Good morning, Whitewater.
Saturday in the Whippet City will be mostly sunny with a high of thirty-six. Sunrise today is 7:11 AM and sunset 4:20 PM, for 9h 09m 14s of daytime. We’ve a full moon today.
On this day in 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment is ratified by the states, having been passed by Congress about six months earlier on January 31st, and submitted to the sates on February 1st in a joint Congressional resolution that Pres. Lincoln signed.
How about “a sleek, solid metal, American-made mechanical pencil that will last you a lifetime”? The proposal has a Kickstarter page where you can learn more about the project. Creator Andrew Sanderson has already reached his funding goal, so this venture has a promising future. (The pencil also nicely fits in a Field Notes notebook’s spiral binding, a proof of thoughtful, useful design.)