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Daily Bread for 1.20.13

Good morning. It’s a partly sunny Sunday for us, with a high of fifteen, but with a wind chill measure between five below and zero. If we had slightly milder temperatures, and more snow, we could imagine trips like these from Sled Dog Adventures of Fairbanks: On this day in 1981, “Iran released 52 Americans…

Daily Bread for 1.19.13

Good morning. Saturday brings unseasonably warm weather, with a high of forty-seven, for a breezy, sunny day. There will be 9h 31m of sunlight, 10h 33m of daylight, with tomorrow being one minute longer. On this day in 1937, Howard Hughes sets a transcontinental flight record. The New York Times wrote about Hughes’s accomplishment the…

Daily Bread for 1.18.13

Good morning. Friday brings a 30% chance of snow in the morning, and thereafter mostly sunny skies with a high of thirty-nine. On this day in 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his team arrive at the South Pole, to discover that Roald Amundsen had already been there. On 1.18.1908, a blaze in Janesville:…

Daily Bread for 1.17.13

Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny, with a high of twenty-two. There will be 9h 26m of sunlight, 10h 29m of daylight, and we;ll have a waxing crescent moon. On this day in 1893, Hawaii’s monarch is overthrown: The Hawaiian steamer Claudine arrived at this port [San Francisco] at 2 o’clock this…

Daily Bread for 1.16.13

Good morning. We’ll have a breezy day, with a slight chance of snow showers, and a high of thirty-three, for the city’s midweek. The Tech Park Board meets today at 8 AM. Mostly, it’s people who catch fish. Mostly: A person could catch fish this way, if he were bigger than the fish. On this…

Daily Bread for 1.15.13

Good morning. Sometimes one is both motivated and diligent in one’s efforts – I’ve a few regular features at my sites, and am pleased to add another: cartoons from Mark Anderson, whose creations have been published in major magazines, for corporate communications, and as greeting cards. One of his cartoons will appear on its own…

Daily Bread for 1.14.13

Good morning. Our week starts with sunny skies and a high of twenty. There will be 9h 22m of sunlight, and 10h 24m of daylight, for Whitewater today. Tomorrow will be one minute longer. How big do sharks get? Really big: The city’s Planning Commission meets tonight at 6 PM, and her Library Board at…

Daily Bread for 1.13.13

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of twenty-two. On this day in 1128, Pope Honorius II ….grants a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. Led by the Frenchman Hughes de Payens, the Knights Templar organization was…

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Good morning. It’s a breezy day for the Whippet City, with west winds of 15 to 20 mph, and gusts as high as 30 mph. The mercury will hit a high of about forty-five, then fall to around thirty-one by the late afternoon. We’ll have a strong likelihood of snow overnight, of about two inches.…

Daily Bread for 1.11.13

Good morning. Whitewater will see a foggy morning, followed by a cloudy day, with a high of forty-seven today. On this day in 1908, Pres. Roosevelt makes the Grand Canyon a national monument: On this day in 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt places the Grand Canyon under public protection, declaring it a national monument. In a…

Daily Bread for 1.10.13

Good morning. Our forecast for Thursday calls for a high of forty-one, with an even chance of rain in the afternoon. What happens when a deer bursts through a window and runs around a classroom? This: On this day in 1946, the United Nations General Assembly first convened. Here’s how James Reston of the New…

Daily Bread for 1.9.13

Good morning. It’s a sunny Wednesday for the Whippet City, with a high of forty-one, and west winds at 10 to 15 mph. We’ll have 9h 14m of sunlight, 10h 18m of daylight, and tomorrow will be one minute longer. Discovery takes more than one form, and comes from more than one place. Consider the…

Daily Bread for 1.8.13

Good morning. A mild Tuesday unfolds before us: mostly sunny, south winds at 5 to 15 mph, and a high of thirty-nine. Over at c|net, there’s a twenty-four photo slideshow of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers’ photos from Mars. The photos are both astonishing and a source of pride, that we’re a people that has…

Daily Bread for 1.7.13

Good morning. We’ll begin our week with sunny and breezy skies, with a high of thirty-five, and southwest winds 10 to 20 mph. Our sunrise is at 7:25 AM and our sunset at 4:37 PM. At 5 PM today, there’ll be a meeting of the Parks & Rec Department. I’m not sure what to make…