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Dec. Averages: Temps: 43°\20° Moisture:4 Days moisture 0.7” Flagstaff Today 48°: 37° Week 52 Day 361 Wind: 7 mph Gusts 15 mph Nearest lightning: 552 miles away Active Fire: 495 miles away Risk of
Fire: Low Air Quality: Fair Mostly Cloudy Sunshine |
Weekly Observations
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Drive Sober or Get Pulled
Over Link 14-1/5/26 Christmas Bird Count Week Link 14-28 Halcyon Days |
25-31 It's About Time Week Kwanzaa |
Daily Observations
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Howdy
Doody Day |
Radio City Music Hall
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My Thoughts for the
day
Today, like yesterday, is mostly cloudy. A little precipitation is
expected later today.
I added a new logo. I can’t change the name of the blog, but the ‘gooder’
logo reflected back to my Rez Days where ‘gooder’ was often substituted for
better. I guess I’m just moving ahead.
It was very nice to watch the Broncos beat the Chiefs a couple of days
ago. I hope they continue their winning ways much longer.
Over the holiday’s I had a very good time. I had dinner with Faith, Andy,
and a few others…Kayla, Andy’s stepdaughter, her boyfriend Manson, her son
Logan, his girlfriend Michelle, and Stephanie, Andy’s niece. We had a huge
dinner, with turkey, and all the fixin’s, about 5 deserts to choose from, along
with great conversation. Kayla works for State Farm Claims, my insurance
company, and taught me quite a bit. Many snowbirds spend a few months in AZ and
since AZ has lower insurance, they use AZ as their home state year-round. State
Farm says this is fraud and is now refusing to pay claims until the insured person
proves legal residence here in AZ. Stephanie works for NAH, our local hospital.
She sure had some good insights for getting a new hospital. Many facilities at
the hospital are from the 1950’s and renovations to current standards of care
are very expensive. It seems that most employees and community people want a new
facility, but the board has not been good neighbors when it comes to selling
the idea.
I had several Facetimes with my brother and his wife during the week. They
decided to have a small dinner on Christmas, with only about 25 people, all
Ex-Pats now living in nearby Yucatan. They had a good Christmas even though no
relatives were able to make the trip.
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Classic songs that
unlock deep nostalgia…
“Imagine”
inspires hope while evoking longing for a kinder world
Hummed on
coffee shop radios and during long drives through suburban streets, “Imagine”
layers idealism with gentle piano chords. Its message calls for unity and
simplicity without shouting.
For
Boomers, its resonance often lay in what hadn’t yet materialized. The promise
of a peaceful world, even if illusive, became a quiet ambition—a north star
glinting beyond the reach of war, politics, and personal divides.
Cities that changed
their names…
Ciudad
Trujillo → Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
For three
decades, Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo filled his country with his own
name. Streets, schools, and even the capital city bore it. After his
assassination in 1961, citizens quickly restored the original (Santo Domingo),
returning faith and dignity to their nation’s oldest settlement. The act was as
much catharsis as correction.
The city thrives again as the Caribbean’s historic heart, its name once more
tied to saints, not tyrants.
Random Thoughts…
Are you
strong or weak if you hit yourself and it hurts?
Is there
anyone who has ever died from laughter?
The only
time you clean your skeleton is when you brush your teeth.
Do
various animal species interact with one another or do they require a
translator?
Historic Events
Birthdays
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1934 Ukrainian gymnast (winner
most Olympic medals in her sport [18]; 9 x gold USSR 1956, 1960, 1964; World
C'ship gold x 9), born in Kherson, Ukraine <><><><><><><> Mick Jones (81 years old), English
rock guitarist (Foreigner - "I Want to Know What Love Is"), born in
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England <><><><><><><> Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce(39 years old) Jamaican athlete
(Olympic gold 100m 2008, 12; 9 x World C'ship gold), born in Kingston,
Jamaica <><><><><><><> Timothée Chalamet(30
years old) French-American actor (Call
Me By Your Name; Dune; Bones and All), born in New York City |
German astronomer (discovered
laws of planetary motion), born in Weil der Stadt, Holy Roman Empire <><><><><><><> Louis Pasteur (d. 1895; @72;
strokes) French
bacteriologist (invented pasteurization), born in Dole, France <><><><><><><> William Henry
Hadow, British educational reformer and musicologist (Oxford History of
Music, Studies in Modern Music), born in Ebrington, Gloucestshire, England (d. 1937; @77) Marlene Dietrich (d.1992; @90) German
American actress (The Blue Angel; Shanghai Express), and singer ("Falling
in Love Again"), born in Berlin, Germany <><><><><><><> John Amos,
American actor (Good Times; Roots; Coming to America; The West Wing), born in
Newark, New Jersey (d. 2024; @84) <><><><><><><> Corrine
"Cokie" Roberts, American journalist, pioneering newscaster (ABC;
NPR; PBS), and author, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2019; @75, breast
cancer) <><><><><><><> Heather O'Rourke,
American actress (Happy Days, Poltergeist), born in San Diego, California (d.
1988; @12, congenital stenosis of the intestine) |
…The End for today…
