May 23

 

 
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 22 Day: 143 \ Ave. sky cover: 5% \ Visibility: 10 miles Flagstaff Today 7° \39° 
Wind: 4mph \ Gusts: 11mph
High risk of fire \ Nearest active fire: 10mi \ nearest Lightning: 570mi
May Averages for Flagstaff: 68° \ 34°  (3 days of moisture)

 

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

17-28 Cannes Film Festival

22-28   National Backyard Games Week National Safe Boating Week World Schizophrenia Awareness Week  Link Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Link

23-6/5   National Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link

23-27  Undergraduate Research Week: Link

Daily Observations

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Wind has dissipated. Nice warm days. Doors and windows open.

I am happy to say that my Navajo artist friend is doing much better. His heart is working fine without machines, and he had the respirator removed. He is holding his own. Good news.

I am friends with a few, less than 10, classmates from HS on Facebook. Two of them are far-right Trump supporters. One lives in South Dakota. She posted the names of her Senators and her Representative along with a comment: These men are traitors. She is upset that all three voted for aid to Ukraine. She has mentioned in the past that she and her son no longer communicate because he does not agree with her politics. So sad.

It is a relaxing and enjoyable Sunday.

Favorite Memes

 

Humor

Knock, knock----Who's There?----Needle----Needle who?

Needle little help right now!

Trivia

v Raven Chacon became the first Indigenous composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. The musician and educator grew up in Chinle on the Navajo Nation and was recognized for a piece called “Voiceless Mass.” He composed it specifically to be played on a pipe organ housed in a church in Milwaukee and premiered the work during Thanksgiving weekend last year. The music has an unsettling quality that, as Chacon says, reflects marginalized communities that served as the inspiration for the piece.

Historical Events

   Ø   1430– Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians
Ø   1788 – South Carolina officially became the eighth US state.
Ø   1873 – The Canadian Parliament established the North-West Mounted Police, later named the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Ø   1911 – The New York Public Library was dedicated.
Ø   1934 – Bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde were shot to death in a stolen Ford Deluxe near Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
Ø   1960 # 1 Hit: The Everly Brothers – Cathy’s Clown
Ø   1960 (Tsunami) Caused by yesterday’s earthquake off the coast of Chile, a tsunami traveled across the Pacific Ocean and killed 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
Ø   1995 – The first version of the Java programming language was released.
Ø   2005 – Tom Cruise famously jumped around on Oprah Winfrey’s couch, proclaiming his love for Katie Holmes

Birthdays Today

89 – Joan Collins, English actress

@76 – Scatman Crothers, American actor and comedian (d. 1986; lung cancr)

@74 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer, actress (d. 2002; lung cancer)

64 – Drew Carey, American comedic actor and game show host

57 – Melissa McBride, American actress

@55 – Carl Bloch, Danish painter and academic (d. 1890; cancer)

48 – Jewel Kilcher, American singer-songwriter

48 – Ken Jennings, Jeopardy champ