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Week 15 Day 102 Flag Today 60°/25° Wind 3mph Gusts 5mph Active Fire: 336 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 554 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Apr. Averages: Temps: 60°\27° Moisture: 3 Days |
Monthly Observations
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Soy
Foods Month |
Women's
Empowering Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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6-12 Week of The Young Child |
7-14 National
Occupational Health Nursing Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Barbershop Quartet Day |
National
Ranch Water Day Link |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying
to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment." — Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Today’s Thoughts
Nice, warm spring day. Weather guy sez it will be like this through the
weekend.
There were two small
wildfires near Flagstaff yesterday. Both were quickly contained, and no structures
were in danger.
When I was in the BIA, one of our missions was to prepare students to
choose which world they would live in…traditional or modern world. Here is an example of the 2024 result of that
mission. I was talking to a former student after the eclipse. Navajo tradition
is to stay inside, fast, and pray during the eclipse. My student works in
Sedona as a welder. In preparation for the eclipse, he saw a medicine man and
paid for a prayer. On the day of the eclipse, he prayed, covered up and went to
work. After the eclipse he ended his fast. The next day the medicine man was
paid for another prayer. It works for him, so it works for me.
Terms with origins in rural America
Have a conniption
To
"have a conniption" is to throw a fit or tantrum. It comes from the
South, where some think it's a version of the word corruption, as in someone
being corrupted by the devil.
Did you Know?
Native Cultures
Native Americans Use
Earthen Ovens For Cooking
A
vast number of Native Americans rely on earthen ovens for cooking purposes.
This is not the traditional method used in most U.S. households, which explains
why many people may not even know such a method exists.
In
addition to having a minimal impact on the environment, this cooking method
plays a key role in developing cultural awareness and celebrating the diversity
of culinary practices used by the different Native American cultures. Using
earthen ovens also makes it easier for Native Americans to continue preserving
their family traditions generation after generation.
Historic Events
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1945 – American forces liberated the Buchenwald
concentration camp.
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1965 – Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern
states, killing 256 people.
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1970 – Apollo 13 launched.
Birthdays with some quotes
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95 – Ethel Kennedy,
American philanthropist` “For
anyone to achieve something, he will have to show a little courage. You’re
only on this earth once. You must give it all you’ve got.” 92 – Joel Grey (Joel
David Katz), actor, singer, dancer 90 – Tony Brown, American
journalist, academic 85 – Louise Lasser,
American actress 64 – Jeremy Clarkson,
English journalist, television presenter “Being
smarter than you look is better than looking smarter than you are.” 63 – Vincent Gallo,
American actor, director, producer 51 – Jennifer Esposito,
American actress 43 – Alessandra Ambrosio,
Brazilian model 40 – Kelli Garner,
American actress 37 – Joss Stone, English
singer-songwriter “If
I could be a doctor and save lives I would, but I can’t so I sing songs.” 37 – Lights (Valerie Anne
Poxleitner), Canadian singer-songwriter |
@84 – Paul Douglas,
American actor (d. 1959) @84 – Tommy Tycho,
Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d, 2013) @76 – Harley Race,
American wrestler and trainer (d, 2019; lung cancer) @69 – James Parkinson,
English surgeon and paleontologist (d, 1824; stroke) @62 – Richard Berry,
American singer-songwriter, wrote ‘Louie Louie’ (d. 1997) |
…The End for today…
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