E'en in these bleak November days There's gladness for the heart that heeds. –Charles Dawson Shanly (1811–75) | | Free Soil Amendment The Value of Leaves Foliage season is a mixed blessing. I have one eye on the gorgeous spectacle of changing colors and the other eye on the value of these leaves—and how I can put them to work. | | Election Day When is Election Day? Why do we vote on a Tuesday? Learn about Election Day dates, history, quotes, trivia, and more. Why, there’s even an election cake sure to please all parties! | | Making Pomander Balls How to Make Pomander Balls Here’s how to make orange pomander balls, which will freshen your closets and home—or make a lovely holiday ornament for friends, family, and coworkers. | | Easy, Luscious Plum Dessert Plum Crostata
A crostata is a free-form pie or tart that is baked on a baking sheet instead of in a pie plate. | | The 2018 Old Farmer's Almanac Engagement Calendar A highly useful daily planner full of humor and useful advice. It’s an indispensable tool for managing your life and keeping yourself organized. Includes plenty of room for jotting down appointments and notes. | | An Almanac "Best" Why My Great-Uncle Gave Up the Ministry When this true story was published in The 1984 Old Farmer’s Almanac, many readers wrote to say that it was the funniest Almanac story they had ever read. It certainly contains our “pleasant degree of humor,” but was it “useful”? Well, there may be a lesson here somewhere … | | New to this newsletter? It’s free! Sign up here. You are receiving this e-mail message because you subscribed at our Web site: Almanac.com If you do not wish to receive our regular e-mail newsletter in the future, please click here to unsubscribe. *Please do not reply to this e-mail* Visit our Web site Help page to report corrections or inquire about your online account, products, editorial, and technical issues. For reprinting and reuse, see our Terms of Use. © 2017 Yankee Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. |
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