1 Jun

 

Week 22  Day 153 Flag Today  77°/42° Wind 7 mph Gusts 11 mph Active Fire:  132 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 308 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Jun Averages: Temps: 80°\43° Moisture:  1 Day

Welcome June!

Monthly Observations

Adopt-A-Cat Month Link  Link Adopt A Shelter Cat Month African-American Music Appreciation Month Link Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month Link

Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome Awareness Month (APS) Link Audiobook Appreciation Month Beautiful in Your Skin Month Link Black Music  Appreciation Month

Weekly Observations

20-6/2   National Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link 27-9/2  National Marina Days Link 28-6/3  Black Single Parents Week 28-6/4   Women's Golf Day Link

1-30  National Lemonade Days Link

Daily Observations

Baby Boomers Recognition Day CNN Day Curry Days Do-Dah Parade Day  (Kalamazoo, Mi) Drawing Day or Pencil Day   Global Day of Parents  Link Heimlich Maneuver Day International IGBO Day International Table Top Day  Link Link Meteorological Summer  (Temperature) National Black Bear Day  Link National Bubbly Day   Link  National Play Outside Day  Link  National Prairie Day National Trails Day

National Dare Day   Link   National Go Barefoot Day  Link Link Link National Nail polish Day   Link National Olive Day   Link National Pen Pal Day   Link National Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Day Oscar The Grouch Day  Link Say Something Nice Day  Link Stand For Children Day  Link Superman's Birthday   (Comic Book)  Turtle Races Day World Milk Day   Link World Narcissistic Abuse Day   Link World Reef Awareness Day  Link

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. --Warren Buffett

Today’s Thoughts

Another nice warm day. Can’t complain.

I am still in shock. The idea that a former President and current candidate for that office has been found guilty of 34 felony counts is hard to comprehend. Even with the appeal process, it is still hard to believe. For me, it is even more difficult to believe that Trump’s website brought in over $30 million for his campaign after the verdict was announced. I sure hope the United States remains peaceful for the remainder of the election process.

Yesterday’s verdict has many around the world wondering what is happening here inside the United States. I fear it will take decades to rebuild the trust in the US democracy to the other citizens of the world.

I did my weekly grocery shopping this morning. Fry’s wasn’t as crowded as I expected. I was able to get what I needed fairly quickly and check out. That’s my kind of the grocery shopping experience.

Indigenous People to Know

Maria Tallchief

Maria Tallchief moved to New York to achieve her dream of becoming a dancer at just 17 years old. However, many of the companies she approached turned her away because of her Osage Nation heritage. Her drive and determination against all odds, even refusing to change her last name, led her to become one of America's most revered ballerinas. Tallchief was the first American to perform at the Paris Opera Ballet, and she and her sister Marjorie went on to found the Chicago City Ballet.

Origin of common phrases

Hit the hay

In the 1800s, mattresses were often sacks filled with hay. Before going to bed, people would hit the hay to fluff up the filling and chase any bugs away. Today, to "hit the hay" means to go to bed.

Historic Events

1986 – Thomas Edison received his first patent (#90646). It was for an “electrographic vote recorder.”

1947 – The Doomsday Clock first appeared, on the cover of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It was initially set at 7 minutes until midnight.

1980 – The Cable News Network (CNN) began broadcasting

2009 – General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Birthdays

87 – Morgan Freeman, actor 51 – Heidi Klum, model 43 – Amy Shumer, comedian 43 – Brandi Carlile, country singer

@86 – Andy Griffith, actor (d.2012) @36 – Marliyn Monroe actor (d. 1962; OD)

 

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