Food For Thought

Homemade Cookies Day – October 1
“OCD- Obsessive Cookie Disorder”
– Cookie Monster
“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.”
– Barbara Johnson
“I love watching keep-fit videos while munching chocolate chip cookies.”
– Dolly Parton
International Day of Non-Violence – October 2
“Non-violence is the summit of bravery.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
“In spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace”
– Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Nonviolence doesn’t always work – but violence never does.”
– Madge Micheels-Cyrus
World Teacher Day – October 5
“It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.”
– Michael Morpurgo
“The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.” – B.B. King
“Good teaching is more a giving of right questions than a giving of right answers.” – Josef Albers
“Teaching is the greatest act of optimism.”
– Colleen Wilcox
Eleanor Roosevelt born – October 11, 1884
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss event; small minds discuss people.” – E. Roosevelt
“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” – ER
“In all our contacts it is probably the sense of being really needed and wanted which gives us the greatest satisfaction and creates the most lasting bond.” – ER
Farmer’s Day – October 12
“Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
“My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a lawyer, a policeman, and a preacher. But every day, three times a day, you need a farmer.”
– Brenda Schoepp
“Bailing twine turns every farmer into MacGyver.”
– Unknown
Dictionary Day – October 16
“Abibliophobia – (n.) fear of running out of things to read.”
“Coddiwomple – (v.) To travel purposefully toward an as-yet-known destination.”
“Balter – (v.) To dance gracelessly, without particular art or skill, but perhaps with some enjoyment.”
“Dumfungled – (v.) to be mentally and physically worn out.”
Black Poetry Day – October 17
“I’m a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people’s lives.”
– Ntozake Shange
“First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.”
– Octavia E. Butler
Red Ribbon Week – October 23-31
The Red Ribbon Week theme for 2025 is “Life Is a Puzzle, Solve It Drug Free”.
The main message for Red Ribbon Week is “empower young people to engage in a drug-free activity and strengthen their anti-drug beliefs.”
Statue of Liberty dedicated – October 28, 1886
“In her hand she holds the light which illumines the way to man’s enfranchisement”. – President Grover Cleveland at 1886 dedication ceremony
“We are the keepers of the flame of liberty. We hold it high tonight for the world to see, a beacon of hope, a light unto the nations”. – President Ronald Reagan at 1986 Lighting Ceremony
Halloween – October 31
“It’s pronounced Fronkensteen,” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein
“My Halloween costume was so bad that people opened their doors and took candy from me.”
– Glen Nesbit
“My Halloween costume is Godot. I’m not showing up at the party – just texting the host every 10 minutes that I’m on my way.”
– Wynne McLaughlin
“As a kid, Halloween was amazing. You dress up like a superhero, you bang on a neighbor’s door and they give you candy. I do that today and my neighbor wants me arrested.” – Jim Gaffigan
“Halloween is right around the corner. You can tell because all the stores are decked out for Christmas.”
– Stephen Colbert
Family History Month
“Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can’t remember who we are or why we’re here.”
– Sue Monk Kidd
“He who has no fools, knaves, or beggars in his family was begot by a flash of lightning.”
– Old English Proverb
Adopt a Shelter Animal Month
“Rescued is my favorite breed.” – dogizims.com
“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them, and filling the emptiness we didn’t ever know we had.” – Thom Jones
“A purr a day keeps the loneliness away.”
– shelterroundtable.com