Thank you for reading the November 2022 issue of This Awful Awesome Life. Previous issues are available to read on our website. Go to www.thisawfulawesomelife.com and start scrolling or you can enter specific search criteria.

Next month we will be celebrating Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve.

Other special days in December include December 2 – International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, December 3 – International Day for Persons with Disabilities and World Peace Day, December 5, International Volunteer Day, and December 10, Human Rights Day.

We may associate this month with gifts, parties, and celebrations, but it’s an important month to remember the importance of respecting others and working to make this world a better place for everyone.

What gifts will you be giving this year? If you voted, you may have helped give yourself and the people you care about the greatest gift possible – preserving our democracy. Guess what? I know voting was on November 8, but you have to keep voting in every election and holding your representatives accountable for their words and their votes.

Lilly Kauffman, Orlando Bartro, Linda Cahill, and I will be back with interesting articles and recipes for you. Our vegetable for December is asparagus. My sons and I love grilled asparagus. Asparagus smothered in cheese sauce used to be one of my holiday favorites but having a lactose intolerant family member has changed that. Look for two delicious and dairy-free asparagus recipes in December.

We’ll have our December quiz (it might be Rebus puzzles) reading recommendations, streaming article, and our new series, “Dare to Believe” and “What’s in a Word?”

My December book selection will probably be something holiday related, but it might be a book of lyrics from Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine – one of my new favorite bands. I haven’t made my mind up yet.

Until next month,

Stay safe. Stay well. You are important, and you are loved.

All my best,

Fran

Answers to the November 2022 Quiz the Songs of November:  

1.       Young girl, she likes the finer things in life. M.

“November Sky” by Briscoe

2.       Her communique arrived with its expression of her feeling. E.

“November Tale” by The Waterboys

3.       Every day is all the same. P.

“November” by Sleeping with Sirens

4.       When I look into your eyes. A.

“November Rain” by Guns and Roses

5.       And if I weren’t leavin,’ would I catch you dreamin’? G.

“November Blue” by The Avett Brothers

6.       This is nothing like it was in my room. J.

“Mr. November” by Bartees Strange

7.       I dedicate this record to the carnival to all you brothers takin’ long trips. C.

“Gone Till November” by Wyclef Jean

8.       When November rains it rides the cool wind J.

“November Rains” by Harry Chapin

9.       You say that you are restless, you say that you know me too well. N.

“November Nights” by Gram Parsons

10.   Slow it down some no split clown D.

“November Has Come” by Gorillaz

11.   A cold November wind can cut right through your soul. H.

“Cold November Wind” by Willie Nelson

12.   Just wait till November, the old sailors say K.
“Storms of November” by John Denver

13.   Sleep on and dream of love I.

“November Spawned a Monster” by Morrissey

14.   This skin hangs on me like a lampshade O.
“November Baby” by Torres

15.   No shadow, no stars, no moon, no care F.

“November “ by Tom Waits 

16.   I remember you told me; they can take all your money L.

“Remember November” by No Rome