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Flagstaff Today 54°: 36° Week 19 Day 127 Wind 6 mph Gusts 13 mph Air Quality: Fair Overcast Raining Active Fire: 216 miles away Risk of
Fire: Very Low Nearest lightning: 340 miles away May Averages: Temps: 68°\35° Moisture: 3 Days
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Monthly Observations
Nat’l Brain Tumor Awareness Month Link Nat’l
Good Car Keeping Month
Nat’l Chamber Music Month Link Nat’l
Hamburger Month Link Link
Nat’l Child Passenger Safety Technician Month Nat’l
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Nat’l Electrical Safety Month Link Nat’l High Blood Pressure Education
Month Link
Nat’l Foster Care Month Link Nat’l
High Potassium Awareness Month
Weekly Observations
Spring Astronomy Week: 3-10
(World) Dystonia Awareness Week: 3-11 Link
National Small Business Week: 4-10 Link Be Kind To Animals Week:
4-10
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 4-10 Link Dog Anxiety Awareness Week: 4-10
Drinking Water Week: 4-10 Link Flexible Work Arrangement Week:
4-10
Goodwill Industries Week: 4-10 Geek
Week: 4-10 Link
National Hug Holiday Week: 4-10 International Clitoris Awareness Week:
4-10
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness
Week: 4-10
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week: 4-10
National Correctional Officer's Week: 4-10 Link National Family Week: 4-10
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: 4-10 National
Pet Week: 4-10 Link
National Root Canal Appreciation Week: 4-10 Link
National Travel & Tourism Week: 4-10 Link National WildflowerWeek: 4-10
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 4-10 Link
Pet Appreciation Week: 4-10 Link Link Public Service Recognition
Week: 4-10 Link
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week) : 4-10 Link Tick Awareness Week: 4-10
Update Your References Week: 4-10
Air Quality Awareness Week: 5-9 Link Construction Safety Week: 5-9 Link
National Safety Stand Down Week: 5-9 Link
North American Occupational Safety & Health Week: 5-9 Link
PTA Teacher Appreciation Week: 5-9 Teacher
Appreciation Week: 5-9
Children's Book Week: 5-11 Link
National School Nurse Week: 6-12 National Nurses Day and Week:
6-12 Link Link
Daily Observations
Beaufort Scale (Wind) Day National (Deaf) Interpreter
Day Link
Cosmopolitan Day (Drink) National
Design Packaging Day Link
Cystinosis Awareness Day National
Skilled Trades Day Link
Data Innovation Day thru -8 Link Project ACES Day
Great American Grump Out Public Gardens Day
National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day Roast
Leg of Lamb Day
National Barrier Awareness Day School
Nurse Day Link
National Bike and Roll To School Day Link Spouse
Appreciation Day
National Day to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy Link
Worldwide Day of Genital Autonomy Link Spring Astronomy Day
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for the day
Flag is having a very unusual day of rain. It’s been raining on and off
since last night. Trees were dripping and sparkling early this morning. Nice!
After 100 days: On Trump’s overall job rating—AZ: 47% approved; 49%
disapproved. And in Colorado: 37% approved; 59% disapproved.
Trump posted a picture of himself as Pope. This is wrong at so many
levels.
Trump has pulled back from abolishing Head Start after the public’s reaction.
Trump has declared two national holidays, but no one gets a day off from
these: Nov 11 for the end of WWI and May 8 for the end of WWII. Veteran’s Day
and VE-Day will still be observed. I guess he missed history class.
Native American Tribes That Dominated History
Sioux (Dakota, Nakota, Lakota)
Renowned for their formidable cavalry, the Sioux
tribes—Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota—dominated the Northern Great Plains. Their
skills in warfare and strategic alliances were legendary.
Notably, they led major conflicts like Red Cloud’s War,
successfully challenging U.S. expansion. Sioux society was built on strong
kinship ties and shared values, supporting their resilience. Their
confederations were both a source of strength and unity.
The Sioux's strategic prowess and ability to mobilize large
alliances made them formidable adversaries, continuously resisting encroachment
and asserting their sovereignty over their lands.
Random Thoughts…
The best way to lie is, to tell the truth… carefully edited truth.
Belinda Carlisle – Real Name: Leslie Wunderman
There is a museum in Croatia named “Froggyland” which is entirely composed of over 500 stuffed Frogs in human positions.
EPCOT is an acronym for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.”
When you eat at home as a family, everyone eats the same meal. But if you went out to a restaurant and everyone ordered the exact same thing, that’d be considered strange and even frowned upon.
Misunderstood History…
Salem Witch Trials Had Nothing to Do With “Burning Witches” ©wikimedia
Hollywood loves showing witches burning at the stake in Salem. But none
of the 20 victims were burned—19 were hanged, one was crushed.
Burning was a European practice, not an American one. The trials were more
about mass hysteria and land disputes than actual witchcraft.
The real story is far darker than the myths suggest.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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75– Amy Heckerling, American director, producer,
and screenwriter |
@83 – Darren McGavin (William Lyle Richardson),
American actor (d. 2006) @83 – George “Gabby” Hayes, American character actor (d. 1969) @77 – Robert Browning, English poet (d. 1889) @70 – Johnny Maestro, American pop/doo-wop singer (d. 2010; kidney disease) @63 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (d. 1897; cancer) @62 – Anne Baxter, American actress (d. 1985; stroke) @60 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961; prostate cancer) @54 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher (d. 1776) @53 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1893; cholera) |
…The End for today…
