6 May

 

6 May 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 18 Day 126

Ave. Sky Cover 15%\ Visibility  24miles

Flagstaff Today  62° \ 29° 

Wind  6mph \ Gusts  27mph 

Nearest active fire: 179miles

Nearest Lightning:  265mi

Air Quality: Moderate

Moderate Risk of fire

May Averages: Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°

May Average: 3 Days of moisture

Wind &

Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month (aka NF Month) Link
(World) Lyme Disease Awareness Month 
Link
Nat’l Meditation Month
Nat’l Mediterranean Diet Month 
Link
Nat’l Mental Health Month
Nat’l Military Appreciation Month
Nat’l Pet Cancer Awareness Month 
Link  Link   
Nat’l Osteoporosis Prevention Month

Nat’l Photo Month
Nat’l Physical Fitness & Sports Month
Nat’l Physiotherapy Month 
Link
Nat’l Preservation Month
Nat’l Read To Your Baby Bump Month
Nat’l Recommitment Month  
Link
Nat’l Salad Month
Nat’l Salsa Month (The Sauce)

Weekly Observations

30-5/7 

Stewardship Week
Preservation Week (re: Libraries)

1-6  

Geek Week: Link

1-7  

Children's Book Week: Link 
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week)
Dog Anxiety Awareness Week
National Hug Holiday Week
National Sun Awareness Week
National Wildflower Week

3-11 

(World) Dystonia Awareness Week Link

6-12 

National Nurses Day and Week Link  Link

6-7

Toad Suck Daze

Daily Observations

Beverage Day
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day Link 
Coronation Day (England)
Crepes Suzette Day

Free Comic Book Day 
Coronation Day (England)
Crepes Suzette Day
Free Comic Book Day Link   
Herb Day
Herb Day Link  
International Bereaved Mothers' Day 
International Bereaved Mothers' Day Link
International Doodle Dog Day  
International Female Ride Day Link
Internati'l Management Accounting Day
Joseph Brackett Day
Join Hands Day Link 
Kentucky Derby
Learn To Ride A Bike Day
Mariachi Day  
National Auctioneers Day 

Kentucky Derby
Learn To Ride A Bike Day
Mariachi Day  
National Auctioneers Day 

National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day  Link 
National Fitness Day
National Homebrew Day 
National Fitness Day
National Homebrew Day Link 
National Play Outside Day 
National Play Outside Day Link 
National Scrapbooking Day   
National Scrapbooking Day   Link
National Train Day
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Link 
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurses Day/National RN Recognition Day  
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurses Day/National RN Recognition Day  Link Link
Russel Stover Candies Day
School Nurse Day

Start Seeing Monarchs Day 
Russel Stover Candies Day
School Nurse Day
Start Seeing Monarchs Day Link 
Tourist Appreciation Day

World Naked Gardening Day 
Tourist Appreciation Day
World Naked Gardening Day Link 

Today’s Thoughts

Another windy spring day.

Severe mental illness is a real problem in the US. We learned decades ago that locking them up led to horrific conditions with lots of abuse. Now, many severe mentally ill individuals are walking the streets. Most of them seem to be homeless. An ill NYC resident was choked to death by a former military guy on a subway. The victim should have had mental health services. Now there are protests to have the choker arrested. Our country needs to find better answers to the homeless and mental health crisis than death.

I’m looking forward to a quiet weekend and little wind.

Enjoy

Animal Trivia

The penguin is the only bird that can swim but cannot fly

Penguins are unique in the bird world. They are the only non-flying bird that can swim. Lots of birds, such as the duck and the seagull, swim as a secondary means of transportation to flying. They land on ponds and lakes to rest and cool down, but they fly to really get around. Penguins do not have the luxury of an option. Poorly built to move quickly on land, penguins travel quickly through the water when they need to move from place to place.

Origins of State Names

Maine

Similar to Louisiana, we sort of have the French to thank for the name Maine, at least according to the modern day state legislature. The first recorded use of the name Maine was in a 1622 land patent from King Charles calling the area “the Province or County of Mayne.” While some historians believe the name was used to differentiate it as the mainland, the Maine legislature adopted a resolution in 2001 stating that Maine’s name was taken from a nearby French province by the same name. It only took 379 years, but we can finally put that debate to rest.

Historic Events

  • 1527 – The Sack of Rome was carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • 1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was the first adhesive postal stamp.
  • 1937 – The German zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
  • 1954 – Roger Bannister broke four-minute mile (3:59.4) at the Iffley Road Track in Oxford, England.

Birthdays with some quotes

@83 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist, psychoanalyst (d. 1939)
“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.”– Sigmund Freud
78 – Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter
“Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.”– Bob Seger
@70 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter (d. 1985; heart attack)
“Don’t give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was possible.”– Orson Welles
67 – Tom Bergeron, American television host
“I’m responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I’m not trying to live by another’s standards.”– Tom Bergeron
@63 – Robert Peary, American cartographer, discovered the North Pole (d. 1920)
“The time to prepare for your next expedition is when you have just returned from a successful trip.”– Robert Peary
@58 – Gaston Leroux, French author (d.1927)
62 – George Clooney, American actor, director, producer
“You learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The truth is, you don’t learn from success; you learn from failure.”– George Clooney
@65 – Russell Stover, American confectioner (d. 1954)
@31 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926; peritonitis)
36 – Adrienne Warren, American actress

 
 

 

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