28 Jan

 

January 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 4 Day 28 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 17 miles Flagstaff Today 44° \4°  Wind 2mph \ Gusts 1mph 
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Moderate High Extreme Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 318mi \ Nearest Lightning 1381mi
Jan Averages for Flagstaff: 44° \ 16° \5 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

19-29
Sundance Film Festival
22-28
Clean Out Your Inbox Week
Data Privacy Week Link
National CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) Week
National Handwriting Analysis Week
National School Choice Week Link 
Snowcare for Troops Week
Snowcare for Troops Week
23-28
National Medical Group Practice Week
26-29
Angouleme International Comics Festival  Link
28—2/4
Cordova Ice Worm Days  Link
Catholic Schools Week
Meat Week
National Anesthesiologists Week Link

Daily Observations

Blueberry Pancake Day
Daisy Day
Data Privacy Day   Link
Fruitcake Toss Day Link 
Global Community Engagement Day 
Global Community Engagement Day Link
Local Quilt Shop Day
National Gift of The Lady Bug Day Link
National Kazoo Day Link
National Pediatrician Day
National Seed Swap Day
Rubber Ducky Day  Link  Link  
Thank A Plugin Developer Day 
Thank A Plugin Developer Day Link
World Leprosy Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Sunshine but still chilly. I headed out to buy groceries. When I got home I finally was able to remove the snow that was on the roof of my vehicle. While it is chilly, the iceberg had melted enough to slide it off the roof of the vehicle in just a couple of pieces.

I still like snow, but prefer the normal…snow that melts away in a day or two.

Videotape of a crime can be useful. However, it never shows the entire story. In my much younger days, there was a local kids show with a live audience. My brother and I watched the show very frequently. Somehow my mom got us tickets to see the live show in person.  I still remember how the world of Florence and Faye was a small stage. The huge kids section was off to the side and was merely 3 small bleachers where kids were packed in close. Then in my adulthood, I was on several sound stages…always cramped and much smaller than the mind interpreted when seen on TV or the movie screen.  As several videotaped crimes are released today, I am reminded that what you see is only a small part of what really happened.

African Animals Abound…

Arizona is a great state…

·        Famous labor leader and activist Cesar Chavez was born in Yuma.

·        In 1912, President William Howard Taft was ready to make Arizona a state on February 12, but it was Lincoln's birthday. The next day, the 13th, was considered bad luck so they waited until the following day. That’s how Arizona became known as the Valentine State.

·        When England's famous London Bridge was replaced in the 1960s, the original was purchased, dismantled, shipped stone by stone and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it still stands today.

·        Mount Lemmon, Tucson, in the Santa Catalina Mountains, is the southernmost ski resort in the United States.

Facts…

Alaska is home to 227 federally recognized Indigenous tribes, more than any other state in the U.S.

The U.S. federal government recognizes 574 tribes throughout the country — and 227 of those are in Alaska alone (the Bureau of Indian Affairs recognizes an additional two). In fact, nearly one in six Alaskans is considered Native American, which is the highest rate of any U.S. state (although California is home to the most Indigenous people overall). Although the U.S. government has formally recognized Alaska’s 229 tribes, the state of Alaska didn’t follow suit until the summer of 2022, when Governor Mike Dunleavy passed legislation recognizing the tribes and their indelible contributions to the history and culture of Alaska.Slang Origins

Mysterious sites…

Nazca Lines (Peru)

Southern Peru’s Nazca Desert is covered with hundreds of geometric designs. These ancient geoglyphs range from simple shapes to plants and animals such as a hummingbird, monkey, llama, and whale. The Nazca Lines date back to around 200 to 700 CE, when the Nazca people who lived in the region created them. Researchers have struggled to agree upon the purpose of these giant works of art, particularly since they are best seen from the surrounding hills and by plane. Among many theories are astronomical maps, indicators of sacred routes, and water troughs. An alternative take is that they were created to be observed by deities from the sky.

Historical Events

1909 – United States troops left Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
1958 – The Lego company patented (#3005282) the design of its Lego bricks- it is still compatible with bricks produced today.
1986 – The Challenger Space Shuttle exploded 73 seconds after lift-off, killing all 7 people aboard.

Birthdays Today

87 – Alan Alda, American actor, director and writer
It’s too bad I’m not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.– Alan Alda
@84 – Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
@84 – Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)
@81 – Sidonie-Gabrielle ‘Colette’, French writer (d. 1954)
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you’re a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff’s worth, without pity, and destroy most of it.– Colette
73 – Barbi Benton, American actress and model
@63 – Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh Explorer (d. 1904)
Doctor Livingstone, I presume?– Henry Morton Stanley
55 – Sarah McLachlan, Canadian singer-songwriter
If you love large, you’ve got to hurt large. If you’ve got a lot of light, you’ve probably got an equal amount of darkness.– Sarah McLachlan
47 – Rick Ross (William Roberts II), American rapper
@44 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956; car crash)
It doesn’t make much difference how the paint is put on as long as something has been said. Technique is just a means of arriving at a statement.– Jackson Pollock
43 – Nick Carter, American singer-songwriter
42 – Elijah Wood, American actor
@42 – José Julián Martí Pérez, Cuban writer (d. 1895; killed in battle)
@41 – William Seward Burroughs I, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
38 – J. Cole, American singer
25 – Ariel Winter, American actress