Sept 23

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week38 Day266 Sky Cover 15%| Visibility|29mi.Flagstaff Today|72° \44° Wind10mph|Gusts21mph 
Nearest active fire: 61miles|Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:436mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days in Sept:7days SunshineWindy
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days  26 Sunny Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

15-24 National Ballroom Dance Week Link 15-21 National Medicare Education Week Link 17-23 Balance Awareness Week Link    Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Link  Constitution Week Constitution Week International Clean Hands Week International Women's E-Commerce Days National Construction Appreciation Week National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week National Indoor Plant Week National Rehabilitation Awareness Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Singles Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week Tolkien Week

18-22 National Love Your Files Week Link  18-24 Fall Astronomy Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link Pollution Prevention Week Link 18-29 International Women's Commerce Days 21-23  Great American Beer Festival Link  21-24 Xterra World Championships Link

Daily Observations

American Business Women's Day  Car Free Day Link Chainmail Day Checkers Day Chocolate Day Dear Diary Day  Link Elephant  Appreciation Day Hobbit Day Ice Cream Cone Day Key Lime Pie Day Native American Day  Link

National Bakery Day Link  National Centenarian's Day National Girls' Night In  National Centenarian's Day National Girls' Night In Link National Leg Wear Day Link National On-line Recovery Day Link National States and Capitals Day Link National Walk n' Roll Dog Day National White Chocolate Day  Link Remote Employee Appreciation Day

Today’s Thoughts

 A windy day.

Biden opens Office of Gun Violence Prevention at the White House.  Thank You Mr. President. In 2023 there have been over 500 mass shooting events so far. In 2023 there gave been 31,394 gun deaths in our Country. Wake up Congress and do something.

Yesterday I had a follow-up to my pain. He gave me a steroid shot as he now believes I have gout and not Covid toe. I am a little better and hope I can walk without a cane soon. I also did a phlebotomy in the afternoon. I took a while, but it is done.

Enjoy

 

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Dolly Parton

There’s the hair, the figure, the smile, the rags-to-riches story and, of course, the voice. There are the Grammy wins (eight), the songs (she’s written more than 5,000), the No. 1 hits (25), and the acting gigs (Steel Magnolias, 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas). But Dolly Parton’s standout achievement may be her philanthropic work. Her Imagination Library, established in 1995, has sent more than 85 million books to kids in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The program began where Parton did, in Sevier County, Tennessee, offering one free book per month to every child in the county from birth to age 5. After wildfires ripped through the Great Smoky Mountains last year, Parton’s Dollywood Foundation gave $1,000 a month for six months to every family that lost their home—more than 900 of them. Her motto: “I think when you’re able to help that you should.”

Random Trivia…

In 1710, Native American leaders traveled to Britain to visit Queen Anne. The four Mohawk Kings from one of the Iroquois Confederacy’s Five Nations and the Algonquian peoples were treated with high honor as diplomats. Transported through the streets of London in Royal Carriages, they were personally met by the Queen herself at the Court of St. James Palace.

The 7.62mm rifle bullet was created 129 years ago. The AK47 ammunition was developed by the Russian Empire in 1891. Originally designed for the Mosin-Nagant bolt-action rifle, this ammunition is still in use today.

Historic Events

• 1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, was founded in New York.
• 1846 – The planet Neptune was discovered by Johann Galle.
• 1952 – Richard Nixon gave his ‘Checkers Speech’.
• 1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opened in New York City.

Birthdays with some quotes

@93 – Mickey Rooney, American actor, and singer (d. 2014)
“I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done. I only wish I could have done more.”
@87 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor, and singer (d. 1984)
80 – Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter
76 – Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (d. 2007)
74 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter
“Talk about a dream, try to make it real.”
@73 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004; liver failure)
64 – Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
“It specifically says in the Torah that you can eat shrimp and bacon in a Chinese restaurant.”
@52 – Myron Carlton “Tiny” Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958; strokes)
45 – Anthony Mackie, American actor
“So I feel like success is opportunity plus preparation, so work begets work, and as long as you’re prepared it’s going to continue to come your way.”
@40 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist, and composer (d. 1967; liver cancer)
39 – Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress

…The End for today…

 

Sept 21

 

Flagstaff Almanac
Week38 Day264 Sky Cover 70%| Visibility|28mi.Flagstaff Today|7° \38° Wind8mph|Gusts10mph 
Nearest active fire: 16miles|Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:415mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days in Sept:7days Mostly Cloudy
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days  26 Sunny Days Q

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Weekly Observations

15-24 National Ballroom Dance Week Link 15-21 National Medicare Education Week Link 16-22 Be A Mench Week Farm Animal Awareness Week Farm Animal Awareness Week 17-23 Balance Awareness Week Link    Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Link  Constitution Week Constitution Week International Clean Hands Week International Women's E-Commerce Days National Construction Appreciation Week National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week National Indoor Plant Week National Rehabilitation Awareness Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Singles Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week Tolkien Week

18-22 National Love Your Files Week Link  18-24 Fall Astronomy Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link Pollution Prevention Week Link 18-29 International Women's Commerce Days 21-23  Great American Beer Festival Link  21-24 Xterra World Championships Link

Daily Observations

International Day of Peace Miniature Golf Day National Chai Day Link National Dance Day Link   National Paw-Paw Day National Surgical Technologists Day National Paw-Paw Day National Surgical Technologists Day

National Teach Ag Day Link  Peace Day Pecan Cookie Day World Gratitude Day World's Alzheimer's Day  Peace Day Pecan Cookie Day World Gratitude Day World's Alzheimer's Day Link

Today’s Thoughts

 Lots of high clouds…maybe some rain

Today is the day my mom passed in 2008 at 89. She had a good life and is still missed today.

I got the new COVID shot today. No one in our mountain community had the Moderna, but my physician either one was OK. Walked into Sam’s Pharmacy and was in and out in 10 minutes. Nice!

I’m getting a tad concerned about the Republicans blocking all military approval. According to the military, this is harming our readiness and there is no end in sight. Very narrow minded.d

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

Little League Baseball

On June 6, 1939, the first Little League baseball game was played at Park Point in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. (Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy 23–8.) Since then, the pint-sized version of America’s favorite pastime has knocked it out of the park as the world’s largest organized youth sports program, boasting 200,000 teams in all 50 states and 80 countries. This year’s Little League Baseball World Series is August 17–27 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Random Trivia…

Paul Tibbets, pilot of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, didn’t have a funeral or headstone. When he was close to death, Tibbets decided he didn’t want a funeral or a headstone as he worried it would become a place for protesting nuclear armament. Instead, he was cremated, and his ashes were scattered over the English Channel.

In medieval England, the word “ask” was pronounced “axe.” This pronunciation of the word was even featured in the first English translation of the Bible: “Axe and it shall be given.”

Historic Events

• 1937 – The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, was published.
• 1938 – The Great Hurricane of 1938 made landfall on Long Island in New York, killing almost 700 people.
• 1970 – Monday Night Football premiered on ABC.
• 1981 – Sandra Day O’Connor was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
• 2001 – America: A Tribute to Heroes is broadcast by dozens of network and cable channels, and raised over $200 million for the victims of the September 11 attacks.

Birthdays with some quotes

@82 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2016)
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”
@81 – Larry Hagman, American actor (d. 2012)
80 – Jerry Bruckheimer, American film and television producer
“You have to start at the very bottom and you’ve got to do every job. I did that so I could understand what everybody does. I didn’t become this huge producer overnight. It took many, many years.”
79 – Fannie Flagg, American comedic actress
@79 – H.G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic (d. 1946)
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a mystery.”
@73 – Henry Gibson, American comedic actor (d. 2009;cancer)
76 – Don Felder, American musician, and songwriter, The Eagles
76 – Stephen King, American author, and screenwriter
“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.”
73 – Bill Murray, American comedic actor, and screenwriter
“People are like music, some speak the truth and others are just noise.”
69 – Ethan Coen, American director, producer, and screenwriter, Brother
61 – Rob Morrow, American actor
56 – Faith Hill, singer, Actor
55 – Ricki Lake, American actress, and talk show host
52 – Luke Wilson, American actor
52 – Alfonso Riveiro, dancer, actor
40 – Cristian Hidalgo, Spanish footballer
“You can’t force inspiration. It’s like trying to catch a butterfly with a hoop but no net. If you keep your mind open and receptive, though, one day a butterfly will land on your finger.”

…The End for today…

 

Sept 20

 

Flagstaff Almanac

Week38 Day263 Sky Cover 5%| Visibility|30mi.Flagstaff Today|73° \38° Wind4mph|Gusts4mph 
Nearest active fire: 16miles|Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning:201mi
Air Quality: Fair Moisture Days in Sept:7days Sunshine
September Averages: Temps: 74° \ 42° Moisture 5 Days  26 Sunny Days

Today’s Quote

Weekly Observations

15-24 National Ballroom Dance Week Link 15-21 National Medicare Education Week Link 16-22 Be A Mench Week Farm Animal Awareness Week Farm Animal Awareness Week 17-23 Balance Awareness Week Link    Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Build A Better Image Week Child Passenger Safety Week Link  Constitution Week Constitution Week International Clean Hands Week International Women's E-Commerce Days National Construction Appreciation Week National Farm & Ranch Safety and Health Week National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week National Indoor Plant Week National Rehabilitation Awareness Week National Security Officer Appreciation Week National Singles Week Prostate Cancer Awareness Week Tolkien Week

18-22 National Love Your Files Week Link  18-24 Fall Astronomy Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week Link Pollution Prevention Week Link 18-29 International Women's Commerce Days

Daily Observations

International Day of University Sport National Care for Kids Day  Link National Ask An Atheist Day Link   National Fried Rice Day  National Fried Rice Day Link National Rehabilitation Day

National School Backpack Awareness Day  National String Cheese Day  Link Pepperoni Pizza Day Rum Punch Day String Cheese Day

Today’s Thoughts

 Warm day. Nice!

I got my flu shot this morning and get the new COVID on Thursday. Finally got my Boarding pass for our cruise in Canada. Getting ready for sure.

After negotiations, 5 Americans were released from Iran. The US had to unfreeze lots of cash and free Iranians.  The Americans are back on American soil, however; 2 of the Iranians don’t want to return to Iran…the others are still thinking about staying here. A tad ironic.

In 1971  I started working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. A 35-year career. Nice.

This is also the day my father passed at 80 in 1994.He is still missed.

Enjoy

Unique National Treasures for the US …

ATD
Known as the King of Pop Culture, Doug is not your average pooch. He’s a New York Times best-selling author (with “momager” Leslie Mosier) and social media star whose millions of adoring fans follow his pizza-eating, world-traveling adventures on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. When he’s not chowing down, Doug makes appearances on the Today show, Billboard’s Hot 100 Festival and the CMT Music Awards. And Doug leaves celebs starstruck too—he’s taken selfies with everyone from Justin Bieber to the cast of The Big Bang Theory—but he still loves a good nap more than anything.

Random Trivia…

Cleopatra was the first member of her dynasty to speak Ancient Egyptian. She was also able to speak 8 other languages, including Ancient Greek, Ancient Iranian, Ancient Parthian, Syriac, Ethiopian, Troglodytae, Hebrew and Arabic.

America’s National School Lunch Program of 1946 was due to WWII. This is due to the fact that the government realized by giving the children free meals, they would have a healthier draft pool if they ever needed it again.

Historic Events

• 1946 – The first Cannes Film Festival was held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
• 1973 – Singer Jim Croce, songwriter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others died when their light aircraft crashed.
• 1977 – Fonzi ‘jumped the shark’ on Happy Days
• 2011 – The United States military ended the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the first time.

Birthdays with some quotes

@90 – Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (d. 1968)
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”
@76 – Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (d. 1994; bladder cancer)
89 – Sophia Loren, Italian actress
“I’d much rather eat pasta and drink wine than be a size 0.”
@85 – Anne Meara, American comedic actress, and playwright (d. 2015)
75 – George R.R. Martin, American novelist, and short story writer
“When you tear out a man’s tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you’re only telling the world that you fear what he might say.”
@69 – Jay Ward, American animator, producer, and screenwriter, founded Jay Ward Productions (d. 1989)
@62 – Bobby Nunn, American R&B singer The Coasters (d. 1986; renal cancer)
@49 – William H. Illingworth, English-American photographer (d. 1893; suicide)
48 – Asia Argento, Italian actress
“People’s attitudes about sex aren’t healthy anywhere, except maybe in those tribes where they go around naked.”

…The End for today…