Sept 21

 

Flagstaff Almanac
Week38 Day264 Sky Cover 70%| Visibility|28mi.Flagstaff Today|7° \38° Wind8mph|Gusts10mph 
Nearest active fire: 16miles|Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:415mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days in Sept:7days Mostly Cloudy
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days  26 Sunny Days Q

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Weekly Observations

15-24 National Ballroom Dance Week Link 15-21 National Medicare Education Week Link 16-22 Be A Mench Week Farm Animal Awareness Week Farm Animal Awareness Week 17-23 Balance Awareness Week Link    Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Link  Constitution Week Constitution Week International Clean Hands Week International Women's E-Commerce Days National Construction Appreciation Week National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week National Indoor Plant Week National Rehabilitation Awareness Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Singles Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week Tolkien Week

18-22 National Love Your Files Week Link  18-24 Fall Astronomy Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link Pollution Prevention Week Link 18-29 International Women's Commerce Days 21-23  Great American Beer Festival Link  21-24 Xterra World Championships Link

Daily Observations

International Day of Peace Miniature Golf Day National Chai Day Link National Dance Day Link   National Paw-Paw Day National Surgical Technologists Day National Paw-Paw Day National Surgical Technologists Day

National Teach Ag Day Link  Peace Day Pecan Cookie Day World Gratitude Day World's Alzheimer's Day  Peace Day Pecan Cookie Day World Gratitude Day World's Alzheimer's Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

 Lots of high clouds…maybe some rain

Today is the day my mom passed in 2008 at 89. She had a good life and is still missed today.

I got the new COVID shot today. No one in our mountain community had the Moderna, but my physician either one was OK. Walked into Sam’s Pharmacy and was in and out in 10 minutes. Nice!

I’m getting a tad concerned about the Republicans blocking all military approval. According to the military, this is harming our readiness and there is no end in sight. Very narrow minded.d

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Little League Baseball

On June 6, 1939, the first Little League baseball game was played at Park Point in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. (Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23–8.) Since then, the pint-sized version of America’s favorite pastime has knocked it out of the park as the world’s largest organized youth sports program, boasting 200,000 teams in all 50 states and 80 countries. This year’s Little League Baseball World Series is August 17–27 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Random Trivia…

Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, didn’t have a funeral or headstone. When he was close to death, Tibbets decided he didn’t want a funeral or a headstone as he worried it would become a place for protesting nuclear armament. Instead, he was cremated, and his ashes were scattered over the English Channel.

In medieval England, the word “ask” was pronounced “axe.” This pronunciation of the word was even featured in the first English translation of the Bible: “Axe and it shall be given.”

Historic Events

• 1937 – The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, was published.
• 1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 made landfall on Long Island in New York, killing almost 700 people.
• 1970 – Monday Night Football premiered on ABC.
• 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
• 2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by dozens of network and cable channels, and raised over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.

Birthdays with some quotes

@82 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2016)
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
@81 – Larry Hagman, American actor (d. 2012)
80 – Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
“You have to start at the very bottom and you’ve got to do every job. I did that so I could understand what everybody does. I didn’t become this huge producer overnight. It took many, many years.”
79 – Fannie Flagg, American comedic actress
@79 – H.G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (d. 1946)
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.”
@73 – Henry Gibson, American comedic actor (d. 2009;cancer)
76 – Don Felder, American musician, and songwriter, The Eagles
76 – Stephen King, American author, and screenwriter
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
73 – Bill Murray, American comedic actor, and screenwriter
“People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.”
69 – Ethan Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter, Brother
61 – Rob Morrow, American actor
56 – Faith Hill, singer, Actor
55 – Ricki Lake, American actress, and talk show host
52 – Luke Wilson, American actor
52 – Alfonso Riveiro, dancer, actor
40 – Cristian Hidalgo, Spanish footballer
“You can’t force inspiration. It’s like trying to catch a butterfly with a hoop but no net. If you keep your mind open and receptive, though, one day a butterfly will land on your finger.”

…The End for today…