Aug 5, 2021 Week: 32 Day: 217
Ave. Sky Cover: 5%\Visibility:
10 miles
Local Temp: 84°\ 51° Wind: 9mph\ Gusts: 14mph
EXTREME risk
of fire Active fire: 132mi. \ Lightning: 273mi.
Aug Averages: 79°\50° (9 days w/moisture)
Today’s Quote
Weekly Observations
XXXII Olympic Games (postponed
from 2020): |
7/23-8/8 |
Gallop
International Tribal Indian Powwow |
7/31-8/9 |
Gold Panning Week: Link Cancelled |
2-7 |
National
Bargain Hunting Week |
2-8 |
National Environmental Services Week: Li`nk |
2-20 |
Daily Oberservations
Chile
Pepper Day Oyster
Day Underwear
Day Work
Like a Dog Day |
Favorite Memes
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
A
great summer day. Slight breeze helping with the higher temperatures.
The
USPS and our HOA have finally shaken hands and yesterday I got my first mailbox
delivery in a week. All good now.
The
Olympics keep giving great completion. So nice to see these young, and some not
so young, athletes competing at top levels. It is so enjoyable to watch.
I
got a call yesterday that the Business Tech I worked with at Tonalea School
passed away yesterday. She had left Tonalea School about 15 years ago and was
in her early 60’s. It was quite a shock. I’m waiting to find out what happened.
Delores was born and raised in Tonalea. In her early 20’s she was Miss Western
Navajo and competed for the Miss Navajo title. After her reign she started
working at the school. She was kind, friendly, hardworking, and dedicated to
her family. She had 2 adult children and a husband. Very unexpected.
I
will never understand the trauma that police officers face. I also don’t
understand why there is not a lot of mental health experts available to assist
officers without putting a negative mark on their official record. I will not understand how people who were
there can continue to say it was just like any other day. Since the ‘incident’,
4 police officers who were there have committed suicide. These suicides were
preventable if mental health services had been available immediately. I can’t
help but wonder how much the denial of the actual incident led to the choice to
commit suicide. So sad.
Historical
Events
1305
– William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was
captured, tried, and executed by the English near Glasgow.
1583
– Sir Humphrey Gilbert established the first English colony in the New World,
in (now) Newfoundland’s St. John’s harbor.
1864 Battle of Mobile Bay, won by the Union
Army led by Rear Admiral Farragut with the cry "Damn the torpedoes, full
speed ahead!" (US Civil War)
1884 Cornerstone for Statue of Liberty laid
on Bedloe's Island (NYC)
1924
– Little Orphan Annie, Comic Strip debuted
2014 Obama signs The Iron Dome Bill providing
$225 million in additional funding for Israel's Iron Dome defense
Birthdays
Today
@84 – Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic,
poet (d. 1973)
@84 – Don Matheson, American actor (d. 2014)
@83 -- John Saxon, American character actor (d. 2020)
@76 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut (d. 2012; heart disease)
76
– Loni Anderson, American actress
@67 – Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
(2007)
59
– Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player
55
– James Gunn, American director, producer, and screenwriter