Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will see intermittent showers with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:48 AM and sunset 6:42 PM for 11h 54m 20s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 88.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1962, Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an…
History
Architecture, Cats, History
Friday Catblogging: The World’s Oldest Cat Door?
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Daily Bread, Food, History
Daily Bread for 7.15.23: A 500-Year-Old Sausage Maker
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:30 AM and sunset 8:31 PM for 15h 00m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1916, in Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt…
America, Culture, Daily Bread, FDR, Fortitude, History, Language, Rhetoric
Daily Bread for 6.16.23: Inspiration from a Unexpected Source (Who Shouldn’t Be Unexpected at All)
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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 75. Sunrise is 5:15 AM and sunset 8:35 PM for 15h 19m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 2.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, IBM is founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott,…
America, Daily Bread, History, Holiday
Daily Bread for 5.29.23: Memorial Day
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Cats, Daily Bread, History, Science/Nature
Daily Bread for 5.13.23: When Domestic Cats Had Their Own Constellation
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 72. Sunrise is 5:33 AM and sunset 8:09 PM for 14h 35m 47s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 38.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, the USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, steals through Confederate lines…
Daily Bread, History, Language
Daily Bread for 3.31.23: Oral Traditions and Modern Traditions
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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 67. Sunrise is 6:37 AM and sunset 7:20 PM for 12h 43m 01s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 71.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 4:30 PM. On this day in 1774, Great Britain orders the…
City, Daily Bread, History, Photography, Technology
Daily Bread for 2.12.23: A History Of The World According To Getty Images
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America, Daily Bread, History, Military
Daily Bread for 12.5.22: General Grant’s Promotion
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 39. Sunrise is 7:10 AM and sunset 4:20 PM for 9h 10m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified (to repeal the…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2022, History, Michels, Politics, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.15.22: Tim Michels, the Man Who Would Be King
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset 7:03 PM for 12h 28m 13s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 71.9% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1588, the “Invincible Armada,”…
City, Documentary, Film, History
Film: Wednesday, July 20th, 1:00 PM @ Seniors in the Park, Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk
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Wednesday, July 20th at 1:00 PM, there will be a showing of Return to Auschwitz: The Survival of Vladimir Munk @ Seniors in the Park, in the Starin Community Building: Documentary One hour 75 years ago, he lost his home and his family. Now he is going back. 95 year old Vladimir Munk, a Holocaust survivor,…
America, Daily Bread, History
Daily Bread for 7.4.22: Happy Independence Day 2022
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Good morning. Independence Day in Whitewater will be partly sunny, with afternoon thundershowers, and a high of 87. Sunrise is 5:22 AM and sunset 8:36 PM for 15h 13m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 24.6% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Independence holiday events continue at the Cravath Lakefront (Whippet City…
Daily Bread, History, War
Daily Bread for 6.6.22: D-Day, Seventy-Eight Years On
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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 70. Sunrise is 5:16 AM and sunset 8:30 PM for 15h 13m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 38.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred…
Daily Bread, History, Holiday
Daily Bread for 3.17.22: St. Brigid
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Good morning. St. Patrick’s Day in Whitewater will see an early evening shower with a high of 56. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 7:04 PM for 12h 02m 53s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.2% its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Citizens Financial Advisory Committee meets at 6…