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Week 22 Day 148 Flag Today 74°/35° Wind 5 mph Gusts 12 mph Active Fire: 132 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 471 miles away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine May Averages: Temps: 68°\34° Moisture: 3 Days |
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Weekly Observations
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20-6/2 National
Seat Belt Reinforcement Week Link Fleet Week Mule Days Link |
24-27
Mudbug
Madness Days 25-31 Week of
Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories National
Marina Days Link |
Daily Observations
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Cellophane Tape Day |
Memorial Day (Observed) Sun Screen
Day |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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You never really learn
much from hearing yourself speak. George Clooney |
Click
on this link https://youtu.be/7gq_g4AeLsM |
Today’s Thoughts
Weather is very nice
today.
Congrats to all those
who have taken the next step in their educational lives. Wishing you the best.
Check out Today’s
Meme above. It is a song written by a Mormon years ago and is played at many
graduations on various reservations. I heard it the first time at Shonto
Boarding School following my first year as a teacher. Since then I have heard
it many times.
Indigenous People to Know
Red Cloud
Oglala
Sioux chief Red Cloud was among a group of Indigenous leaders who confronted
the white settlers who had discovered gold in Montana during the 1860s. The
settlers had attempted to construct a road lined with protective forts to
facilitate the mining of this gold. However, following a two-year battle, Red
Cloud and his army were able to halt the construction of this road and caused
the U.S. to abandon its forts. Red Cloud then signed a treaty securing land in
Wyoming, Montana, and South Dakota for his people. A warrior turned diplomat,
Red Cloud was committed to nonviolent advocacy. Later in life, after settling
in the Pine Ridge Reservation, Red Cloud campaigned for Indigenous land and
civil rights in Washington.
The Sisters
of St. Francis have a well-known school in Pine Ridge, SD called Red Cloud School.
Origin of common phrases
Acid
test
The term "acid test"
dates to the gold rush in the mid-1800s, when acid was used to check the purity
of gold. The test involv2ed using nitric acid, which has the ability to
dissolve every metal but gold. The term became a pun in the 1960s when it was
used to refer to LSD parties hosted by author Ken Kesey.
Historic Events
1703 – Tsar Peter
the Great founded the city of Saint Petersburg.
1933 – The Century
of Progress World’s Fair opened in Chicago.
1941 – The British
navy sank the German battleship, Bismarck, in the North Atlantic near France,
killing over 2,000 Germans.
1972 – The
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was signed by United States President Richard
Nixon and Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev. The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
limited the US and USSR to 2 anti-ballistic missile complexes with 100 missiles
each, and the number of intercontinental ballistic missiles and
submarine-launched ballistic missiles was frozen at the then-existing levels.
Birthdays with some quotes
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1935 – Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955 52 – Paul Bettany, English actor 51 – Jack McBrayer, American comedic actor “I love summertime more
than anything else in the world. That is the only thing that gets me through
the winter, knowing that summer is going to be there.” 50- Marjorie
Tayor Green, politician 49 – Jamie Oliver, Chef 34 – Chris Colfer, American actor, singer |
@100
– Henry Kissinger,
German-American political scientist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2023) @93 –
Christopher Lee,
actor (d. 2015) “We don’t always get the
kind of work we want, but we always have a choice of whether to do it with
good grace or not.” @87 –
Louis Gossett, Jr.
actor (d.2024) @84
– Harlan Ellison,
American author and screenwriter (d. 2018) @82
– Cornelius Vanderbilt,
American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1877) “Never be a minion,
always be an owner.” @82
– Vincent Price,
American actor (d. 1993) “In art, religion, and
politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement.” @56
– Rachel Carson,
American biologist, environmentalist, and author (d. 1964; breast cancer) “One way to open your
eyes is to ask yourself, “What if I had never seen this before? What if I
knew I would never see it again?” @39
– James Butler Wild Bill
Hickok, American folk hero (d. 1876; shot in back) “Can you let me go to
hell the way I want to?” |
…The End for today…
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