Mon., November 25, 2002 - Home nurse came today. A meeting of the membership this evening. Pumpkin pie was served.
Tues., November 26, 2002 - Snowed most of morning. I had to cancel my hair appointment. Played cards (Seven Up) in evening.
Wed., November 27, 2002 - Lora came & took me to 2 Dr. appointments. In the morning to the heart specialist & in p.m. to Dr. Semin.
Mmmm, pumpkin pie.
I quickly researched pumpkin and unfortunately, did not find anything particularly interesting or surprising. Wikipedia did tell me this, which I found somewhat worth the mention:
"As one of the most popular crops in the United States, in 2017 over 680,000,000 kilograms (1.5 billion pounds) of pumpkins were produced. The top pumpkin-producing states include Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and California.
According to the Illinois Department of Agriculture, 95% of the U.S. crop intended for processing is grown in Illinois. Nestlé, operating under the brand name Libby's, produces 85% of the processed pumpkin in the United States, at their plant in Morton, Illinois. In the fall of 2009, rain in Illinois devastated the Nestlé crop, which combined with a relatively weak 2008 crop depleting that year's reserves resulted in a shortage affecting the entire country during the Thanksgiving holiday season. Another shortage, somewhat less severe, affected the 2015 crop. The pumpkin crop grown in the western United States, which constitutes approximately 3-4% of the national crop, is primarily for the organic market."
And that's all there is to that. From me, anyway.
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