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by Bob Sparrow<\/p>\n\n\n

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Few months offer the interest and complexity of November.  Most love the month as it unofficially opens the \u2018holiday season\u2019 as we come down from a sugar high from Halloween, then salute our veterans and finally devour some turkey. Additionally, there are lots of good football games to watch for those with a proclivity for such things. I\u2019ll not mention the election days that kick off November as we try to avoid politics here at \u2018From A Birdseye View’.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Spinster L.M. Alcot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

First, some detractors of the month of November. Author of Little Women,<\/em> Louisa May Alcott<\/strong>, was not a fan, saying, \u201cNovember is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.\u201d <\/em>But one must consider that Ms. Alcott lived in the northeast where Novembers can be rather harsh and she had no one to cuddle with on those fridged winter evening, as she never married. Emily Dickinson <\/strong>wasn\u2019t much a fan of November either, saying, \u201cIn November the noons are more laconic and the sunsets sterner. November always seemed to me the Norway of the year.\u201d <\/em>Having never left New England, I assume Ms. Dickinson imagined Norway as a cold and foreboding place. To her point, it can be – Northern Norway\u2019s average<\/strong> high temperature<\/strong> in November is between 28-35 degrees Fahrenheit!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That\u2019s hard to imagine as we here in Orange County had high 80s, even low 90s in the first week of November this year. I\u2019m sure Louisa May Alcott would have found it most disagreeably hot.\u00a0The name November itself is a bit of a novelty as it takes its name from the Latin word novem<\/em>, which means nine, as it was<\/em> the ninth month in the Roman calendar<\/strong>. But then those pesky Gregorians<\/strong> came along with their own calendar and added two more months, January and February, making November the eleventh month. I understand that none of the above is probably going to help you get into the \u2018Holiday Spirit\u2019, although living in someplace other than northern Norway during this time of year, may help.<\/p>\n\n\n

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King Tutankhamun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

If you haven\u2019t gotten into the \u2018holiday spirit\u2019 yet, here are some alternative events that perhaps you could celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n