The Miller Report 09242026
Miller's Mysteries Blog
• Greetings and welcome to Miller's Mysteries Blog, where every pleasant September day feels like an invitation to explore. Southington is dressed in green with colorful gardens blooming everywhere. The neighbor's goats peeked over the fence just in time to witness a squirrel outrun the local blue jays.
The cats seemed disappointed that nobody had asked them to referee. We are excited about Calendar House Shows, relaxing restaurant visits, decorating projects, and browsing local shops. Life is simply more fun when summer decides to cooperate.
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• Across my Desk!!
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Astronomy News 🔭
A brand-new lunar crater
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified the McGetchin crater, a fresh impact feature about 222 meters (728 feet) across and 43 meters deep. Scientists believe it formed when an asteroid or comet fragment hit the Moon sometime between April and May 2024. Because the crater is geologically young, it gives researchers an unusually fresh laboratory for studying lunar impacts.
Weekend Weather for Southington
Joe, it looks like Saturday and Sunday will be cool, windy, and wet, with periods of rain both days. Saturday reaches only around 61°F, while Sunday is around 62°F.
Windy and cooler with periods of rain; gusty winds can blow around unsecured objects and decorations.
So, not exactly fire-pit weather unless you've got a good roof over it! 🔥☔ The forecast improves early next week, with warmer and drier weather returning by Tuesday and Wednesday.
UFO News 🛸
Here's the really fun writer's-angle story: former U.S. intelligence official Jay Stratton, who led the government's UAP Task Force, has a forthcoming memoir called Out of the Shadows. The Sopranos writer Terence Winter is developing a television series based on Stratton's story.
The important distinction is that “unidentified” remains unidentified. These releases provide new observations and historical documentation, but they don't establish that any of the objects are extraterrestrial. And honestly, Joe, some of those newly released cases would make excellent material for your CT UFO eyewitness / SHADOW universe. 👽🔭
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• The Reader
Hannah enjoyed a quiet Sunday morning at her kitchen table with a mug of cinnamon coffee. A notepad and pencil waited beside a warm toasted bagel with cream cheese. She explored MindMyst Tales Blog, beginning with the Christian article before moving on to the mystery section. Sunlight poured through the kitchen window while the coffee filled the room with its rich aroma. She wrote several encouraging thoughts into her notebook and circled a favorite quotation. The bagel disappeared long before the reading ended. She folded her notes, smiled, and decided that MindMyst Tales Blog had become part of her weekly routine.
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• Math of the Week 📐📏🔢
Autumn Math Problems
Apple Picking
Trish and Chris picked 84 apples during an early Autumn afternoon. Trish picked 36 apples. If they divided the remaining apples equally between 4 baskets, how many apples went into each basket?
Autumn Leaves
Chris raked 7 bags of leaves on Saturday. Each bag held 18 pounds. On Sunday, Trish helped him rake another 5 bags, each holding 16 pounds. How many pounds of leaves did they rake altogether?
Pumpkin Stand
Trish and Chris visited a pumpkin stand. Pumpkins cost $8 each. They bought 3 pumpkins and paid with a $50 bill. How much change did they receive?
Shorter Autumn Days
On September 1, the sun set at 7:25 PM. By September 24, it set at 6:43 PM. By how many minutes had the sunset time become earlier?
Autumn Garden
Chris planted 120 Autumn flower bulbs. Trish planted 25% as many bulbs as Chris. How many bulbs did they plant altogether?
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• Now, This Week's Exciting Story
The Sunflower Festival Secret
The September sun felt more like July as Jackson and Emily pulled into the sunflower festival. The fields stretched in every direction, covered with thousands of bright yellow flowers nodding in the heat. Jackson wiped his forehead and announced that September had apparently forgotten it was supposed to be autumn.
Their first stop was the corn-on-the-cob stand. They each grabbed an ear dripping with butter, and Emily noticed something strange carved into the wooden counter. It was a small symbol of a crescent moon with the number 17 beneath it. Jackson recognized it from an old photograph he had seen in his grandfather's attic.
They followed the clue toward the sunflower fields, where a faded wooden sign pointed toward an abandoned farmhouse. Emily spotted another crescent moon painted on a fence post. Beneath it were three tiny arrows pointing toward the tallest sunflowers.
The heat was brutal, but curiosity won. They pushed through the rows until Emily discovered a rusty metal box half-buried beneath the flowers. Inside was an old photograph, a brass key, and a handwritten note dated 1968.
The note mentioned a farmer named Walter Bell, who had mysteriously disappeared during the harvest that year. According to the note, Walter had hidden something valuable somewhere in the sunflower fields, leaving behind a trail of clues for anyone clever enough to find it.
Jackson examined the photograph and noticed the farmhouse in the background. Emily turned it over and found four words written in faded ink: Where the shadow points at noon.
They waited until noon, when the farmhouse chimney cast a long shadow across the field. The shadow pointed directly toward an enormous sunflower with a red ribbon tied around its stem. Jackson dug carefully at its base and struck something solid.
It was another tin box. Inside they found several old coins, Walter's pocket watch, and a letter explaining the mystery. Walter had discovered that a dishonest business partner had been secretly stealing money from the farm. He had hidden the evidence until he could expose the theft, but he died before he could finish the investigation.
Emily smiled as she read the final line. Walter had apparently hidden the evidence where only someone willing to follow the sunflower clues would ever find it. Jackson looked across the field and said that solving a sixty-year-old mystery was thirsty work.
They returned to the festival and celebrated with enormous cups of fresh peach ice cream. As the sunflowers swayed in the hot September breeze, Emily glanced back toward the fields and wondered how many other secrets might still be waiting beneath the flowers.
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===========Comedy Club 🎤🪑🤪🎭
Have you ever taken a family vacation where everyone agreed beforehand that it was going to be wonderful? That's the first warning sign. Nobody says, We're going to have a mediocre time. They say, We're making memories! That's vacation language for Something is about to go terribly wrong.
The vacation brochure always shows a beautiful beach, a smiling family, and a sunset. Nobody in the picture is carrying luggage. Nobody is looking for a parking space. Nobody has a child in the back seat asking, Are we there yet? They clearly hired professional vacation people.
The family car is another story. You pack the trunk like you're moving to another state. Suitcases, pillows, snacks, beach towels, three coolers, emergency clothes, backup emergency clothes, and one mysterious bag that nobody admits belongs to them.
Then somebody says, We should leave early. Early sounds efficient. Early means 5:00 AM. At 4:57 AM, Dad is standing in the driveway wearing slippers, holding a cup of coffee, wondering why he agreed to this.
Everybody finally gets into the car. Five minutes later somebody says, I have to go to the bathroom. That's when Dad discovers that the entire vacation is now controlled by one bladder.
You stop at the first gas station. Everyone uses the bathroom. Everyone gets snacks. Everyone gets back in the car. Ten minutes later, someone says, I'm hungry. Apparently the bathroom stop was also an appetizer.
Then comes the GPS. The GPS lady sounds very confident. Turn right in 500 feet. You turn right. Recalculating. That's never good. Recalculating is GPS for, Well, that wasn't supposed to happen.
Eventually you reach the hotel. The website said it was minutes from the beach. They forgot to mention that those minutes are measured in geological time.
You unload the car and discover that someone packed six pairs of shoes but forgot underwear. Nobody knows how that happens. It's like a packing ritual where the brain says, Shoes are essential. Underwear is optional.
Then everybody wants to go sightseeing. The first attraction is a historic lighthouse. Dad asks how much it costs. The answer is twelve dollars per person. Dad looks at the lighthouse and says, I can see it from here.
The kids want an amusement park. Mom wants a nice restaurant. Dad wants to sit in the hotel room and watch television. Grandma wants to visit a museum. Somehow everyone ends up at a miniature golf course.
Miniature golf is supposed to be relaxing. It isn't. It's competitive golf played by people who don't know how to play golf. Somebody loses a ball, somebody cheats on the scorecard, and Dad becomes emotionally invested in a plastic windmill.
Then comes lunch. The family agrees to find a quiet restaurant. Forty-five minutes later, they're standing outside a restaurant with a line going down the sidewalk. Somebody says, Maybe we should try somewhere else. Dad says, We have been trying somewhere else for forty-five minutes.
You finally sit down and the waiter asks, Is everyone ready to order? The entire family looks at each other like they've just been asked to solve a murder.
Vacation meals are interesting because nobody orders what they normally eat. At home, everybody eats chicken. On vacation, suddenly everyone wants seafood, sushi, something with goat cheese, or a sandwich named after a historical figure.
Then the food arrives. Dad takes one bite and says, This isn't what I ordered. The waiter says, What did you order? Dad points at his plate and says, Something that looked like food in the picture.
After lunch, someone suggests taking a family photo. This sounds innocent until you realize nobody wants to take it. Dad sets up the camera. Mom fixes everyone's hair. One child is blinking. Another is looking at the ocean. Dad's finger is covering the lens.
Eventually you get one good picture. Everyone looks exhausted. That's the one that goes on the Christmas card. Merry Christmas from our relaxing family vacation!
Then it rains. Of course it rains. You spent six months planning the vacation, checked the weather seventeen times, and packed sunscreen. The clouds waited until you arrived.
So everybody goes back to the hotel. That's when the family discovers that four people sharing one hotel room is basically a social experiment.
Someone is watching television. Someone is taking a shower. Someone needs the bathroom. Someone is charging a phone. Someone is asking, Who took my charger? Suddenly the vacation feels less like a getaway and more like jury duty.
At night, everybody agrees to sleep early because tomorrow is going to be a big day. Ten minutes later, someone is snoring. Someone is talking. Someone needs water. Someone has to go to the bathroom.
At 2:00 AM, Dad is staring at the ceiling thinking, I could have stayed home for free.
The next morning, everyone wakes up exhausted and cheerful. That's the strange thing about vacations. Nobody sleeps well, but everybody keeps pretending they're having fun.
Then somebody says, We should go shopping for souvenirs. That's when you discover that a vacation can somehow cost $400 without anyone purchasing anything useful.
You come home with a refrigerator magnet, a T-shirt that says the name of a town you've already forgotten, and a coffee mug. Dad says, We could have bought this online for half the price.
The drive home is quieter. Everyone is tired. The kids are asleep. The snacks are gone. The cooler contains three melted ice cubes and something nobody wants to identify.
Finally, you pull into the driveway. Everybody gets out of the car and looks at the house. Nobody says it, but everyone is thinking the same thing. There is no place like home.
You carry the luggage inside and immediately realize you have to unpack everything. That's when Dad makes the official announcement: Next year, we're taking a vacation somewhere relaxing.
And everybody agrees. Absolutely. Somewhere quiet. Somewhere peaceful. Somewhere nobody has to drive, pack, unpack, wait in line, or ask, Are we there yet?
Then Dad looks at the calendar and says, So, where are we going next year? The entire family starts yelling, NO!
And that's how you know the vacation was successful. Nobody enjoyed it, everybody survived it, and somehow everyone has already started making plans for the next one.
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===========SHADOW
A strange red rain begins falling across Connecticut just after midnight. Weather radar shows no storm system anywhere near the state. Moments later, dozens of spacecraft appear inside the clouds. Their alien pilots descend through the rain wearing enormous suits covered in glowing symbols. Wherever the red droplets touch the ground, strange black growths appear. The growths spread across roads, houses, and forests at terrifying speed. Scientists discover that the alien creatures are planting the growths deliberately. The spacecraft begin moving from town to town. By sunrise, the entire Connecticut landscape has changed. Then the black plants begin moving toward the cities.
SHADOW: Based On Eyewitness Testimony by Joseph Miller.
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• Thank you for stopping by!
Thanks for stopping by and spending a little time with me today. I hope you enjoyed the stories, mysteries, and little adventures along the way. There is always a fresh pot of hot black coffee waiting here for you. When evening comes, we'll gather around the fire pit and let the flames chase away the chill. Maybe we'll have a bowl of hot soup while we talk about the day's adventures. Until next time, take care, keep wondering, and come back soon.
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Until next Thursday,
Happy Month of September!!!
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