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65°/46° Wind 7 mph Gusts - mph
Active
Fire: 347 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 605 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Monthly Observations
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Month of the Young
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National Cancer
Control Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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1-7 APAWS Pooper
Scooper Week Explore Your Career
Options Week Pesach or Passover World Axe Throwing
ChampionshipsLink |
4-12 National Robotics
WeekLink Bat Appreciation Week |
Daily Observations
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Army Day Link |
New Beers
Eve Link |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
A very nice non-windy day. Spring as
it should be.
I had a great Easter dinner with
Faith, Andy, Kayla, Manson, and one of Andy’s nieces who lives in Flagstaff.
Great meal with all the fixings. Then a nice Facetime with Logan and his girl friend. Then we dyed Eggs. It was a great time, lots
of good conversation. A good time had by all.
I had a nice chat with my brother in
Mexico. He is getting ready for a month in Spain, leaving the 22nd.
I am so excited about his fantastic trip. He will end it with Laura and her
family in Chicago to honor Grandma on her 100th birthday. Very cool.
The University of AZ made it to the
final four. Then they met Michigan. A sad loss for sure.
Thankfully the Americans found the
downed jet pilot and were able to rescue him.
I was so embarrassed when I read Trump’s
Easter Morning tweet. Using foul language on one of the holiest days on the Christian
calendar is inexcusable.
Strange Historical Facts
Ancient
Egyptians Used Moldy Bread as Medicine
Long
before penicillin, Egyptians applied moldy bread to infected wounds. They had
no idea why it worked, but they observed that it did.
Alexander
Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin was technically a rediscovery of
something humans had stumbled onto thousands of years earlier. The Egyptians,
Serbians, and various Chinese traditions all had some version of this practice.
Oxford University Is Older Than the Aztec Empire
Teaching
at Oxford began around 1096 AD and developed rapidly after 1167. The Aztec city
of Tenochtitlan wasn’t founded until 1325.
When Europeans arrived in the Americas and encountered the Aztec civilization, they were already dealing with a university that had been running for centuries. It’s a useful reminder that “old” and “new” mean very different things depending on where you’re standing.
Native American Phrases That Subtly
Shaped American English
Walk in
Beauty
Originating
from the Navajo phrase “Hózhó náhásdlíí’,” it translates to a way of living in
harmony with the world, as noted by Native American Concept. It’s more than a
poetic sentiment—it’s a guiding principle that encourages balance between
people, nature, and the spiritual realm. “Walking in beauty” has evolved into a
way of expressing peace, mindfulness, and living with grace.
The idea
reminds speakers that beauty is not just visual but experiential. It’s found in
kindness, respect, and the ability to see the interconnectedness of all things.
In modern contexts, people use it to convey a life lived with intention and
appreciation, echoing its original cultural weight.
Walk
Softly
The
phrase “walk softly” reflects an awareness that actions have consequences, both
seen and unseen, as mentioned by Native Tribe Blog. In Native traditions, it
often refers to moving respectfully through the land, leaving as little trace
as possible. It’s also a metaphor for humility and carefulness in
relationships.
Speakers
use it to advise caution, diplomacy, or respect in sensitive situations. The
phrase’s staying power comes from its ability to communicate both environmental
and interpersonal wisdom in just two words.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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Billy Dee Williams(89
years old) American stage and
screen actor (Brian's
Song; Lady Sings the Blues; Mahogany; The Empire Strikes Back), painter, and singer,
born in New York City ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Roy Thinnes (88
years old), American actor (Falcon Crest, General Hospital), born in Chicago,
Illinois ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American Academy
Award-winning film
director, and screenwriter (Diner; Rain Man; Good Morning, Vietnam), born
in Baltimore, Maryland ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ John Ratzenberger (79
years old), American actor (Cheers -"Cliff Clavin"; Toy Story;
Gandhi), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American stage and
screen actress (Taxi
- "Elaine"; The Man Who Loved Women; Evening Shade), born in
Chicago, Illinois ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1964 American
politician (Rep-DFL-Minnesota 2007-19), Governor of Minnesota (2019-), born
in West Point, Nebraska ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1969 American actor (Clueless, The
40-Year-Old Virgin), born in Passaic, New Jersey ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1975 American actor (Dr. John
Dorian-Scrubs), born in South Orange, New Jersey ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino) (1483-1520; @37,
bloodletting) Italian painter and
master builder (Sistine Madonna, School of Athens) [Julian calendar date],
born in Urbino, Duchy of Urbino ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Anthony
Fokker (1890-1939; @49, meningitius) Dutch aviation
pioneer and aircraft manufacturer (Eindecker monoplanes, Fokker
Triplane), born in Blitar, East Java, Dutch East Indies ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Donald
Wills Douglas (1892-1981; @88) American aircraft industrialist (McDonnell Douglas) and aviation pioneer (Douglas DC-3),
born in Brooklyn, New York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Lowell Thomas, American newscaster (High Adventure), born in
Woodington, Ohio (d. 1981; @89) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American molecular biologist who
co-discovered DNA's structure, with Francis Crick (Nobel Prize for Physiology
or Medicine, 1962), geneticist and zoologist, born in Chicago, Illinois ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ André Previn, German-American conductor (London Symphony), film score
composer (My Fair Lady), and jazz pianist, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2019;
@89) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Merle Haggard (1937-2016;
@79, double pneumonia) American country
singer-songwriter ("Mama
Tried"; "If We Make It Through December"; "Okie from
Muskogee"), born in Oildale, California ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
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