Category — General

Halloween is my favorite night of the year. About 15 years ago I started doing a Halloween day radio show on WMME – Moose Radio in Augusta Maine. I am on the air from 6:30am – 9:00am doing trivia and music and conversation. At some point I casually mentioned that I give out the [...]

Several years ago, the editors of the Farmers’ Almanac™ actually made a suggestion to change Election Day from Tuesday to Sunday, to promote greater participation. Since Sunday is not a working day for a majority of the population, it might encourage more people to find the time to go to the polls and cast their [...]

Everywhere you turn someone or some group is asking for your vote. After awhile, it becomes a blur. The last time we got involved in politics was in 1828 when we said that “Congress spoke to much and spent too much” and haven’t felt it necessary to do so since. But this year we are [...]

In last few years one of the fastest growing sports is that of paddling Giant Pumpkins. It started on Lake Pesaquid in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada. Today there are dozens of races involving Giant Pumpkins. My first competition was in Canada. The last couple  years, I have stayed closer to home and paddle in the [...]

Last week when we announced the results of our first Full Moon contest., we received a comment taking us to task for changing yet another tradition. I love history and I immerse myself in tradition as much as any one does. Maybe I need to better explain what we are trying to accomplish. [...]

The song “America The Beautiful” was written by Katharine Lee Bates and the melody by Samuel Ward. Whenever I hear the song, I think about the national parks that dot America’s Landscape. In the rest of the world, magnificence is measured in the form of pyramids, castles, and grand gardens – [...]

Earlier this week, we published a fall weather outlook here on the site, providing a summary of the Farmers’ Almanac long range forecast for the next couple of months.
Since then, a few readers have rightfully pointed out that, while we provided predictions for most regions of the United States, we neglected to mention the Northwestern region [...]