Jan 1, 2022

 
Week: 1 Day: 1
Ave. Sky Cover:  40% Visibility: 10 miles Local Temp:   35°\ 19° Wind: 5mph\ Gusts: 10mph
Very Low risk of fire Active fire: 390mi. \ Lightning: 1476mi.
Jan Averages: 43°\17° (5 days w/moisture)

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Adopt A Rescued Bird Month Link
Bath Safety Month
Be Kind to Food Servers Month
Birth Defects Month Link
Black Diamond Month Link
Book Blitz Month
California Dried Plum Digestive Month Link
Carnival Season: Jan. 6- March 1
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month Link
Children Impacted By Parent's Cancer Month
Clap 4 Health Month
Financial Wellness Month

Weekly Observations

26-1/1	Kwanzaa
1-7	Diet Resolution Week Silent Record Week
1-8	National Personal Trainer Awareness Week

 

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Welcome to 2022

Living in the middle of a National Forest, I am used to fire, fire watches, and even some evacuations. The ferocious Marshall Fire near Boulder is devastation I have never seen. So many homes lost with only minutes to evacuate. One Focus Friend lives in Broomfield and they have some ashes on their lawn this morning. Several high school classmates in Westminster and Arvada posted they had received ‘prepare for evacuation’ and another marked ‘safe’ on the county website. The only bright note is that so far, there has been no loss of life.

The Putin-Biden call set up for more calls and warned of sanctions if either side escalates at the Ukraine border. Talking and diplomacy is good. Both leaders know this. 

Favorite Memes

 

A bit of Humor

Why is an engaged girl like a cell phone?

They both have rings.

Arizona Trivia

The amount of copper utilized to make the copper dome atop Arizona's Capitol building is equivalent to the amount used in 4.8 million pennies.

Near Yuma, the Colorado River's elevation dips to 70 feet above sea level, making it the lowest point in the state.

The geographic center of Arizona is 55 miles southeast of Prescott near the community of Mayer.

You could pile four 1,300-foot skyscrapers on top of each other and they still would not reach the rim of the Grand Canyon.

 The hottest temperature recorded in Arizona was 128 degrees at Lake Havasu City on June 29, 1994

The coldest temperature recorded in Arizona was 40 degrees below zero at Hawley Lake on January 7, 1971.

Historical Events

·        1808 – The United States banned the importation of slaves.

·        1847 – The world’s first “Mercy” Hospital was founded in Pittsburgh, United States, by a group of Sisters of Mercy from Ireland.

·        1892 – Ellis Island began processing immigrants into the United States.

·        1958 – The European Economic Community (EEC) was established.

·        1979 – Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People’s Republic of China and the United States.

·        1980 – The Far Side, Comic Strip debuted

·        1995 – The World Trade Organization began.

Birthdays Today

·                      @91 – J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d, 2010)

·            @90 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (died in 1990)

·                    @84 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the US Flag (d. 1836)

·                @83 – Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (d. 1818)

80 – Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter, guitarist

79 – Don Novello, American comedian (Father Guido Sarducci)

·                @77 – J. Edgar Hoover, American civil servant, 1st director of FBI (d. 1972; heart attack)

·                    @71 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (d. 1990)