinner for the Christmas holidays. This takes place at the Golden Age Senior Center of course.

COOKIE WALK
On Wednesday the 11th from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. there will be a “Cookie Walk” at the Golden Age Senior Center. This event is one of my favorite things to do. The women are all wonderful bakers and the variety is so mouthwatering and you can purchase as many as you would like. They are sold by the number, and it has always helped me to have on hand cookies and hot chocolate in case someone drops in. I did purchase Swiss Miss Chocolate and marshmallows just in case because every Hallmark movie has hot chocolate. They always have a mug in their hands and it is served frequently at tree lightings and family gatherings.

All my family and friends are laughing as they read this article because they know I am addicted to Hallmark movies. My daughter, Jennifer, bought me a t-shirt that says, “All I want is to watch Hallmark Christmas movies all day long. The problem with that is that I do not watch TV during the day. Honest! However, come evening I satisfy my addiction by watching two movies. It helps with those Full Moon Long Nights.

The comforting part of all of that is that I have several friends who are also addicted. I have people to discuss the movies with. Thank you for being my friends.

CINNAMIN ROLLS
The breakfast luncheon with freshly baked cinnamon rolls will be on Friday December 27th at noon at the Golden Age Center. There was a scheduling problem last month that changed the rolls from the last Friday to the 3rd. It should not happen again that the date is changed. I missed it for the first time in a very long time because of the change. I do not know how the Senior Center expects me to act normally when I do not get my cinnamon rolls. They did promise it will not happen again.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT
 You do not want to miss the Chouteau County Performing Arts Christmas Concert on December 15th.  It always gets me in a great Christmas spirit. Music does that. All the hymns bring back the true meaning of Christmas. I’ll be there because I know that Santa will be showing up with his wonderful poem. I wonder what it will be about this year. I’ll be there to enjoy my favorite cowboy Wylie Gustafson.

BE KIND ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR TO MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY.
HAVE YOU DONE YOUR GOOD DEED FOR THE DAY?
GOD BLESS AMERICA, OUR TROOPS, POLICE OFFICERS, FIREMEN AND WOMEN, FIRE FIGHTERS AND EMT’s.
GOD PLEASE ALSO TAKE CARE OF THOSE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS, THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HOMES TO FIRE, HURRICANES, AND THOSE WHO ARE IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES LIVES. ALSO, GUIDE THOSE WHO HAVE LOST MEMBERS FROM MASS MURDERS. I cannot imagine what all of these people must go through. Imagine, saying so-long to someone in the morning and they do not come home from school or their job. Unimaginable!