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Daily Bread for 1.13.12

Good morning. It’s a snowy day in Whitewater.  This small city is lovely, surrounded by abundant natural beauty, but never lovelier than when covered in snow.  Whitewater will have a high temperature of twenty.  In Phoenix, sunny with a high near seventy.  I’ll take the snow. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls that on this day…

Daily Bread for 1.12.11

Good morning. It’s snow for Whitewater today, with several inches expected, and a high temperature in the mid-twenties. For Atlanta, showers and windy, with a high of fifty-nine. On this day in 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote,  174-204. Whalers kill more whales than ever before,…

Daily Bread for 1.11.12

Good morning. For Whitewater: a sunny day, with a high temperature of forty-nine.  For Charlestown, SC: showers, a high of sixty-eight, and televised political ads non-stop until their presidential primary. There’s a meeting of the Tech Park Board this morning at 8 AM. Even mentioning the meeting gives the board more attention than it should ever receive.…

Daily Bread for 1.10.12

Good morning. Whitewater looks to hit a high of about fifty today, with sunny skies. In Manchester, New Hampshire, voters will go to the polls on a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of forty-three. The Wisconsin Historical Society recalls a terrible Wisconsin fire from this day in 1883: 1883 – Newhall House Fire…

Daily Bread for 1.9.12

Good morning. It’s a breezy day with a high of forty-five for Whitewater; it’s a mostly sunny day with a high of thirty-four ahead for primary-soaked Concord, NH. There are two public meetings scheduled for Whitewater today: a Planning Commission meeting at 6 PM, and a Library Board meeting at 6:30 PM. Animal life persists,…

Daily Bread for 1.6.12

Good morning. Unseasonably warm weather awaits Whitewater today: a partly sunny day with a high temperature of fifty. In the primary state of New Hampshire, Manchester will see a day of mostly cloudy skies and a high temp of thirty-nine. Quick note on comments: I’ve opened up comments on posts, to be moderated against profanity and trolls, and to remain open automatically…

Daily Bread for 1.5.12

Good morning. It’s a mostly sunny day with a high of forty-two ahead for Whitewater.  In Pensacola, it will be a mostly sunny day with a high of sixty-six. Yesterday’s Google puzzle was one of distance: “What’s the difference, in feet, between the highest point on land and the deepest point in the ocean?”  Turns out, Google…

Daily Bread for 1.4.12

Good morning. It’s warmer in Whitewater today than yesterday, and the high today will be thirty-five, with mostly sunny skies. In Manchester, NH, today will be increasingly cloudy with a high temperature of twenty-three. There’s a Landmarks Commission meeting this afternoon in Whitewater, at 5 PM. The meeting agenda is available online. On this day…

Daily Bread for 1.3.12

Good morning. A mostly sunny day with a high of twenty-four for the Whippet City, but in Los Angeles, it will be a sunny day with a high temperature of eighty-two. If you’re a botanist, 2012 starts as a memorable year: you don’t have to record new species with Latin descriptions, and you can record…

Daily Bread for 1.2.12

Good morning. Welcome to the new year. If you’re in Whitewater, your second day of the year will be mostly sunny with a high temperature of twenty degrees. In Knoxville, ahead awaits a mostly sunny day with a high temperature of thirty-nine. I’ve had doubts about part parts of the Occupy movement’s agenda (that’s an…

Daily Bread for 12.30.11

Good morning. Winter makes her presence felt in Whitewater: it’s a wintery mix of rain, sleet, and snow ahead today, with a high temperature of thirty six. In Pierre, South Dakota: breezy and forty-six. On this day in 1922, a Prohibition raid in Madison: 1922 – Authorities Confiscate Illegal Alcohol On this date authorities in…

Daily Bread for 12.29.11

Good morning. It’s a day with a high of forty-one for Whitewater, with a chance of a wintry mix earlier in the morning. In caucus state Iowa, Cedar Rapids will see a mostly sunny day with a high of forty-six. It’s a puzzle from Google today, about a liberty-loving American: “Henry David Thoreau wrote about…

Daily Bread for 12.28.11

Good morning. Late December in Whitewater: Mostly cloudy in the thirties. In San Francisco: Mostly cloudy, but sixty-one. There’s a funny quote attributed to Mark Twain about San Francisco’s weather (“The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco”), but sixty-one at any time is mild when considered from Wisconsin.…

Daily Bread for 12.27.11

Good morning. Whitewater will look forward today to a mostly cloudy day with a high temperature of thirty-six, and a slight chance of rain or snow.  In Portland, it’s a rainy day with a high of forty-six. On this day in 1979, “Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and…