8 Oct

October 2022

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 41 Day 281 \ Ave. Sky Cover 15% \ Visibility 10 miles Flagstaff Today 65° \39° 
Wind 10mph \ Gusts 16smph  Air Quality  Fair          Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 28mi \ Nearest Lightning 192mi
Oct Averages for Flagstaff: 63° \ 32° (4 days of moisture)
 

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Monthly Observations

Talk About Medicines Month
Teen Services Month
Teentober
Vegetarian Month
Wishbones for Pets Month (10/15 - 11/30)
Women Walking In Their Own Shoes Month
Workplace Politics Awareness Month
World Menopause Month

Weekly Observations

Oct 30-10/9 
International Sand Sculpting Championships Link

1-9
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Link

2-8 
International Post Card Week Link  
4-H Week  Link 
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Great Books Week 
Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week
Great Books Week 
Kids' Goal Setting Week
International Post Card Week Link 
Mental Illness Awareness Week  
Mystery Series Week 
Mental Illness Awareness Week  
Mystery Series Week 
National Health Care Food Service Week Link 
National Midwifery Week Link
National Work From Home Week 
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week
Primary Care Physicians Week  Link

3-10
No Salt Week
Spinning & Weaving Week Link  

4-10 
World Space Week Link
World Dairy Expo 

6-8  
Great American Beer Festival Link 

6-12
National Physician’s Assistant Week

7-9 
National Storytelling Weekend

Daily Observations

Alvin C. York Day
Costume Swap Day  Link
Fluffernutter Day
I Love Yarn Day Link 
International African Penguin Awareness Day 
International Migratory Bird Day 
International Podiatry Day  Link
National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day  Link 
National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day
Mawlid Al Nabi
National Chess Day Link 
National Pierogy Day
National Salmon Day
Pierogi Day
Salmon Day
Tender Loving Care Day  Link 
Universal Music Day 
Universal Music Day 
World Octopus Day Link
World Porridge Day  Link

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Our mountain town may get rain later today. Clouds are now building up near the mountain.

I saw my Primary Care Physician this morning. All good. Just tweaking a few meds. It’s a thing: the older I get, my body wants different amounts of my meds.

N. Korea hasn’t been in the news since Kim and Trump exchanged love letters. Now Kim wants everyone to remember N. Korea. They have launched a record number of ballistic missiles this year. Suddenly everyone is paying attention again.

I visited Thailand about a year after their beloved King has passed away. It was a very nice country, great people, with an interesting history. I was saddened when read about the horrific massacre at a child-care center. Children as young as two years old were slaughtered by a deranged man who left the school and killed his family, then himself.

My TV didn’t have the Broncos/Colts game last night. I followed the score on my iPad. It sure looked like the Broncos would win, until the last minute. Then they lost in OT. I read where a Denver TV station apologized for the comments made during the game about how badly the Broncos were playing.

Those of us who grew up in Colorado learned about the Sand Creek Massacre in elementary school…sort of. We learned about the army beating the Cheyenne and Arapahoe. I don’t recall it being labeled a massacre that the army killed many peaceful women and children in their encampment. The current Interior Secretary has just announced that the site [Sand Creek Massacre National Historical Site] is going to be upgraded. That is good news.

Favorite Memes

 

 

 



Superstitions

Chain Letters

Being tagged in a social media post that says you need to tag other people, or you’ll be doomed is pretty much a tale as old as time (in one form or another.) According to NPR, the world’s first chain letter was sent around hundreds of years ago and the falsely credited author was Jesus. The letter was supposedly sent down to earth after he ascended to heaven and included the line, “He that copieth this letter shall be blessed of me. He that does not shall be cursed.” Copies of the letter from the mid-1700s have been uncovered and the concept of the chain letter still lives on in new forms of communication. 

US Facts

Ho Ho Ho

Three US towns are named Santa Claus.

Historical Events

1871 – Four fires in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan killed over 4000 people.
1944 – Ozzie and Harriet debuted on the radio (and on television in 1952)
1956 – The New York Yankees’ Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series.
1967 – Che Guevara and his men were captured in Bolivia.
1982 – Cats, based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, opened on Broadway and ran for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1986 – The Fox Broadcasting Company became the US’ fourth commercial broadcast television network, with The Late Show, hosted by Joan Rivers.
2001 – US President George W. Bush announced the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.

Birthdays Today

86 – Rona Barrett, American journalist
@85 – Frank Herbert, American author, Dune (d. 1986)
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”– Frank Herbert
83 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor, screenwriter
“The secret to my success is that I bit off more than I could chew and I chewed as fast as I could.”– Paul Hogan
@82 – Margaret Curtis, American athlete [tennis & golf] (d. 1965)
81 – Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist
“If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.”
– Jesse Jackson
79 – Chevy Chase, American comedic actor
79 – R.L. Stine, American author
“Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.”– R. L. Stine
73 – Sigourney Weaver, American actress
67 – Darrell Hammond, American comedic actor
58 – CeCe Winans, American singer-songwriter
@55 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist, songwriter (d. 2004; prostate cancer)
52 – Matt Damon, American actor
“I think what’s important for kids to know is that your decisions here on Earth matter, your behavior matters, and how you treat other people matters.”– Matt Damon
42 – Nick Cannon, American actor
37 – Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter
29 – Molly Quinn, American actress
28 – Bella Thorne, American actress

  

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I retired in '06--at the ripe old age of 57. I enjoy blogging, photography, traveling, and living life to it's fullest.