The monthly weather statistics have been reported for the city of Windom in November. The information is compiled by Dave Fjeld, a local weather observer, and reported to the National Weather Service Office in Sioux Falls. We received three and eight hundredths of an inch precipitation throughout November compared to just a tenth of an inch last November. For the year we have received thirty-eight and eight tenths of an inch of precipitation compared to twenty and twenty nine hundredths of an inch in 2023. The high temperature for the month was 59 degrees on November 9th and again on the 17th and the low for the month was 3 degrees on the 30th. The average high temperature for the month was 45 and a half degrees, 10 degrees cooler than last year. The average low for November was 29.6 degrees.
————————————————————–
This can be the Merriest time of the year, but it also can be one of the saddest times of the year for people who are grieving the loss of a child. The Compassionate Friends, a Support Group for families after a child dies, will be honoring all children who have passed away by participating in the Around the Globe lighting of a candle on Sunday December 8th at 7pm. This event is for parents and families of children who have died. Doors will open at 6:30pm at the Cottonwood County Historical Museum in the Festival of Trees Gallery located at 812 4th Ave Windom. Materials will be provided to make a special ornament for your child or if you prefer you may bring an ornament to add to the Children’s Tree. There will be time for sharing photos and memories of your child. Refreshments will be served afterwards. Worldwide Candle Lighting is around the Globe and done so that a child’s light will always shine. For more information on the Lighting of the Candle event on Sunday December 8th please call Carol Hartman at 507-831-4235. Carol, volunteer co-leader, was featured on KDOM’s Kaleidoscope on Monday the 2nd if you missed this interview, you can go to Windomradio.com and click on Podcasts to hear the interview in its entirety.
————————————————————————-
I’ve still got it… I don’t mean the Fantastic IT but the under the weather crud IT! So today is going to be short and sweet… There are a lot of different things that are celebrated today BUT National Mitten Tree Day just struck my joy button. It just makes me smile to know that little hands go in little mittens. They bring warmth to those cold little hands and even to big hands. This time of year, don’t wait to see a tree to tag some mittens on, stock up on them and wherever you see a need hand them out. Leave them on doorsteps if you know there are people in need or contact DVHHS and ask if they have clients that they would be willing to give your mittens too. See someone hauling groceries or walking without them? If you have your pile, you have just created a giving moment. You don’t have to let everyone know. You know the saying from Matthew 6:3… Don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. It’s all about being cool with yourself and knowing that you are making a difference in your element. It’s just a suggestion… AND if you are in need of gloves or mittens, I am not kidding you… Contact me… I will hook you up! It’s also National Microwave Oven Day. There are days I don’t consider myself old but then there are days like today. I REMEMBER my parents getting a microwave!!! It was like one of the coolest inventions. As I think back, I think it was my mother’s favorite invention. I remember very clearly my mom telling me just put an egg in this bowl, put a dab of milk in it and stir it up. Pop it in that machine there for one and half minutes and whalah you have your breakfast! I never saw her before leaving for detasseling again. She actually slept in!!! I literally was making my own breakfast and driving myself to work in the fields! Quick History lesson 1945 was the first patent for the microwave by Raytheon. They introduced the Radarange microwave in 1947 that stood 6 feet tall and cost $5,000. In 1955 they launched a better brand still not applicable for domestic use but the cost was $1,295 in 1965 Raytheon bought Amana and released a countertop microwave for $495 in 1967. There were about 40,000 microwaves in use in 1971 and one million by 1975. By 1986 around 25% of American households owned a microwave and by 1997 that figure had climbed to 90%. The Microwave… I’m not sure if I love it or not but I think it liberated a lot of women back in the late 70’s and early 80’s…