25 March 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 12 Day 84 \ Ave. Sky Cover 30% \ Visibility 15 miles Flagstaff Today 50° \15° Wind 8mph \ Gusts 19mph
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 251mi \ Nearest
Lightning 241mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Weekly
Observations
22-4/8
Lent
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
20-26
Act
Happy Week
International Teach Music Week
National Fix A Leak Week Link
National Fragrance Week Link
Shakespeare Week Link
Wellderly Week
21-27
International
Week of Solidarity with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination
22-4/20
Ramadan
24-30
National
Farm Workers Awareness Week Link
25-31
National Physicians Week Link
Daily Observations
Be Mad Day
Earth Hour Link (This pertains to turning off lights at
8:30 pm local time.)
Endometriosis March Day Link
International Day of Remembrance of The Victims of Slavery and The
Transatlantic
International Day of The Unborn Child
International Day of Remembrance of The Victims of Slavery and The
Transatlantic
International Day of The Unborn Child Link
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Lobster Newburg
Day
Maryland Day
Medal of Honor Day
Members Link
National Day of Celebration of Greek & American Democracy
National Medal of Honor Day
Old New Year's Day
Pecan Day
Support Women Artists Now Day
Tolkien Reading Day
Vaffeldagen (Waffle Day) Link (Note: This is Sweden and Denmark.)
Waffle Day
Walk In
The Sand Day Link
Whole Grain Sampling Day
Whole Grain Sampling Day
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
About
an inch of snow last night. Mostly melted. A bit windy.
I
headed out for a haircut this morning. I asked about the lady who has been cutting
my hair for a couple of years. Stylist replied, “I don’t get into the gossip.”
Good haircut. I’ll stick with this one, until this one disappears.
Andy
and Faith are heading back to Flag. They have been in Phx about 2 weeks to care
for his brother in the hospital. He is now eating some food and will be moved
to rehab center today. Hopefully he will recover.
French
protests over retirement age are increasing in violence. Now they are burning
vehicles. The raise in age is from 62 to 64. France still will have the lowest
retirement age of most developed countries are at 65, with a few at 67.
Enjoy…
Facts…
Donald
Trump, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton were born in consecutive months of the
same year.
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"I want
to remind folks that Michelangelo’s statue of David was commissioned to be
installed in a niche in a cathedral.
"However,
once Michelangelo unveiled it, the people who paid for it changed their minds:
they decided that it was too magnificent to be displayed up in the cathedral
where it would be 80m away from its viewers.
Instead,
they installed it in Florence’s municipal square: the most visible and public
possible place of honor.
"Those
Florida parents who objected to their children seeing it would have been
considered backwards and ignorant in 1504."
More Slang
origins…
Fuzz
Yes, people in the 1960s had a whole lot
of slang for the police. Still, why policemen were called the fuzz during the
'60s is anybody's guess. Could it be the military style crew cuts that cops
preferred during that decade? Possibly, but we may never know.
Beauty in
our 50 states…
24. MinnesotaThis US state might as well change its
name to Canada Lite. Along the North Shore, you’ll find rugged lakeside cliffs
lined with lighthouses and deep forests that conceal stellar hiking trails and
waterfalls; come in the summertime, when the Boundary Waters offers some of the
most sought-after fishing and canoeing in the upper prairie. The sheer, rugged
Lake Superior shoreline gives another glimpse of raw North America, and the
pocky glacial holes around Interstate State Park will remind you how far north
you really are.
Historical
Events
1584 – Sir Walter Raleigh is granted
permission to colonize Virginia.
Until 1752, March 25 was considered New
Year’s Day in Great Britain and its colonies.
1807 – The Slave Trade Act abolished the
slave trade in the British Empire.
1911 – The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
fire in NYC killed146 garment workers.
1969 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged
their “Bed-In For Peace” in Amsterdam.
Birthdays
Today
97
– Gene Shalit, American journalist, critic
80
– Paul Michael Glaser, American actor
@77 – Howard Cosell, American broadcaster,journalist, author (d.
1995; embolism)
@76 – Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter, Queen of Soul
(d. 2018; cancer)
“Be
your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not
going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.”– Aretha Franklin
76
– Sir Elton John, English singer-songwriter,
@61 – Hoyt Axton, American singer-songwriter, actor (d. 1999;
heart attack)
“Oklahoma
is the cultural center of the universe.”– Hoyt Axton
61
– Marcia Cross, American actress
58
– Sarah Jessica Parker, American actress
41
– Danica Patrick, American race car driver
“Take
those chances and you can achieve greatness, whereas if you go conservative,
you’ll never know. I truly believe what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
Even if you fail, learning and moving on is sometimes the best thing.”– Danica
Patrick
39
– Katharine McPhee, American singer-songwriter, actress
35
– Big Sean, American rapper
“Patience
is the ability to accept trouble, suffering, delay without getting angry or
upset, I feel like if you can master patience you can master anything.”– Big
Sean
34
– Aly Michalka, American singer-songwriter, actress
“You
have to be happy with yourself first of all – that’s the most important thing.”–
Aly Michalka
@30 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964;
boating accident)
