5 March 2023
Daily Almanac for Flagstaff
Week 10 Day 64 \ Ave. Sky Cover 5% \ Visibility 17 miles Flagstaff Today 48° \12° Wind 6mph \ Gusts 12mph
Air Quality: Fair \Very Low Risk of fire \ Nearest active fire 231mi \ Nearest
Lightning 889mi
Mar. Averages for Flagstaff: 51° \ 23° \6
Days of moisture
Today’s
Quote
Monthly
Observations
Optimism Month
Paws To Read Month
Play The Recorder Month
Poison Prevention Awareness Month
Problem Gambling Awareness Month Link
Quinoa Month Link
Save The Vaquita Month
Save Your Vision Month
Sing With Your Child Month
Small Press Month Link
Social Work Month
Spiritual Wellness Month
Supply Management Month
Weekly
Observations
22-4/8
Lent
1-7
Hearing Awareness Week Link
LGBT Health Awareness Week Link
National Cheerleading Week
National Write A Letter of Appreciation Week
National Ghostwriters Week
National Invest in a Veteran Week Link
National Pet Sitters Week Link
Return The Borrowed Books Week
Universal Human Beings Week: Link
Will Eisner Week Link
World Hearing Awareness Week
2-5
American Association For
The Advancement of Science Week Link
National Money Show
3-5
International Festival of Owls Week
Daily Observations
Cheese
Doodle Day
Cinco de Marcho
Daughters' and Sons' Day
Finisher's Medal Day Link
Mars Day
Namesake Day:
Mars Day
Namesake Day: Link
National Absinthe Day Link
National Pasty Day Link
National Poutine Day
Saint Piran's Day
World Book Day (UK and Ireland)
My
Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
Warming
up to melt the snow. HOA was here yesterday afternoon to clear the parking area
of the snow. They did a great job.
All
this snow reminded me of cultural differences. Most Native tribes believe you
live in harmony with nature. Many Americans and others believe nature should be
controlled. Americans seed clouds to bring rain, divert rivers to make cities,
and even try to control the atom. Harmony is a much more productive way to view
nature. While I was not happy with all the snow, I realize this will help us in
the future and the snow will eventually melt.
Enjoy…
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Facts…
We can thank
Gary Anderson for the modern recycling symbol. As a senior at the University of
Southern California in 1970, Anderson submitted his design to a contest
promoting environmental awareness. The symbol Anderson used in his design is a
Möbius loop (named for August Ferdinand Mobius, one of two German
mathematicians who independently discovered the properties of the strip in
1858), with each one of the three twisting arrows possessing a deeper meaning.
The first arrow represents the collection of recyclable materials, while the
next is meant to convey repurposing those materials into a newly manufactured
product, and the last arrow symbolizes the purchase of those brand-new items.
Modern
updates to the recycling logo feature a number at its center; each of those
numbers (from one to seven) represents a code regarding what materials can be
recycled. A “1” refers to single-use plastics, whereas a “7” is used for
everything from bulletproof materials to sunglasses.
A Look
back in time…Baby Boomers life
#7 Unsupervised Playtime
As our parents tell us, there were mostly
no concerns about letting children play outside on the road, in playgrounds, or
near water bodies without adult supervision. At the beach, there may or may not
have been a lifeguard to keep an eye out, but kids were largely left alone to
play.
The times are truly different today.
Stranger danger is real, there are strict water safety rules, and children
usually play in their homes or backyards.
Beauty in
our 50 states…
44. OhioHigh in the middle and round on the ends,
Ohio has an honestly fair reputation as flat and forgettable. But the hilly
southern part of the state is prettier than people realize; it does border
Kentucky and West Virginia, after all. And while no one would mistake the
southern shore of Lake Erie for Big Sur, Ohio's nearly 300 miles of Great Lake
coastline offer outstanding open-water vistas from the tops of roller coasters.
Historical
Events
1521 – Guam was discovered by Ferdinand
Magellan
1770 – The Boston Massacre; 5 Americans
killed and 6 wounded by British soldiers.
1933 – President Franklin Roosevelt
proclaimed a three-day bank holiday.
1933 – Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party
received43.9% at the Reichstag elections, allowing the Nazis to later pass the
Enabling Act, establishing a dictatorship.
1946 – Winston Churchill gave his “Iron
Curtain” speech
Birthdays
Today
@91 – Henry Travers, English-American actor (d. 1965)
@87 – László Benedek, Hungarian-American director, cinematographer (d.
1992)
@82 – Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
@85 – Dean Stockwell, American actor (d. 2021)
“I’ve
got categories of jobs, and one of the categories is ‘money jobs.’ If one of
those comes along and I have to make a living, even if I don’t like the script
that much, I’ll do it and just try to stay above water, which I’m able to do
most of the time. I try not to sink with the ship.”– Dean Stockwell
84
– Samantha Eggar, English actress
@75 – Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer (d. 1712)
75
– Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter
“To
all those who won’t listen to my music because I don’t smoke Ganga, I say the
hell with those people.”– Eddy Grant
75
– Elaine Paige, English singer, actress
69
– Marsha Warfield, American actress, comedian
68
– Penn Jillette, American magician
“If
there’s something you really want to believe, that’s what you should question
the most.”– Penn Jillette
60
– Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
“When
the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not
enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive
thought.”– Joel Osteen
@58 – Howard Pyle, American author, illustrator (d. 1911; Bright’s disease)
“Throw
your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.”– Howard Pyle
@56 – Willam Blackstone, early American settler (d. 1675; gout)
@49 – Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d. 1976; apartment fire)
49
– Matt Lucas, English actor and television personality
49
– Eva Mendes, American model and actress
@30 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1988;
heart disease from Cocaine)
27
– Taylor Hill, American model
