Life Events
Today marks a few of life's events. A great-aunt of my wife's passed away last Saturday (14th). Today would have been her 87th birthday. We just found out about her passing yesterday though. I got her obituary online and also created an obit webpage on my family genealogy site. My mother-in-law has always said that this particular aunt was were favorite aunt.
Today is also Edgar Allen Poe's birthday. Of those that don't know him, he is one of the famous poet and story-tellers of all time. There was an article on the CNN website stating that there has been a mysterious visitor to Poe's grave that comes every year on this date leaving roses and a bottle of cognac. He's been doing this for the past 57 years although via some notes left by the visitor(s), a changing of the guard occurred in 1994. Some suggest that a son took over for his father. You can read about it HERE.
Another big event that happened today was NASA's launch of the New Horizon probe to Pluto. It's a super-fast "bullet" which will reach a speed of 47,000 mph and will take 10 years to reach the far out planet. It'll pass our moon in 9 hours and get to Jupiter in one year. Just amazing. You can read more about it at CNN HERE.
We also hit record breaking temps today where I live. The record was set at 61 degrees back in 1974 and we've hit almost 70 degrees today. We've had three record breaking weather days in just the first 19 days of January... The weather guy said last night on the news that this will probably be the warmest January on record. Don't break out the t-shirts and shorts just yet... We're getting rain/snow tomorrow and February/March is usually filled with lots of winter weather.
Blessings!
Today is also Edgar Allen Poe's birthday. Of those that don't know him, he is one of the famous poet and story-tellers of all time. There was an article on the CNN website stating that there has been a mysterious visitor to Poe's grave that comes every year on this date leaving roses and a bottle of cognac. He's been doing this for the past 57 years although via some notes left by the visitor(s), a changing of the guard occurred in 1994. Some suggest that a son took over for his father. You can read about it HERE.
Another big event that happened today was NASA's launch of the New Horizon probe to Pluto. It's a super-fast "bullet" which will reach a speed of 47,000 mph and will take 10 years to reach the far out planet. It'll pass our moon in 9 hours and get to Jupiter in one year. Just amazing. You can read more about it at CNN HERE.
We also hit record breaking temps today where I live. The record was set at 61 degrees back in 1974 and we've hit almost 70 degrees today. We've had three record breaking weather days in just the first 19 days of January... The weather guy said last night on the news that this will probably be the warmest January on record. Don't break out the t-shirts and shorts just yet... We're getting rain/snow tomorrow and February/March is usually filled with lots of winter weather.
Blessings!
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