8 Jun

 

Week 23  Day 160 Flag Today  90°/59° Wind 3 mph Gusts 7 mph Active Fire:  14 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 120 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Smoky Jun Averages: Temps: 80°\43° Moisture:  1 Day

Monthly Observations

National Pollinator Month National Rivers Month National Rose Month  Link National Rum Punch Month Link National Safety Month

National Scoliosis Awareness  Month Link National Smile Month Link(May 13-June 13) National Soul Food Month

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  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 8-15 National Police and Fire Championships  Link 8-16 World Sea Turtle Week Link

Daily Observations

Artichoke Days Link Belmont Stakes  Link  Best Friends Day Chicken Tetrazzini Day Family Fitness and Health Day     Ghostbusters Day   Link International Drink Chenin Blanc Day   Link

International Young Eagles Day Jelly-filled Doughnut Day  Missing Mutts Awareness Day National Best Friends Day National Brain Tumor Awareness Day National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day  Link National Marina Day   National Rose' (wine) Day  Link  National Shopping Outlet Day   Link  Upsy Daisy Day World Gin Day  Link  Worldwide Knit (and Crotchet) in Public Day   Link World Oceans Day  Link

Today’s Quote                                                        Today’s Meme

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Today’s Thoughts

I guess the heat dome is no joke. Another hot day.

The Bravo fire, about 15 miles from Flagstaff, was at 1000 acres yesterday afternoon. This morning it was 1500 acres and 25% contained. It’s another day of smoke here.

The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Northern Arapaho tribe. The 5-4 decision ruled that the Indian Health Service must pay contract support costs incurred by tribes. This decision could provide millions to Federally recognized tribes in the US.

Trump is blabbing that his campaign has received $400 million plus in donations since his convection. The campaign says it was closer to $140 million.

PBS fund raising gives good programming. Last night I watched the 1981 Central Park concert with Simon and Garfunkel. Great memories of times long gone.

Lenny, my brother’s ½ birth brother and his wife are going to visit Richard in October. I’m thinking seriously about joining them in Mexico.

Indigenous People to Know

Louise Erdrich

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of "The Night Watchman," Louise Erdrich has written children's books, novels, poetry, and a memoir. A member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Erdrich lives in Minneapolis where she owns an independent bookstore. The award-winning author elevates the history and culture of her people, especially the Indigenous community in North Dakota, and is deeply connected to their fight for survival.

Origin of common phrases

Raring to

"Raring to," as in very eager, seems to have originated in the early 19th-century South. It's likely to have come from rearing, when a horse rises up on its hind legs in excitement or agitation.

Historic Events

·         1789 – James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments (Bill of Rights) to the United States Constitution in Congress.

·         1912 – Universal Pictures was founded by Carl Laemmle.

·         1949 – George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published.

·         1953 – The United States Supreme Court ruled in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.

Birthdays with some quotes

88 – James Darren, American actor 84 – Nancy Sinatra, singer 74 – Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress “The only thing I know is that we came from the stars and that we have the same material as the stars. That’s all that I know. Everything else I don’t know.” 73 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh singer-songwriter “So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush.” 67 – Scott Adams, American author, illustrator, Dilbert creator 66 – Keenen Ivory Wayans, American actor, director, and screenwriter 47 – Kanye West, American rapper and producer “Everyone’s always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?”

@ 92 – Barbaara Bush, 1st lady @91 – Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959) “The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.” @92 – Jerry Stiller, American comedic actor (d. 2020) “Never go for the punch line. There might be something funnier on the way.” @81 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, actress, and television host (d. 2014) “I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn’t get better. YOU get better.”

 

…The End for today…