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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
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26-1/1 |
Kwanzaa |
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1-7 |
Diet Resolution Week Silent Record Week |
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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
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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.
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1892 – Ellis
Island began processing immigrants into the United States.
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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
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1995 – The
World Trade Organization began.
Birthdays
Today
· @91 – J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author
(d, 2010)
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@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)
