6 May 2023
Flagstaff Almanac
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Week 18 Day 126
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Ave. Sky Cover 15%\
Visibility 24miles
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Flagstaff Today 62°
\ 29°
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Wind 6mph
\ Gusts 27mph
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Nearest active fire: 179miles
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Nearest Lightning: 265mi
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Air
Quality: Moderate
Moderate Risk of
fire
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May Averages:
Flagstaff: 68°
\ 34°
May Average: 3 Days of moisture
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Wind &
Sunshine
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Today’s Quote
Monthly
Observations
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Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month (aka NF Month) Link
(World) Lyme Disease
Awareness Month Link
Nat’l Meditation Month
Nat’l Mediterranean Diet Month Link
Nat’l Mental Health
Month
Nat’l Military Appreciation Month
Nat’l Pet Cancer Awareness Month Link Link
Nat’l Osteoporosis Prevention Month
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Nat’l Photo Month
Nat’l Physical Fitness & Sports Month
Nat’l Physiotherapy Month Link
Nat’l Preservation
Month
Nat’l Read To Your Baby Bump Month
Nat’l Recommitment Month Link
Nat’l Salad Month
Nat’l Salsa Month (The Sauce)
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Weekly
Observations
30-5/7
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Stewardship Week
Preservation Week (re:
Libraries)
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1-6
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Geek Week: Link
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1-7
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Children's Book Week: Link
Screen-Free Week
(Digital Detox Week)
Dog Anxiety Awareness
Week
National Hug Holiday
Week
National Sun Awareness
Week
National Wildflower Week
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3-11
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(World) Dystonia Awareness Week Link
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6-12
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National Nurses Day and Week Link Link
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6-7
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Toad Suck Daze
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Daily
Observations
Beverage Day
Bladder Cancer Awareness Day Link
Coronation Day (England)
Crepes Suzette Day
Free Comic Book Day
Coronation Day (England)
Crepes Suzette Day
Free Comic Book Day Link
Herb Day
Herb Day Link
International Bereaved Mothers' Day
International Bereaved Mothers' Day Link
International Doodle
Dog Day
International Female
Ride Day Link
Internati'l
Management Accounting Day
Joseph Brackett Day
Join Hands Day Link
Kentucky Derby
Learn To Ride A Bike Day
Mariachi Day
National Auctioneers Day
Kentucky Derby
Learn To Ride A Bike Day
Mariachi Day
National Auctioneers Day
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National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day Link
National Fitness Day
National Homebrew Day
National Fitness Day
National Homebrew Day Link
National Play Outside Day
National Play Outside Day Link
National Scrapbooking Day
National Scrapbooking Day Link
National Train Day
National Wildfire Community Preparedness Day Link
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurses Day/National RN Recognition Day
No Diet Day
No Homework Day
Nurses Day/National RN Recognition Day Link Link
Russel Stover Candies Day
School Nurse Day
Start Seeing Monarchs Day
Russel Stover Candies Day
School Nurse Day
Start Seeing Monarchs Day Link
Tourist Appreciation Day
World Naked Gardening Day
Tourist Appreciation Day
World Naked Gardening Day Link
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Today’s
Thoughts
Another
windy spring day.
Severe
mental illness is a real problem in the US. We learned decades ago that locking
them up led to horrific conditions with lots of abuse. Now, many severe
mentally ill individuals are walking the streets. Most of them seem to be
homeless. An ill NYC resident was choked to death by a former military guy on a
subway. The victim should have had mental health services. Now there are
protests to have the choker arrested. Our country needs to find better answers
to the homeless and mental health crisis than death.
I’m
looking forward to a quiet weekend and little wind.
Enjoy
Animal
Trivia
The
penguin is the only bird that can swim but cannot fly
Penguins
are unique in the bird world. They are the only non-flying bird that can swim.
Lots of birds, such as the duck and the seagull, swim as a secondary means of
transportation to flying. They land on ponds and lakes to rest and cool down,
but they fly to really get around. Penguins do not have the luxury of an
option. Poorly built to move quickly on land, penguins travel quickly through
the water when they need to move from place to place.
Origins
of State Names
Maine
Similar to Louisiana, we sort of have the
French to thank for the name Maine, at least according to the modern day state
legislature. The first recorded use of the name
Maine was in a 1622 land patent from King Charles calling the area “the
Province or County of Mayne.” While some historians believe the name was used
to differentiate it as the mainland, the Maine legislature adopted a resolution in 2001
stating that Maine’s name was taken from a nearby French province by the same
name. It only took 379 years, but we can finally put that debate to rest.
Historic
Events
- 1527 – The Sack of Rome was
carried out by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1840 – The Penny Black postage
stamp, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, was the first
adhesive postal stamp.
- 1937 – The German
zeppelin Hindenburg caught fire and was destroyed within a minute while
attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
- 1954 –
Roger Bannister broke four-minute mile (3:59.4) at the Iffley Road Track
in Oxford, England.
Birthdays
with some quotes
@83 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist, psychoanalyst (d.
1939)
“One
day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most
beautiful.”– Sigmund Freud
78
– Bob Seger, American singer-songwriter
“Wish
I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.”– Bob Seger
@70 – Orson Welles, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter
(d. 1985; heart attack)
“Don’t
give them what you think they want. Give them what they never thought was
possible.”– Orson Welles
67
– Tom Bergeron, American television host
“I’m
responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I’m not trying to live by
another’s standards.”– Tom Bergeron
@63 – Robert Peary, American cartographer, discovered the North
Pole (d. 1920)
“The
time to prepare for your next expedition is when you have just returned from a
successful trip.”– Robert Peary
@58 – Gaston Leroux, French author (d.1927)
62
– George Clooney, American actor, director, producer
“You
learn from the mistakes you make and from the mistakes other people make. The
truth is, you don’t learn from success; you learn from failure.”– George
Clooney
@65 – Russell Stover, American confectioner (d. 1954)
@31 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926; peritonitis)
36
– Adrienne Warren, American actress
