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…
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Daily Bread for 1.12.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
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,…
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Daily Bread for 1.11.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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.…
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Daily Bread for 1.10.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 1.9.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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,…
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Daily Bread for 1.6.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 1.5.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 1.4.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
Animals, Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 1.3.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 1.2.12
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 12.30.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 12.29.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
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Daily Bread for 12.28.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
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.…
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Daily Bread for 12.27.11
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…
