May 02, 2026

3 May

 


       



         

 

Week 19  Day 122 Flag Today  60°/42°                             Wind - mph Gusts 6 mph

Active Fire: 169 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme   Nearest Lightning: 1114 miles away

Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine

May Averages: Temps: 70°\37°  8 days with rain

 

Monthly Observations

Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Link
Drum Month

EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Awareness Month Link
Family Reunion Month  
Family Wellness Month
Fibromyalgia Education and Awareness Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Freedom Shrine Month

Gardening for Wildlife Month
Get Caught Reading Month

Weekly Observations

26-5/3

Stewardship Week
Preservation Week
Link (re: Libraries)
National Volunteer Week
World Hurricane Preparedness Week

Barbed Wire Days: 1-3

Spring Astronomy Week: 2-9
Toad Suck Daze: 2-3

National Small Business Week: 3-9 Link
Be Kind To Animals Week:  3-9 
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week: 3-9 
Link 
Display Week: 3-8
 Link

Dog Anxiety Awareness Week: 3-9
Drinking Water Week:  3-9  
Link 
Flexible Work Arrangement Week: 3-9 
Goodwill Industries Week: 3-9 
Geek Week: 3-9  
Link  
National Hug Holiday Week: 3-9
International Clitoris Awareness Week: 3-9
National Alcohol & Drug Related Birth Defects Awareness Week: 3-9 
National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week:  3-9
National Correctional Officers Appreciation Week: 3-9 
Link
National Family Week:  3-9 
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: 3-9
National Travel & Tourism Week: 3-9 
Link  
National Wildflower Week: 3-9
Peripheral Neuropathy Awareness Week: 3-9 
Link 
Pet Appreciation Week: 3-9  
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Public Service Recognition Week:3-9 
Link
Screen-Free Week (Digital Detox Week) : 3-9 
Link 
Update Your References Week:  3-9 

Daily Observations

Garden Meditation Day
International Bereaved Mothers' Day 
Link
International Firefighters Day  
Link  Link
International Unmothers Day
Lemonade Day 
Link  
Lumpy Rug Day
May Day for Mutts 
Link )
Motorcycle Mass & Blessing of The Bikes Day
National Infertility Survival Day
National Special-abled Pets Day 
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day

Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
Rural Life Sunday
SAN (Storage Area Network) Architect Day
 Link
Sun Day  
Link
Wild Koala Day  
Link
World Laughter Day 
Link  
World Press Freedom Day

Today’s Quotes                                                             

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

~Margaret Mead

Today’s Memes



 

Today’s Thoughts

It’s a very nice spring day. Time to be out and about.

In my opinion, all this gerrymandering of districts show the divide in this country and the failures of our 2-party system. The people should select our candidates and our elected reps. Neither should be set by any party.

US Flags are flying at half-mast this weekend to honor Fallen Fire Fighters Memorial Weekend. That’s a good thing.

Spirit Airlines is no more. After 35 years and lots of financial problems, they shut down in the middle of last night. I have never flown them, but they tried to fill a small niche for travelers.

CNN did a story last night on the 16 military sites across the Middle East. The photos showed that the administration is not telling the full story of the War with Iran. Many of those 16 sites are now just rubble. Tell us the truth.

I must be out of touch regarding May Day. In my youth, the may pole had already disappeared, but we filled little bags with candy and gave them to neighbors. Then the Cold War stopped as the Russians used May Day as a day to show off their military might. This May Day was a Worker’s May Day with parades for the workers of the world. I was surprised. 

 Interesting Trivia 

Mr. First

From the late 1920s until the mid-1960s, a man by the name of Omero C. Catan became known as “Mr. First” in New York City. In what became an ongoing tradition, he was the first person to participate in over 500 openings in New York and beyond—including being the first person to skate on the Rockefeller Center rink.

He was also the first man to put a token in a parking meter, and the first man to drive through the Lincoln Tunnel. This seems impossible, but it's a fact! Maybe he just got lucky. 

Rebus returns

 

Native American Courage in History

Tecumseh’s Confederacy And The Unity Of Indigenous Nations

Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader, aimed to unite various Native tribes into a confederation to resist U.S. expansion. Although his vision of a pan-Indian alliance was never fully realized, it remains one of the most significant efforts by Native leaders to protect their lands and culture from encroaching settlers and policies.

Historic Events

 Today in History

Rebus Answers

Bed Spread                                                                          Lost in the woods

Birthdays Today

Frankie Valli [Francesco Stephen Castelluccio], (92 years old)

American singer (Four Seasons - "Sherry"; "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"), born in Newark, New Jersey

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Christopher Cross [Geppert], (75 years old)

American singer-songwriter ("Arthur's Theme"; "Think Of Laura"; "Sailing"), born in San Antonio, Texas

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Akio Toyoda (70 years old)

Japanese president of Toyota Motor Corporation, born in Nagoya, Japan

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Mary L. Trump, (60 years old)

American psychologist, author (Too Much and Never Enough), and niece of President Donald Trump, born in New York

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Bobby Cannavale (56 years old)

American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Will & Grace - "Vince"; Boardwalk Empire), born in Union, New Jersey

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Dulé Hill, (50 years old)

American dancer and actor (The West Wing, Psych), born in Orange, New Jersey

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Brooks Koepka (36 years old)

American golfer (US Open 2017, 18, PGA C'ship 2018, 19, 23), born in West Palm Beach, Florida

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Gone but not forgotten

Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527;@58)

Italian statesman and author (The Prince), born in Florence

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Bertha Benz [Cacilie Bertha Ringer], (d. 1944; @95)

German inventor, automotive pioneer and wife of fellow automotive inventor Karl Benz, born in Pfrozheim, German Confederation

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Johnny Ringo, (d. 1882; @32. suicide)

American old West outlaw and gunfighter, born in Greens Fork, Indiana

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François Coty, (d. 1934; @60, aneurysm)

French perfume manufacturer, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France

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Dodie Smith (1896-1990; @94)

English novelist and playwright (101 Dalmatians), born in Whitefield, Lancashire, England

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Golda Meir (1898-1978; @80)

Israeli teacher, stateswoman and 4th Prime Minister of Israel (1969-74) known as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics, born in Kyiv, Ukraine

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Bing Crosby (1903-1977; @74, heart attack)

American singer ("White Christmas", "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy") and actor ("Going My Way"), born in Tacoma, Washington

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Mary Astor (Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke) (1906-1987; @81)

American Academy Award-winning actress (The Great Lie; Meet Me In St Louis; The Maltese Falcon), born in Quincy, Illinois

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Pete Seeger (1919-2014; @94)

American folk singer (The Weavers - "Goodnight Irene") and activist, helped create the modern American folk music movement, born in New York City

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Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-1989; @67, heart disease)

American boxer (world welterweight champion 1946-51; middleweight champion 1951-52, 55, 58), born in Ailey, Georgia

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Ann B. Davis, (d. 2014; @88)

American actress (The Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch), born in Schenectady, New York

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James Brown (1933-2006; @73, congestive heart disease)

American R&B, gospel, soul and funk singer-songwriter known as 'The Godfather of Soul' ("Sex Machine"; "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag"; "Hot Pants"), born in Barnwell, South Carolina

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Ron Popeil, (d. 2021; @86) 

American inventor and TV personality who popularized the phrase "But wait, there's more!", born in New York City

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David Koch (1940-2019; @79, prostate cancer)

American businessman and philanthropist (Koch Industries), born in Wichita, Kansas

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Greg Gumbel, (d. 2024; @78, cancer)

American sportscaster (CBS Sports, 1988-94 & 1998-2023; NBC. 1994-98; ESPN, WFAN), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

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Doug Henning, (d. 2000; @52, liver cancer)

Canadian magician, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba

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…The End for today…