Woman's World November 14, 2022

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 APPLE CIDER DAY Enjoy fall flavors This fruity, festive apple cider is the perfect make-ahead cocktail to serve a crowd! To make an Apple Cider Delight: In a pot, simmer 1 qt. of apple cider, 6 slices of peeled fresh ginger, 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 thinly sliced small orange, 1 thinly sliced lemon and 1 whole star anise for 15 minutes. Remove solids with a slotted spoon. Add 1 thinly sliced apple and 12 whole cloves; simmer for 2 min. Strain into bowl. Add ½ cup of bourbon. Chill. Divide drink among 4 glasses. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and star anise. Makes 4 drinks JOKE OF THE WEEK Say what? Three retired men were playing golf together one day. Each of them had started to suffer from hearing loss as they’d gotten older.…

“How much for stealing Thanksgiving?” Q Why did the scarecrow win an award? A Because he was outstanding in his field! “A fire broke out at a candle shop. For hours, firefighters battled the inferno—and the overpowering smell of fall leaves and autumn cider” Kids are fUnNy! As I was picking up my 5-year-old daughter, Adriana, from school, she told me that one of her classmates wasn’t there that day. When I asked why, Adriana replied, “She had her tentacles pulled out!” It took me a minute to realize she meant tonsils! —J.A., Las Cruces, NM…

AMAZON Tickle your funny bone with The People We Hate at the Wedding! Laugh along with this comedy about struggling American siblings Alice (Kristen Bell) and Paul (Ben Platt), who reluctantly agree to attend the nuptials of their estranged, wealthy half-sister in the English countryside, alongside their mother, Donna (Allison Janney). Over the course of the wedding week, the family’s many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, and the unlikely reunion of this dysfunctional family gives everyone the motivation to move their own lives forward. Stream it on November 18. NETFLIX Get swept away with The Crown! Be captivated by the royal family as the Queen celebrates the 40th anniversary of her accession. A new decade begins, and the changing world offers the monarchy new challenges and opportunities. But trouble is brewing as the marriage…

• Love Me Tender, starring Elvis Presley and Debra Paget, premiered in theaters in 1956. • The fruit-flavored chews Mamba Candy was introduced in Germany in 1953, then made its way to the U.S. in 1986. • “Georgia On My Mind” by Ray Charles took the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1960. • Rocky and His Friends premiered on ABC in 1959. It moved to NBC in 1961 as The Bullwinkle Show, until 1964, when it went into syndication. • The Slinky was invented by American Naval engineer Richard T. James in 1943 and demonstrated at a Gimbels store in 1945.…

Fiction HISTORICAL FANTASY Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg Readers are taken back to 1846 in this saga filled with love, magic and danger. When Merritt Fernsby inherits a remote estate in the Narragansett Bay, he’s excited to call it home. But upon entering, the doors slam shut and lock behind him. With the help of Hulda Larkin, who is trained in the dangers of bespelled homes, Merritt soon learns the haunted house has dark secrets. COZY MYSTERY Gone for Gouda by Korina Moss A quirky whodunit begins when cheesemonger Willa Bauer is getting ready for the upcoming fall festival. Her cheese shop, Curds & Whey, is hosting celebrity vegan chef Phoebe Winston. But Phoebe is soon found dead after evidence is leaked that she was, in fact, a carnivore. Willa’s employee, Archie, was the last…

Bob Vogelbaugh remembers the 90-something-year-old woman who came into his little grocery store, Bob’s Market, in Moline, Illinois, back in 1970. It was just days before Thanksgiving, and, as the woman named Rose unloaded her cart, Bob noticed that she didn’t have any fixings for a holiday meal. “Where’s your turkey?” he asked. “I’m not cooking turkey for just one person,” she answered, unloading the rest of her things. How sad, Bob thought. This nice lady is going to be alone for Thanksgiving. That shouldn’t happen. An idea popped into Bob’s head, and he called his mother. “There’s going to be one less head at the house this year, Mom,” he told her. “I’m doing a Thanksgiving at my store.” Bob immediately contacted Rose and some other older customers he thought might also be spending…