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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
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Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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26-5/3 Stewardship Week Barbed Wire Days: 1-3 Spring Astronomy Week: 2-9 National Small Business Week: 3-9 Link Dog Anxiety Awareness Week: 3-9 |
Daily Observations
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Garden Meditation Day |
Today’s Quotes
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Children must be taught how to
think, not what to think. ~Margaret Mead |
Today’s Memes
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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
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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
Rebus Answers
Bed Spread Lost
in the woods
Birthdays Today
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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 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Christopher Cross [Geppert], (75 years old) American singer-songwriter ("Arthur's Theme"; "Think Of
Laura"; "Sailing"), born in San Antonio, Texas ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Japanese president of Toyota Motor Corporation, born in Nagoya, Japan ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Mary L. Trump, (60 years old) American psychologist, author (Too Much and Never Enough), and niece of
President Donald Trump, born in New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Bobby Cannavale (56
years old) American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Will
& Grace - "Vince"; Boardwalk Empire), born in Union, New Jersey ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Dulé Hill, (50 years old) American dancer and actor (The West Wing, Psych), born in Orange, New
Jersey ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 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 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 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 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Johnny Ringo, (d. 1882; @32. suicide) American old West outlaw and gunfighter, born in Greens Fork, Indiana ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ François Coty, (d. 1934; @60, aneurysm) French perfume manufacturer, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ English novelist and playwright (101 Dalmatians), born in Whitefield,
Lancashire, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Israeli teacher, stateswoman and 4th Prime
Minister of Israel (1969-74) known as the "Iron
Lady" of Israeli politics, born in Kyiv, Ukraine ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 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 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 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 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American folk singer (The
Weavers - "Goodnight Irene") and activist, helped create the modern
American folk music movement, born in New York City ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 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 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Ann B. Davis, (d. 2014; @88) American actress (The Bob Cummings Show, The Brady Bunch), born in
Schenectady, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ 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 ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Ron Popeil, (d. 2021; @86) American inventor and TV personality who popularized the phrase
"But wait, there's more!", born in New York City ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ David Koch (1940-2019;
@79, prostate cancer) American businessman and
philanthropist (Koch Industries), born in Wichita, Kansas ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Greg Gumbel, (d. 2024; @78, cancer) American sportscaster (CBS Sports, 1988-94 & 1998-2023; NBC.
1994-98; ESPN, WFAN), born in New Orleans, Louisiana ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Doug Henning, (d. 2000; @52, liver cancer) Canadian magician, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
…The End for today…
