28 March 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 13 Day 88 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 18 miles Flagstaff Today 58° \24° Wind 9mph \ Gusts 18mph
Air Quality: Fair \ Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 254mi \ Nearest
Lightning 967mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Weekly
Observations
3/22-4/8
Lent
19-4/16
National Cherry Blossom Festival Link
Ramadan
24-30
National Farm Workers Awareness Week Link
25-31
National Physicians Week Link
26-4/1
Consider Christianity Week
International Phace Syndrome Awareness Week
National Cleaning Week Link
26-4/9
Passiontide
26-4/1
Passion Week
29-4/1
International
Listening Association Week
Daily Observations
Knights of
Columbus Founders Day
Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
Little Red Wagon Day Link
Manatee Appreciation Day
Manatee Appreciation Day Link
Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
National Mom & Pop Business Owner's Day
National Vietnam War Veterans Day Link
Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
Piano Day Link (88th day
of the year)
Smoke & Mirrors Day Link
Texas Loves The Children Day
Vietnam War Veteran’s Day
World Piano
Day Link
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Sunshine
and blue sky…hope it stays around.
History
is being made: the Navajo Technical University in Crown Point New Mexico, is the first Native-run University to offer a
PhD program. Very cool!
There
have been 131 mass shootings in the US this year…as of day 87…at this time in
2022 it was 113. This year 502 people have been wounded and 193 have been
killed. I am so sickened that these stats are our normal.
I
had a nice conversation with Ed, my Focus Travel roommate, who lives in CO. Getting
excited about the Canada cruise. We had an interesting discussion on the
changes that 2023 has seen in medical coverage…some good, some not so much.
Enjoy…
Facts…
Four percent
of the sand on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, is made up of shrapnel from
D-Day that has broken down.
More Slang
origins…
High On The Hog
If someone is living high on the hog,
that means they’re enjoying a very luxurious lifestyle full of splendor and all
manner of comforts. Living high on the hog can also mean that you’re living
life to its fullest.
Beauty in
our 50 states…
20. TennesseeRead the state left to right, and it just
keeps getting better: from the top of the Delta in the west, across the hills
and pastures of the central third, to the crescendo of mountain vistas that
announce your arrival in the Smoky Mountains. Since this landlocked eastern
state packs this much variety, you can pretty much pick any highway, turn off
the first time you see a state park sign, and feel like you've hit the scenic
jackpot.
Historical
Events
845 – Paris was sacked by Viking raiders,
possibly under Ragnar Lodbrok.
1848 – Large blocks of ice blocked Niagra
Falls until April 1.
1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were
convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage with the Soviet Union.
1999 – The Dow Jones Index topped 10,000
for the first time.
Birthdays
Today
@88 – Denton True “Cy” Young, American baseball player, manager
(d. 1955)
80
– Vangelis (Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou ), Greek keyboard
player, songwriter
“A
lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it
accurate.”– Eric Idle
@74 – Sam Walton, founded Walmart and Sam’s Club (d. 1992; Multiple
myeloma)
“There
is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from
the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”– Sam Walton
@71 – John Tyler, 10th President (d. 1862)
@72 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990; heart
issues)
“People
see God every day, they just don’t recognize him.”– Pearl Bailey
62
– Amy Sedaris, American actress
“Before
you can give of yourself to others you must know what of yourself you have to
give. Every person is special. In all the land there is only one you, possibly
two, but seldom more than sixteen.”– Amy Sedaris
59
– Elle Macpherson, Australian model
55
– Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
“Happiness
is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up and choose
to be happy.”– Lucy Lawless
