26 Sept
Weather
Expectations Week 39 Day 269 Today 74°/47°
Wind
11mph Gusts 16mph Air
Quality: Fair Sunshine Breezy
Risk
of fire: Moderate Active Fire: 114 miles away
Nearest
Lightning: 212
miles away Humidity: 42%
Sept
Averages: Temps: 74°\43° 8 days with rain
Today’s
Observances:
Compliance Officer Day Link
Family Health and Fitness Day USA
Fish Amnesty Day
Forget-Me-Not Day Link
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
International Rabbit Day Link
Johnny Appleseed Day Link
Mesothelioma
Day Link
National Doodle Day Link
National
Dumpling Day
National Ghost Hunting Day Link
National Hunting and Fishing Day
National Public Lands Day Link
Nickelodeon's Worldwide Day of Play Link
R.E.A.D. in America Day
Save Your Photos Day
Shamu the Whale Day
Situational Awareness Day Link
World Contraception Day Link
Weekly
Observances:
Build A Better Image Week: 20-26
Child Passenger Safety Week: 20-26 Link
Deaf Dog
Awareness Week: 20-26 Link
International Clean Hands Week: 20-26
International Interpreters and Translators Week: 20-26
National Employ Older Workers Week: 20-26
National Farm Safety and Health Week: 20-26
National Keep Kids Creative Week: 20-26
National Singles Week: 20-26
Remember to Register to Vote Week: 20-26
Sea Otter Awareness Week: 20-26
Tolkien Week: 20-26
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week: 20-26
Ally Week: 21-25 Link
National App Week: 21-25 Link
Fall Astronomy Week: 21-27
International Week of the Deaf: 21-27
National Dog Week: 21-27 Link Link Link
World Forestry Week: 21-27 Link
World Reflexology Week: 21-27
Sukkot: 26-10/2
Fresh Quotation:
Today’s
Reflection:
Enjoying a nice fall day.
The ban on certain media outlets has been temporarily stopped by
the courts. It is interesting that the administration has not announce a new
Press Secretary, a job that could mitigate some of the speculation about this
whole mess. It was nice to see the Presidents of China and the US along with
their wives visit the National Archives. Trump showed off the founding
documents. I wonder what Pres. Xi and his wife thought as they saw these 250
year old documents, knowing that their culture dates back over 6000 years.
One of Richard’s ½ birth family members is visiting the hacienda. I’ll
hear about it in this evenings phone call.
Historical events
Cool to know:
The moon has its own
time zones.
An astronomer even
designed a special watch that relies on "lunations," or the amount of time it takes for the
moon to revolve and rotate around the Earth.
Picture of the
Day:
© LeeYiuTung/Getty
Images
What if the full moon
were the guest of honour at your family dinner? That is the idea behind the
Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival. Celebrated on the 15th
day of the eighth lunar month, it is one of the most important festivals in Chinese
culture. Its roots trace back more than 3,000 years to moon-honouring rituals
during the Zhou Dynasty. Its best-known legend tells of Chang"e, who drank
an elixir of immortality and rose to the moon.
Interesting Space
Facts:
The Milky Way galaxy is
105,700 light-years wide.
It would take a modern
spacecraft 450,000,000 years to travel to the center of our galaxy!
You can read more
unbelievable space facts with this list of Milky Way facts!
Harper’s Index
from Funny Times:
Amount,
in tons, of additional CO2 emitted in the United States every day because
of speeding: 57,000
October
2026 • Source: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Minneapolis
and St. Paul)
Portion
of global rise in total energy-related emissions last year attributable to the
United States: 1/3
October
2026 • Source: Energy Institute (London)
Percentage
change in U.S. coal consumption over the course of Joe Biden’s presidency: –25
October
2026 • Source: Energy Institute (London)
In
U.S. coal consumption last year: +10
Today’s Birthdays:
Serena Williams Tennis Player
45 years old
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Jim Caviezel Movie Actor 58 years old
Birthplace Mount Vernon,
WA
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Olivia Newton-John Pop Singer
[1948-2022] @73 cancer
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Linda Hamilton Movie Actress
70 years old
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Johnny Appleseed [John
Chapman] Missionary
[1774-1845]@70
Birthplace Leominister,
MA
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