21 Jul

Flagstaff Today 84°: 50° Week 30 Day 202 Wind 4 mph Gusts 7 mph Active Fire: 77 miles away Risk of Fire: High Nearest lightning: 376 miles away Air Quality: Fair Mostly Cloudy Sunshine Jul Averages: Temps: 82°\51° Moisture: 8 Day

Weekly Observations

Tour de France: 5-27  Link                                                           
Rabbit Week: 15-21 (Magician's) Sponsor: Melvin Rabbit (Canada)
Hemp History Week: 16-22                            National Parenting Gifted Children Week: 16-22 Link 

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) Education & Awareness Week: 18-25

National Moth Week: 19-27                                                                       RAGBRAI: 19-26
Captive Nations Week: 20-26                                Everybody Deserves A Massage Week: 20-26 Link 
National Independent Retailers Week: 20-26  Link           National Zoo Keeper Week: 20-26   Link 
Women in Baseball Week: 20-26                                                           World Forest Week: 21-25 Link

Daily Observations

Global Hug Your Kid Day                   National Get Out of the Doghouse Day 
International Balloon Holiday            National Junk Food Day
Invite an Alien to Live with You Day   National Tug-Of-War Tournament Day
Legal Drinking Age Day                     No Pet Store Puppies Day
Lowest Recorded Temperature Day (-128.6F Antarctica)

National Be Someone Day Link              Take a Monkey to Lunch Day

Today’s Quotes                                                             

 

Today’s Memes

 

Thoughts for the day

Yesterday brought a couple of nice gentle rainstorms. More expected today.

It’s a nice day for a walk through the neighborhood.

I continue to hope that the Gaza War will end and the people of Gaza will be able to live in peace. The loss of children to the war and now to starvation should be unacceptable to every person on the earth.

I have my blood treatment Monday, so no blog on that day.

History Facts Americans Commonly Get Wrong NEW!

The Declaration of Independence Wasn’t Signed on July 4th

Every Fourth of July, families across the country celebrate America’s independence. But did you know the Declaration of Independence wasn’t actually signed on July 4th, 1776?
The Continental Congress approved the text that day, but historians agree the actual signing happened over several weeks, starting on August 2nd. Some delegates didn’t sign until even later in the year.
According to the National Archives, only John Hancock and Charles Thomson signed on July 4th, if anyone did at all. The image of all the Founding Fathers gathered around one table on a single day is a dramatic invention, not a historical fact.
The true story is messier and involves delays, heated debates, and a lot of penmanship spread out over months. July 4th is a symbol, not the literal birthday of American freedom.

Literary Legends…

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women continues to enchant readers with its heartfelt depiction of family, independence, and the evolving roles of women. Her writing offers enduring lessons on resilience and sisterhood, resonating with audiences across generations. The historical and literary importance of Alcott’s work is celebrated at Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House museum, where her legacy as a pioneering female author is kept vibrantly alive.

Random Thoughts…

The Capital of Montenegro is Podgorica

Swedish wasn’t made the official language of Sweden until 2009.

“Acronym” is not an acronym, there is no homonym for “Homonym”, “Phonetically” is not pronounced phonetically, there is a silent letter “Onomatopoeia”, and there can’t even be a synonym for “Synonym”.

A group of Hawks (at rest) is called a Cast.

All champagne is produced in the Champagne region in France. Otherwise, it is called sparkling wine.

Bugs Bunny’s accent is an equal blend of the Bronx and Brooklyn dialects.

In 100 years, will the laptops of writers be in museums as what they wrote their masterpieces on, like Conan Doyle’s notebook is on display now?

Historic Events

Click here for 21 July history

Birthdays

77 – Cat Stevens (Steven Demetre Georgio) (Yusuf Islam), English singer-songwriter, guitarist 77 – Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist   68 – Jon Lovitz, American comedic actor 56 – Godfrey (Godfrey C. Danchimah Jr.), American comedian, actor 47 – Josh Hartnett, American actor 36 – Rory Culkin, American actor

@94 – Kay Starr (Catherine Laverne Starks), American singer (d. 2016) @83 – Paul Burke, American actor (d. 2009) @82 – Paul Reuter (Israel Beer Josaphat), German-English journalist, founded Reuters (d. 1899) @81 – Don Knotts, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006) @80 – Sara Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979) @78 – Janet Reno, American lawyer and politician (d. 2016; Parkinson) @75 – Kim Fowley, American songwriter, producer, manager (d. 2015; bladder cancer) @63 – Robin Williams; comedian (d. 2014; suicide) @61 – Jean Picard, French astronomer (d. 1682) @61 – Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961; suicide) @49 – John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, critic (d. 1982; motorcycle accident)

…The End for today…