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Week 22 Day 149 Flag Today 75°/40° Wind 7 mph Gusts 13 mph Active Fire: 120 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 702 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Mostly 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 Week of
Solidarity With The People of Non-Self-Governing Territories |
27-9/2 National
Marina Days Link Black Single
Parents Week Women's Golf
Day Link 28-30 Scripps
Spelling Bee Finals |
Daily Observations
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Amnesty
Internat’l Founders Day |
National
Hamburger Day Link |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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If you can’t convince
them, confuse them. --Harry S. Truman |
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Today’s Thoughts
A very nice day for the unofficial beginning of summer.
I need a blood draw for an appointment on Wednesday. I went to the lab
that is part of the hospital this morning, but they were closed. I’m glad their
staff gets to have their Memorial Day with their family. I’ll head over again
tomorrow morning.
I had a nice visit with two small groups of friends from Tuba on Sunday,
one in the afternoon and another in the early evening. Nice to catch up.
I had a good weekend, with little TV, little politics, and lots of sunshine.
It looks like many of my neighbors are also out of town. Most residents
have two cars and on work days, the parking lot is empty. Today it is about ½ full
with no people outside.
Indigenous People to Know
Edmonia
Lewis
One of
the first Black professional sculptors, Edmonia Lewis broke down both racial
and gender barriers with her works of art standing tall in the Smithsonian and
the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Born in 1844 to a Haitian father and Ojibwe
mother, Lewis has a shared African and Indigenous American heritage, though she
was orphaned by the age of 7. Her most famous work of art is the marble
"The Death of Cleopatra," which was carved in 1876 and acquired by
the Smithsonian in the 1990s. Lewis spent time sculpting in Europe, and many of
her sculptures speak to the Black experience throughout history.
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
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1830 – President
Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which denied Native Americans
their land rights and forcibly relocated them.
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1934 – In Ontario,
Canada, the Dionne quintuplets were born to Oliva and Elzire Dionne
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1936 – Alan Turing
published On Computable Numbers.
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1961 – Peter
Benenson’s article The Forgotten Prisoners was published in several
internationally read newspapers.
Birthdays with some quotes
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80 – Rudy Giuliani, American lawyer and
politician “My father used to say to
me, ‘Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an
emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you’ll be able to figure
your way out of it.” – Rudy Giuliani 80 – Gladys Knight, singer 56 – Kylie Minogue, Australian
singer-songwriter, and actress “Hindsight is
illuminating but not always what we want to see.” 47 – Elisabeth
Hasselbeck, American talk show host
and author “Nobody’s life is ever
all balanced. It’s a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.” 46 – Jake Johnson, American actor 39 – Carey
Mulligan, English actress |
@94
– Lou Duva,
American boxer, trainer, manager (d. 2017) “He’s a guy who gets up
at 6 a.m. regardless of what time it is.” “You can sum up this
sport (boxing) in two words: You never know.” @71
– Tony Pastor,
American impresario, variety performer and theatre owner (d. 1908) @65
– Jim Thorpe,
American decathlete, football player, coach (d. 1953; heart failure) @56
– Ian Fleming,
English journalist and author (d. 1964; heart attack) @20
– Cameron Boyce,
American actor (d. 2019; seizure) |
…The End for today…
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