7 Jun

 

Week 23  Day 158 Flag Today  90°/50° Wind 4 mph Gusts 4 mph Active Fire:  132 miles away Risk of fire Extreme Nearest Lightning: 518 miles away Air Quality: Moderate Sunshine Jun Averages: Temps: 80°\43° Moisture:  1 Day

Monthly Observations

National GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual & Transgender) Pride Month National GLBT (Gay,Lesbian,Bisexual & Transgender) Book Month National Home Ownership Month  Link

National Ice Tea Month National Migraine and Headache Awareness Month National Oceans Month Link National Papaya Month Link National Pet Preparedness Month Link  Link

Weekly Observations

1-30  National Lemonade Days Link 2-8 International Clothesline Week Black Single Parents Week  End Mountain Top Removal Week Link    National Business Etiquette Week  National Dog Bite Prevention Week (Post Office) Link

2-8…cont. National Headache Awareness Week Link   National Trailer Safety Week Link Theater Understudy Appreciation Week 2-9 Bedbug Awareness Week Link  3-8 Zoot Suit Week 7-9 Superman Days Link

Daily Observations

Chocolate Ice Cream Day (Daniel) Boone Day Doughnut Day or Donut Day -8  Link [Salvation Army] Horseradish Days -8 Link

National Gun Violence Awareness Day VCR Day   World Caring Day  Link  World Food Safety Day

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. --Voltaire

Today’s Thoughts

The heat wave is continuing with little moisture in the forecast.

Our town and the nearby forest are now in Stage 1 fire restrictions. This is much earlier than usual. • Building, maintaining, attending, or using a fire, campfire, or stove fire, including charcoal and briquettes, outside a fire structure that is provided by the Forest Service within a Designated Area

• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three (3) feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material. I hope they work.

Now there is a 100 acre fire at Camp Navajo, about 20 miles west of Flagstaff. The team is requesting air support.  Hoping for the best.

Biden is in France to recognize the D-Day invasion’s 80^th anniversary. I remember when Americans saw the D-Day anniversary united. Today, the Dems are appreciative and the Republicans find fault with Biden’s every move. So sad.

Indigenous People to Know

Charlene Teters

For many years, artist, educator, and activist Charlene Teters has been committed to removing Indigenous cultural appropriation in the state of Illinois. A member of the Spokane tribe and former Academic Dean of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Teters is a powerful and creative voice in the movement for change. Decades after she protested the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mascot, Chief Illiniwek, the school finally removed the mascot. The fight against appropriated mascots, however, is not over yet.

Origin of common phrases

Bats in the belfry

To have "bats in the belfry" means to be eccentric or insane. It is an American phrase from the early 20th century referring to bats that lived inside a belltower.

Historic Events

·         1776 – Richard Henry Lee presented the “Lee Resolution” to the Continental Congress.

·         1862 – The United States and the United Kingdom agreed in the Lyons-Seward Treaty to suppress the African slave trade.

·         1914 – The Alliance was the first vessel to pass through the Panama Canal.

Birthdays with some quotes

A D Q 84 – Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor “I think it’s good that I had some experience of the real world before I became successful. You know, having to get up in the morning and going to work in construction.” 72 – Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor 64 – Mike Pence, politician 52 – Karl Urban, New Zealand actor 50 – Bear Grylls, tv star 46 – Bill Hader, American comedic actor “It’s not like you get up on stage and you’re immediately a genius. It takes a long time. So, don’t be discouraged.” 36 – Michael Cera, Canadian actor “I turned down the lead role in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, because that idiot Oliver Stone didn’t think the character should play the alto sax.”

@85 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (d. 1994) @83 – Gwendolyn Brooks, African-American poet (d. 2000) @78 – Dean Martin, American singer and actor (d. 1995; emphysema) @69 – James Braddock, American boxer (d. 1974) @66 – Johnny Clegg, English- born South African singer-songwriter, and anthropologist (d. 2019; cancer) @61 – Beau Brummell, English fashion designer (d. 1840; syilisis) “Fashions come and go; bad taste is timeless.” @57 – Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (d. 2016; OD) “Compassion is an action word with no boundaries.” @54 – Paul Gauguin, French painter and sculptor (d. 1903; OD/heart attack) “If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.”

 

…The End for today…