5 June

5 June 2023

Flagstaff Almanac

Week 23 Day 155 Ave. Sky Cover 85%\ Visibility  20mi. Flagstaff Today  59° \ 40° 
Wind  6mph \ Gusts  10mph  Nearest active fire: 19miles Nearest Lightning:  3mi
Air Quality: moderate   Moisture days this month: 3 days
Risk of fire: High June Averages: Flagstaff: 80° \ 43° June Average: 1 Day of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Monthly Observations

Rainbow Book Month
Rebuild Your Life Month
Scleroderma Awareness Month Link
Skyscraper Month
Sorghum Month Link
Sports America Kids Month
Student Safety Month
Vision Research Month Link
World Naked Bike Ride Month (Northern Hemisphere) Link Link
Women's Golf Month Link   Link
World Infertility Month
World Roller Coaster Appreciation Month
Skyscraper Month
Sorghum Month Link
Sports America Kids Month
Student Safety Month
Vision Research Month Link
World Naked Bike Ride Month (Northern Hemisphere) Link Link
Women's Golf Month Link   Link
World Infertility Month
World Roller Coaster Appreciation Month

Weekly Observations

5/29-9/4 National Marina Days (From Memorial Day to Labor Day)  Link
1-4       Great American Brass Band Week  Link 
3-10      International Clothesline Week
3-11      National Lemonade Days Link
4-10      Bedbug Awareness Week Link
Black Single Parents Week  
End Mountain Top Removal Week Link   
Flag Football Week Link 
National Business Etiquette Week
National Headache Awareness Week Link  
National Trailer Safety Week   Link
Pet Appreciation Week  Link Link

Daily Observations

Apple II Day
Baby Boomers Recognition Day
Doughnut Day
Earth Overshoot Day Link 

Festival of Popular Delusions Day Link
Gingerbread Day
HIV Long Term Survivors Awareness Day
Hot Air Balloon Day
International Day for The Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
National Moonshine Day
National Veggie Burgers Day  Link
National Thank God It's Monday Day
World Environment Day

Today’s Thoughts

More rain today. Already had a light shower and a 15-minute rain shower. It has been decades since Flag has had this much moisture before the monsoon. Very nice! However; I have not had allergies like this in my many years in Arizona.

The concept of ‘International Waters’ has been around for decades. China and the US have been in disputes recently regarding the international waters near Taiwan and in the South China Sea. This seems to be heating up daily. I hope more stable minds win out.

Back in my youth we were warned, before entering Yellowstone, to watch out for bears, not get out of the car or roll down the windows when bears are nearby. Well, it is 2023 and now Yellowstone is reminding tourists to stay away from Bison. It seems in the past few years more tourists are being injured, sometimes severely, by bison in the park. Some for trying to ‘pet’ a wild bison.

Enjoy

History revisited

The Last Widow Of A Civil War Veteran Died In 2008

Maudie Hopkins married a Civil War veteran of the Confederate States Army named William M. Cantrell in 1934, when she was just 19 years old. Her husband was 86 at the time they were married, which she claims she agreed to because of her financial situation.

Hopkins passed away in 2008 at the age of 93 in Lexa, Arkansas, making her a Civil War Veteran's widow who was still alive when Barack Obama became the first African-American to serve as President of the United States.

Historic Events

• 1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin began publication.
• 1967 – The Six-Day War, between Isreal and its Neighboring countries June 5-11
• 1981 – The AIDS virus was first noted.

Birthdays with some quotes

@77 – William Boyd, American actor, producer (d. 1972; Parkinson’s)
76 – Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter
“Paradise Is exactly like Where you are right now Only much much Better. “– Laurie Anderson
72 – Suze Orman, American financial adviser, author, television host
“Live below your means but within your needs.”– Suze Orman
67 – Kenny G (Kenneth Bruce Gorelick), American saxophonist
@62 – John Maynard Keyes, British economist (d. 1946; heart attacks)
“It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.”– John Maynard Keynes
@57 – Pat Garrett, American sheriff (d. 1908; murdered)
61 – Jeff Garlin, American comedic actor
56 – Ron Livingston, American actor
54 – Brian McKnight, American singer-songwriter
“It doesn’t matter the genre or type of art, if it’s authentic there’s an apparent beauty to it and as an artist, that’s very inspiring.”– Brian McKnight
52 – Mark Wahlberg, American actor, (aka rapper Marky Mark)
“I work as hard as anybody will ever work and I like that. That’s why I’ve been successful and that is when I feel good about myself. If I do my damnedest and don’t succeed, I feel good about the effort.”– Mark Wahlberg
46 – Liza Weil, American actress
44 – Pete Wentz, American singer-songwriter and bass player
“Just because today is a terrible day doesn’t mean tomorrow might not be the best day of your entire life. You just have to wake up and get there.”– Pete Wentz
@39 – Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (South Park) (d. 1999)