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19 March 2023

Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 12 Day 78 \ Ave. Sky Cover a% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 45° \21°  Wind 10mph \ Gusts 11mph 
Air Quality: Moderate \ Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 249mi \ Nearest Lightning 684mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6 Days of moisture
Sunshine

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

  22-4/8
  Lent
  13-19
  International Brain Awareness Week Link
  19-4/16
  National Cherry Blossom Festival Link  
  19-25
  American Chocolate Week Link
  National Agriculture Week
  National Animal Poison Prevention Week Link  Link
  National Inhalant and Poisons Awareness Week  Link   Link
  National Poison Prevention Week Link
  National Protocol Officer's Week
  World Folktales & Fables Week

Daily Observations

  Absolutely Incredible Kid Day
Chocolate Carmel Day
Client's Day Link
Goddess of Fertility Day 
International Read To Me Day Link
Let’s Laugh Day
Mothering Sunday Link 
National Backyard Day Link
National Certified Nurses Day  Link
National Chocolate Caramel Day Link
National Poultry Day Link
Operation Iraqi Freedom Day
Poultry Day Swallows Return to San Juan Capistrano Day

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

Spring arrives later this week, so today I flipped the mattress, changes linens, and cleaned up the bedroom. I am ready for spring.

Politics has certainly changed a lot in the last decade or so. Here is a questions that used to be easy to answer, and now not so much: Is there a political incentive to do good or is the incentive to get re-elected?   The voters need to speak up and state that it is ‘to do good’. The Constitution does not address the idea that politicians should remain in office for ever. Nor does it address the huge amounts of money that are needed to win an election. I hope we figure this out very soon.

Enjoy…

Facts…

We have no idea why the ABCs are in that order, but they've been that way for thousands of years. 

More Slang origins…

Peepers

It's as if everybody who puts on a pair of glasses suddenly becomes one of Jim Henson's muppets. Seriously, doesn't Peepers sound like an adorable monster who lives next to Mr. Snuffleupagus?

Beauty in our 50 states…

30. South Carolina
Arguably, the most picturesque part of South Carolina is also the most popular: Charleston. But since this is a ranking of natural beauty, not charming colonial architecture, the highlight of the state is the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area, home to the 420ft Raven Cliff Falls in Caesars Head State Park and some of the best scenic overlooks in the South. The coastal beaches are pleasant and calming as well, and you cannot beat a sun-dappled drive through the low country under a canopy of moss-draped live oak.

Historical Events

1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen ended the Song dynasty in China. Over 100,000 people died in the sea battle.
1918 – US Standard Time Act established standard time zones in the United States.
1962 – Bob Dylan released his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
1993 – Operation Iraqi Freedom began.

Birthdays Today

87 – Ursula Andress, Swiss model, actress
@80 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (d. 1929)
@83 –Earl Warren, American jurist, US Chief Justice (d. 1974)
“When the rights of any individual or group are chipped away, the freedom of all erodes.”– Earl Warren
@81 – Moms Mabley [Loretta Mary Aiken], comedian, singer (d. 1975)
“If you don’t want your children to know the truth about life don’t send ’em to the theater to see Moms ’cause I’m gonna tell them THE TRUTH, hear?”– Moms Mabley
@80 – Patrick McGoohan, Irish-American actor (d. 2009)
“It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 forever after. And this is the one rebel that they can’t break.”– Patrick McGoohan
76 – Glenn Close, American actress
68 – Bruce Willis, German-American actor
“Everybody, no matter how old you are, is around 24, 25 in their heart.”– Bruce Willis
@65 – William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1925’ apoplexy)
“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”– William Jennings Bryan
@60 – David Livingstone, Scottish missionary, explorer (d. 1873; malaria)