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65°/41° Wind 4 mph Gusts - mph
Active
Fire: 224 miles away Risk of fire: High Nearest Lightning: 171 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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Monthly Observations
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National Landscape
Architecture Month |
Professionals
Recognition Month Link |
Weekly Observations
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1-8 Explore Your Career
Options Week Pesach or Passover Hate Week National Robotics
Week Link |
5-11. Bat Appreciation Week 8-11 World Irish Dancing Week |
Daily Observations
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D.A.R.E.
Day Link |
National
Dog Fighting Awareness Day |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
A very nice spring day without wind. I’m
enjoying every minute.
Flagstaff got some much-needed
moisture yesterday. It was not a lot, but any moisture is appreciated.
Watching the news is very disturbing.
Trump has said he will end the Iranian culture if they don’t meet his demands. This
is not the America I have known my entire life. My gut tells me that he will simply
extend his own deadline. I never thought I would live here where the US starts
a war, has no real plan, and is just going to use our military might to destroy
a country. Where is Congress to stop this mission? Why are elected Republicans
not condemning this situation? Why aren't military leaders stopping this rhetoric? Even Pakistan is trying to stop this insanity.
Strange Historical Facts
Abraham Lincoln Was
a Skilled Wrestler
Before
politics, Lincoln was one of the best wrestlers in his county — and possibly
the state. He had a reach and strength that made him nearly impossible to beat.
In
roughly 300 matches over his career, he reportedly lost only once. The National
Wrestling Hall of Fame has honored him with an Outstanding American
distinction.
The image
of the tall, bookish president doesn’t quite account for this.
A Town in Peru Has
Been at War With Itself Every New Year's Day for Centuries
In the
town of Santo Tomás in Chumbivilcas province, residents celebrate New Year’s
Day with a ritual called Takanakuy, where community members settle disputes
through organized fistfights. After the fighting, everyone celebrates together.
It’s considered a way to start the new year with a clean slate — grievances aired, scores settled, grudges officially over. It has roots in pre-Columbian tradition and continues today.
Native American Phrases That Subtly
Shaped American English
Many Moons Ago
Rooted
in Indigenous timekeeping, this phrase comes from the practice of marking
months by the cycles of the moon. For Native American communities, the moon was
both a calendar and a storyteller, guiding agricultural, hunting, and
ceremonial activities. “Many moons ago” became a poetic way to reference the
distant past, as described by The Idioms.
Today,
the expression retains its lyrical quality. It’s often used in storytelling to
add a timeless, almost mythical atmosphere. The phrase’s endurance shows how
Indigenous ways of framing time have left a lasting mark on the language.
The Great Mystery
In
many Native American cultures, a divine or universal force is referred to as
“The Great Mystery” or “Wakan Tanka” in Lakota, as explained by World History
Encyclopedia. The term conveys reverence for the unknown aspects of life and
the cosmos, embracing the idea that not everything can or should be explained.
People
often use “the great mystery” to describe life’s unanswered questions or the
wonder of existence. It carries a sense of humility and awe, reflecting the
Indigenous understanding that mystery is not a problem to solve but a truth to
honor.
Historic Events
Birthdays
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Peggy Lennon (85 years old), American pop singer (Lennon Sisters), born in Los Angeles, California ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ English
progressive rock guitarist (Yes
- "Roundabout"; Asia - "Heat Of The Moment"), born in
London, England ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Tom DeLay (79 years old), American
politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985-2006), born in Laredo, Texas ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Julian Lennon (62 years old),
English singer-songwriter ("Too Late for Goodbyes"), philanthropist
(The White Feather Foundation), photographer, and son of Beatle John Lennon
and his 1st wife, Cynthia, born in Liverpool, England ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ 1966 American actress (Princess
Bride, House of Cards), born in Dallas, Texas ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Patricia Arquette (58
years old) 1968 American actress (Boyhood,
True Romance, Severance), born in New York City |
The Buddha
[Siddhartha Gautama], Founder of Buddhism whose birthday is commonly
celebrated on this day [or May 26], born in Lumbini, Shakya Republic
(modern-day Nepal) (d. c. 483 BC; @80) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Muhammad al-Jawad,
descendant of Islamic prophet Muhammad, 9th Shia Imam, born in Medina,
Abbasid Caliphate (d. 835; @25, maybe poisoned) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Juan Ponce de León
(1460-1521; @46-47, wounded in battle) Spanish explorer and conquistador who
searched for the fountain of youth and the first European to discover
Florida, born in Santervás de Campos, Castile, Spain ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Mary Pickford (1892-1979;
@87) Canadian-American
silent film actress (Poor
Little Rich Girl; Suds; Coquette), producer, and studio founder, known as
"America's Sweetheart", born in Toronto, Ontario ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Melvin Calvin (1911-1997;
@85) American
biochemist (Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1961 - for discovery of chemical
pathways of photosynthesis), born in St. Paul, Minnesota ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Sonja Henie (1912-1969: @57,
leukemia) Norwegian figure skater (Olympic
gold 1928, 32, 36), and actress (My Lucky
Star), born in Oslo, Norway ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ First Lady of the
United States (1974-77) and founder of the Betty Ford Center clinic
for substance abuse, born in Chicago, Illinois ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Shecky Greene
[Fred Sheldon Greenfield], American stand-up comedian and actor (Love
Machine; Combat), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2023; @ 97) ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ Ghanaian diplomat and
7th Secretary-General
of the United Nations (1997-2006), born in Comassie, Gold Coast ☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼☼ John Havlicek (1940-2019;
@79, Parkinson’s) American
College/Basketball Hall of Fame small forward (8 x NBA C'ship
Boston Celtics; 13 x NBA All Star; 4 x All-NBA First Team), born in Martin's
Ferry, Ohio |
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