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Week 24 Day 160 Flag Today 90°/49° Wind 3 mph Gusts 7 mph Active Fire: 285 miles away Risk of fire Extreme Nearest Lightning: 367 miles away Air Quality: Fair Sunshine Partly Cloudy Jun Averages: Temps: 80°\43° Moisture: 1 Day |
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Monthly Observations
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National
Steakhouse Month |
Perennial
Gardening Month |
Weekly Observations
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1-30 National
Lemonade Days Link Bedbug
Awareness Week Link Superman
Days Link |
8-15 National
Police and Fire Championships Link World Sea
Turtle Week Link National
Flag Week |
Daily Observations
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Abused Women & Children's
Awareness Day |
International Celtic Art Day Jelly-filled Doughnut Day National Archives Day |
Today’s Quote Today’s Meme
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"Rest is not
idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day,
listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the
sky, is by no means a waste of time." — John Lubbock |
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Today’s Thoughts
I’m hoping the few
clouds keep our town from setting any heat records today.
I’m sending condolences
to the family and friends of long-time reader Ron, who passed last month.
I’m happy that 4 Israeli
hostages were rescued but saddened that there were also 200 civilians killed during
the rescue.
Indigenous People to Know
John
Herrington
When the
STS-113 Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center in November 2002, it
carried the first Indigenous American into space. John Herrington carried the
Chickasaw Nation flag, a traditional flute, and a few other personal items with
him. His journey has seen him as a naval officer, a NASA astronaut, and on the
big screen, in the IMAX movie "Into America's Wild." With a passion
for Indigenous oral storytelling and a love for science, Herrington travels the
world to tell his stories from the stars. He wants to encourage more Indigenous
youth to get into the STEM fields and reclaim their ancestral legacy of
engineering, astronomy, and science.
Origin of common phrases
Happy as a clam
The phrase is believed to have originally been
"happy as a clam at
high tide," popular in the early 1800s in the
Northeast. It refers to the fact that clams are dug up in low tide but
unreachable and safe from human harvest at high tide.
Historic Events
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1934 – Donald Duck
debuted in The Wise Little Hen.
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1959 – The first
nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, the USS George Washington was
launched.
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1973 – Secretariat
won the US Triple Crown (The Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont
Stakes).
Birthdays with some quotes
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A D Q 63 –
Michael J. Fox,
Canadian-American actor “The
more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more
serene I am.” 61 –
Johnny Depp,
American actor “You
can close your eyes to the things you don’t want to see, but you can’t close
your heart to the things you don’t want to feel.” 43 –
Natalie Portman,
Israeli-American actress “When
you get older, you realize it’s a lot less about your place in the world but
your place in you. It’s not how everyone views you, but how you view
yourself.” |
@94
– Les Paul (Lester
William Polsfuss), American guitarist, songwriter (d. 2009) @93
– Jackie Mason,
American comedian and actor (d. 2021) “Honesty
is nothin’ compared to decency.” @84
– Fred Waring,
American singer, bandleader, television host (d. 1984) @73
– Cole Porter,
American composer, songwriter (d. 1964; kidney failure) @52
– Peter the Great,
Russian emperor (d. 1725; gangrene) “It
is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess
that I am unable to reform myself.” @25
– Johnny Ace (John
Marshall Alexander Jr.), American singer, pianist (d. 1954; shot himself
while drinking) |
…The End for today…
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