Nov 9

 

Week: 46 Day: 313 Ave. Sky Cover:  5%\Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   60°\ 32° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 19mph Moderate risk of fire Active fire: 326mi. \ Lightning: 1738mi. Nov Averages: 51°\23° (3 days w/moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

 

Weekly Observations

 

25-11/11	World Origami Days
7-13	International Games Week (Libraries) Link Drowsy Driving Prevention Week Link National Radiologic Technology Week Link   National Book Awards Week National Nurse Practioner's Week Link  Link Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week   Link World Kindness Week   Link
7-14	Dear Santa Letter Week Give Wildlife A Brake! Week Link  National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week  Link    Polar Bear Week
8-12	National Young Readers Week  Link
8-14	Childrens' Book Week: Link  National Global Entrepreneurship Week Link

 

Daily Observations

 

Favorite Memes

 

Trivia

The Garden of the Gods, in Colorado, has been a place of great significance to many Native American tribes.  It has been used by Indigenous people since time immemorial. The Apache, Comanche, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Lakota, Pawnee, Shoshone and Ute Indian Tribes all have a historical connection to the Garden of the Gods. The Utes' oral tradition places the Garden of the Gods as the place of their people's creation. In the warm months, the Ute Indian Tribe would travel to the Garden of the Gods to spend time there. They would use the old Ute Pass to travel to the hot springs to make offerings to the spirits for good health and good hunting.

 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Nice fall day. Had a nice walk around the neighborhood wearing a light jacket.  The vaccine has divided our country. The difference in coverage of Rodgers misleading statement and Irving’s refusal have certainly received different coverage. Maybe it’s just the difference between football and basketball. Both the Cards and the Broncos won yesterday, and I got to watch both games live. Nice! Sesame Street did a special about kids getting vaccinated. It upset some far-right politicians. Senator Cruz calls it ‘Government Propaganda’ while State Senator Wendy Rogers, AZ, said that Big Bird is a Communist. Sad.

 

 

Historical Events

Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower caught sight of land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1620. Thirteen people died in The Great Boston Fire of 1872. The mutilated body of Mary Jane Kelly, believed to be the final victim of Jack the Ripper, was discovered in Spitalfields, London, England (1888). 1938 – Crystal Night (Kristallnacht) took place in Germany. 30,000 Jews were arrested and nearly 100 were killed. 1965- Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, set himself on fire in front of the United Nations building. 1965 – There was a blackout over much of the Northeastern United States, more than 30 million people were affected. 1989 – The Berlin Wall opened. 2005-- The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

 

Birthdays Today

@77 @72 70 @62 48 43 41 33

– Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, 39th Vice President (d.1996, cancer) – Mary Travers, American Singer/Songwriter (d. 2009; leukemia) – Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder, and actor – Carl Sagan, astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist (d. 1996; myelodysplasia) – Nick Lachey, American Singer/Songwriter, producer, actor – Sisqó, American Singer/Songwriter, producer, actor – Vanessa (née Minnillo) Lachey, Filipino-American TV host, and actress – Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer