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Tag Archives: holidays
On May Day 2022
I love to celebrate May Day–the real May Day, not the watered down iterations of the holiday. I wish that May Day could be an official U.S. holiday instead of an afterthought. This lovely springtime holiday is still special to … Continue reading
Happy Solstice!
“Solstice is the reason for the season, so it is our duty to pay respect to them.”–Unknown Those of us who are fascinated by the sky and the weather understand the basic natural mechanics of our planetary journey around the … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Environment, religion, Science
Tagged Equinoxes, holidays, Solstices
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Happy Lammas Day
The bread wrapper declared that the item was “Sweet Beet Bread”. The variety was one of about a dozen loaves of frozen bread which also included “Spinach and Kale Bread”. They were displayed in a roll-away freezer that the supermarket … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, History, Meanderings, religion
Tagged bread, holidays, Lammas Day
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So Foolish
“You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don’t know the value of your own soul, it’s all foolishness.”–Rumi I know you’re aware by now that today is All Fools Day, so yes, the pithy quote above … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Meanderings, philosophy, Politics, religion, Science
Tagged All Fools Day, April Fools Day, discernment, foolishness, fools, holidays, skepticism, wisdom
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Happy Halloween
Back in the mid-1980s my friend Doug and I once rented nuns’ habits from a costume supply company in order to attend a radio station sponsored Halloween masquerade party at one of the local hotel convention halls. Our mutual pal, … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Entertainment, Friendship, Hometown, Youth
Tagged Halloween, holidays, masquerade parties
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Casual Pi
Off the top of my head, I cannot think of any other mathematical terms that have their own special holiday or public commemoration than π (pi). The number π is special because it has two commemorative days. The number π is … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Meanderings, Science
Tagged circles, holidays, mathematics, pi
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The Day Of Awesomeness
Even though I think the word awesome has been used so much that it has lost much of its original meaning, there are times when it is somewhat appropriate to use a form of it. Today is one of those … Continue reading
Posted in cultural highlights, Meanderings
Tagged awesomeness, Chuck Norris, excellence, holidays
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