Sept 2

 

2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 35 Day 244 Ave. Sky Cover 60%\ Visibility  18mi. Flagstaff Today  70° \ 56° 
Wind  2mph \ Gusts  9mph  Nearest active fire: 16miles Risk of fire: Low Nearest lightning:  156mi
Air Quality: Fair         Moisture Days this month:  1 day Mostly Cloudy
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days   

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Childrens' Good Manners Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Link
Cholesterol Education Month Link
Classical Music Month  Link
Co-op Awareness Month (9/24-10/31)

College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month  Link
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month

Daily Observations

Bison Ten Yell Day
Blueberry Popsicle Day
Cow Chip Throwing Days Link  
International Bacon Day Link 
Franchise Appreciation Day
National Buffalo Chicken Wings Days  
Franchise Appreciation Day
Nat'l Buffalo Chicken Wings Days  Link 

National No Patrick Day Link  
National Play Outside Day 
National Play Outside Day Link
 
National Tailgating Day 
National Tailgating Day   Link  Link 
V-J Day
World Beard Day Link  
World Coconut Day 
World Coconut Day  Link

Today’s Thoughts

The monsoon returned last evening, giving a nice shower for several hours.

A few weeks ago I noticed that one of the valve caps on a front tire was missing. I figured that the dealership would replace it when I had the tire rotation. Wrong. This morning I stopped by Auto Zone and had to buy 4. The ones I got are made of metal, not plastic so I hope they stay on.

There was a big fire in building in Johannesburg, South Africa. When our travel group was there years ago, this was the only city where we were told not to leave the hotel after dark due the high crime rate. The more I learn about the fire, the more horrified I am. First it was a multi-story building that had been abandoned year ago. Criminal gangs took over the building that had no running water or electricity. Since many are homeless in the city, the gangs rented out the rooms in the building. The night of the fire 54 innocents perished. Turns out there are many such abandoned building in this city, being used as ‘apartments’ for the homeless who pay rent to the criminal gangs. I have found nothing on why the city or state government isn’t stopping this practice in South Africa’s largest city. This is not the South Africa of Mandella or the city I saw.  

September in Navajo: September is Ripening of the Late Crops, Bini’ant’aatsoh

Enjoy

 

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Little Golden Books

The books with the golden spine hit shelves 75 years ago this October and have kept kids turning pages ever since. To date, the imprint has published more than 1,400 titles and sold a whopping 2 billion copies (and counting). And the classics are still golden—today’s readers can buy The Poky Little Puppy, a top seller published in the very first crop of Little Golden Books, along with the Star Wars and Grumpy Cat lines.

Random Trivia…

100 million years ago, the Sahara Desert was inhabited by galloping crocodiles. Back then, the Sahara Desert was a lush oasis full of life and full of predators. In 2009, fossil hunters found the remains of crocodiles that had large land-going legs that were capable of galloping across the land at breakneck speeds!

Historic Events

  • 1666 – Great Fire of London
  • 1789 – The US Treasury Department was established.
  • 1864 – Union General William Sherman took Atlanta, Georgia in the Civil War.
  • 1945 – Japan’s surrender from World War II was signed aboard the USS Missouri.

Birthdays with some quotes

86 – Peter Ueberroth, American businessman (LA 1984 Olympics)
“Authority is 20% given and 80% taken…so take it!”
@79 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (d. 1917)
75 – Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
72 – Mark Harmon, American actor
71 – Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, and sportscaster
@60 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2006; kidney disease)
“I do believe that God has his hands on me and that he has work for me to do.”
@59 – Hal Ashby, American “Counter culture) director, and producer (d. 1988; cancer)
“I basically have a very positive philosophy of life, because I don’t feel I have anything to lose. Most things are going to turn out okay. I don’t like to tell lies.”
59 – Keanu Reeves, Lebanese-Canadian actor
“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”
58 – Lennox Lewis, English-Canadian boxer
57 – Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress
“Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.”
@55 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer, and conductor (d. 1981; emphysema)
52 – Katt Williams, American comedic actor
47 – Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
@45 – Eugene Field, American author, and ‘poet of childhood’ (d. 1895; heart attack)
@37 – Christa McAuliffe, American educator, and Challenger astronaut (d. 1986)
“May your future be limited only by your dreams!”
34 – Zedd, Russian-German record producer, and DJ

…The End for today…

 

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