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55°/38° Wind 8 mph Gusts 8 mph
Active
Fire: 331 miles away Risk of fire: Very Low Nearest Lightning: 1350 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine Mostly
Cloudy
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Monthly Observations
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National DNA &
Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month Link |
National Garden
Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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1-7 APAWS Pooper
Scooper Week Explore Your Career
Options Week Pesach or Passover |
4-12 National Robotics
Week Link Bat Appreciation Week |
Daily Observations
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Day of
Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide Link |
National
Handmade Day Link |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
A cloudy day with some hope for moisture.
Possibility is only at 30%.
Colorado is also in need of moisture.
They just reported the lowest snowpack since 1941 when record keeping began.
The snowpack was only 26% of the median.
My meds arrived this morning about
11:00. I was home Friday when they claim they came, but I believe they didn’t
ring the doorbell…even with my sign. Just glad to have them…finally.
I grew up when almost everyone
believed that when the US President spoke, everyone listens. I don’t seem to
break that belief. Today, Trump had a press conference to tell us about the
recuse of the back-seat pilot after he ejected over Iran. He had all his minions
on stage with him. I know it was a great recovery. I thank the many military personnel
who found him and brought him out. It is sad that he doesn’t realize that his
language and side comments are not necessary.
Right after his conference, CNN was
covering Artemis II live coverage. That is amazing. I feel NASA is doing a
great job of educating us to the mission, the astronauts, and the history is
being made. Very cool.
Strange Historical Facts
A 75-Year
War Ended Without a Single Casualty
The Three
Hundred and Thirty Five Years’ War was fought between the Netherlands and the
Isles of Scilly, a small archipelago off the coast of England. It began in 1651
and was never officially ended — until a historian brought it to everyone’s
attention in 1985, at which point the Dutch ambassador traveled to Scilly and
signed a peace treaty.
Not one
person died during those 335 years of “conflict.”
Marie
Curie's Notebooks Are Still Radioactive
Curie
died in 1934 from aplastic anemia caused by radiation exposure. Her personal
notebooks — along with her cookbook — are so contaminated that they’re stored
in lead-lined boxes in France.
Researchers
who want to study them must sign a waiver and wear protective gear. The
notebooks will remain radioactive for another 1,500 years or so.
Her dedication to science was, in the most literal sense, written in her own health.
Native American Phrases That Subtly Shaped American English
Water is Life
Drawn from many Native cultures,
including the Lakota phrase “Mní wiÄhóni,” the saying underscores the
sacredness of water as a source of life, as highlighted by Grist. It’s not just
a resource—it’s a living entity deserving respect and protection. The phrase
gained renewed attention during environmental movements and protests against
water pollution.
Over time, “water is life” has
become a rallying cry for ecological awareness. It carries both literal and
symbolic meaning, reminding people that survival depends on a healthy
relationship with nature. Its Indigenous roots keep the message grounded in centuries
of environmental stewardship.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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Bobby Bare [91 years old], American
country singer ("500 Miles Away From Home"; "Come
Sundown"; "Marie Laveau"), born in Ironton, Ohio ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American politician and Governor of California (Democrat:
1975-83, 2011-19), born in San Francisco, California ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Francis Ford
Coppola (87 years old) American award-winning director, one
of the most influential filmmakers (The Godfather,
Apocalypse Now), born in Detroit, Michigan ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Bob Metcalfe [80 years old],
American electrical engineer (co-inventor of Ethernet, 3Com), born in
Brooklyn, New York ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ John Oates [77 years old], American
rock guitarist and vocalist (Hall & Oates - "Rich Girl";
"Maneater"), born in New York City ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Hong Kong martial arts actor (Rumble in the
Bronx), born in Hong Kong ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Tony Dorsett [72 years old],
American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame running back (Heisman Trophy
1976, U of Pittsburgh; Super Bowl 1977; Pro Bowl 1978, 81–83; Dallas
Cowboys), born in Rochester, Pennsylvania ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1964 Australian-New
Zealand actor (A
Beautiful Mind, Gladiator), born in Wellington, New Zealand ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ MacKenzie Scott (56
years old) 1970 American novelist and philanthropist,
born in San Francisco, California ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1991 British
pop singer-songwriter
("Rockabye"; "Friends"), born in East Tilbury in Essex,
England ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
Francis
Xavier (1506-1552; @46) Navarrese Catholic missionary to Far East, co-founder of the Society of
Jesus, and saint,
born in Javier, Spain ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Haym Salomon (1740-1785; Polish-born American broker who helped finance the American Revolution,
born in Leszno, Poland ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ William
Wordsworth (1770-1850; @80) English poet laureate
(The Prelude), born in Cockermouth, Cumberland ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Charles Fourier, French philosopher and early Socialist (credited with
inventing term 'feminism'), born in Besançon, France (d. 1837; @65) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Will
Keith Kellogg (1860-1951; @91) American cereal manufacturer (Kellogg's cereal brand), born in Battle
Creek, Michigan ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Gabriela
Mistral (1889-1957; @67, pancreatic cancer) Chilean poet (Nobel
Prize for Literature, 1945), educator and
diplomat, born in Vicuña, Chile ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist, conservationist (1st
Lady of the Everglades) and women's suffrage advocate, born in Minneapolis,
Minnesota (d. 1998; @108) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Walter Winchell, American journalist, gossip columnist, radio host, and
narrator (the Untouchables), born in New York (d. 1972; @74) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Percy Faith, Canadian-American pop and easy listening composer and
bandleader ("Theme from A Summer Place"), born in Toronto, Ontario
(d. 1976; @67, cancer) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Billie
Holiday [Eleanora Fagan] (1915-1959; @44,
cirrosis) American jazz singer ("I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm";
"Strange Fruit"), and songwriter ("God Bless The Child";
"Lady Sings the Blues"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Ravi Shankar [Ravindra
Shankar Chowdhury] (1920-2012; @92) Bengali Brahmin sitar master and Indian classical music composer (West
Meets East; Concert for Bangladesh), born in Benares, British, India ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ American actor (Rockford
Files, Bret Maverick), born in Norman Oklahoma ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Daniel Ellsberg, American military analyst, whistleblower (The Pentagon
Papers), and anti-war advocate, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023; @92)
☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Wayne Rogers, American actor (M*A*S*H, 1972-75 - "Capt. 'Trapper'
John McIntyre"; House Calls), born in Birmingham Alabama (d. 2015; @82) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ David Frost (1939-2013; @74,
heart attack) British TV host (That
Was the Week That Was), born in Tenterden, England ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Julia Phillips, American first female producer to win an Academy Award
for Best Picture (The Sting, Taxi Driver, Close Encounters of the Third
Kind), born in New York (d. 2002; @57, cancer) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ |
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