Today is the fourth Thursday in November, annually celebrated in the United States as Thanksgiving Day since 1941. It was on this date – 26 November – in 1789 that President George Washington proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving and in 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln set Thanksgiving Day as the final Thursday of November. … Continue reading Happy American Thanksgiving!
Month: November 2015
Happy Loy Krathong
Today is the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar. As such, the evening is being celebrated as Loy Krathong here in Thailand. Held throughout Thailand and Laos as well as a couple of small areas in Myanmar, Malaysia, and the extreme southern portion of Yunnan in China Loy Krathong … Continue reading Happy Loy Krathong
Happy Veterans Day!
Monthly Meanderings: October 2015
October was one of my more active months in recent memory despite the fact that I didn’t work at all during the majority of the month. I’ve been an hourly employee for my teaching agency the past three-and-a-half years so I don’t earn any income if I don’t work. Luckily, my savings cover those rare … Continue reading Monthly Meanderings: October 2015
Mark Joseph Jochim 