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Hi.

Welcome to This Awful/Awesome Life! My name is Frances Joyce. I am the publisher and editor of this magazine. We'll be exploring different topics each month to inform, entertain and inspire you. Meet new authors, sharpen your brain and pick up a few tips on life, love, entertaining and business. Enjoy and please share!

Next Month in This Awful Awesome Life -December 2019

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It’s hard to believe Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa are just around the corner. We’ll have a few helpful tips and gift ideas to make this holiday season go smoothly.

Linda Cahill will tempt us with more delicious recipes from the Pampered Chef and Tanya Bashor of Gypsy Artistry will share some craft ideas and workshop information.

Expect something fun and informative from Orlando Bartro. Patricia Petrusik will have some tips for a drama and drug free holiday.

Do you watch Christmas movies? If so, do you stick with the classics or have you been glued to Hallmark and Lifetime since October?

Are you ready for 2020? We’ll take a look at a few of the major events happening next year.

We’ll have book recommendations, a quiz and a few surprises, so be sure to check us out in December.

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See you next month,

 

Fran

 

Answers to the November 2019 Quiz – That’s Not Right

 Famous Authors born in the month of November           

1. Bram Stoker                                                                                 

2. Margaret Atwood                                                                      

3. Neil Gaiman                                                                                 

4. Robert Louis Stevenson                                                          

5. Madeleine L’Engle                                                                    

 Common Ingredients in Cranberry Sauce

1.       Cranberries

2.       Cinnamon

3.       Allspice

4.       Sugar

5.       Nutmeg

 Movies set during Thanksgiving

1.       Planes Trains and Automobiles

2.       Scent of a Woman

3.       The Big Chill

4.       Spider-Man

5.       Down and Out in Beverly Hills

 Famous Authors born in the United States                         

1.       Toni Morrison                                                                  

2.       L. Frank Baum                                                                   

3.       Judy Blume                                                                       

4.       James Baldwin 

5.       Stephen King    

Foods Indigenous to the New World (North, Central & South America)

1.       Chili peppers

2.       Pumpkins

3.       Corn

4.       Avocados

5.       Sunflower Seeds

 Famous Authors born in Canada

1.       Alice Munro

2.       Leonard Cohen

3.       Lucy Maud Montgomery

4.       Michael Ondaatje

5.       Ann Martel

Culinary Herbs and Spices Indigenous to the New World (North, Central & South America)

1.       Tarragon

2.       Wild Onion

3.       Wild mint

4.       Vanilla

5.       Allspice

 United States Thanksgiving

1.       The 4th Thursday in November

2.       First celebrated in this country in 1621

3.       First Thanksgiving was proclaimed by Governor William Bradford

4.       Watching football

5.       Observed nationwide

 Canadian Thanksgiving

1.       The 2nd Monday in October

2.       First celebrated in this country in 1578

3.       First Thanksgiving proclaimed by Martin Frobisher

4.       Watching Football

5.       Not observed nationwide

 Movies filmed in Canada

1.       Brokeback Mountain

2.       Catch Me if You Can

3.       Titanic

4.       Billy Madison

5.       Chicago

Building a Team

October 2019 in This Awful Awesome Life