Amaryllis

Talking on the Zoom meeting today about all of the holidays in March this year.  Monday was Purim.  Reading the book of Esther in the Bible is an easy way to celebrate (and/or you can give gifts to the poor).    Today, Tuesday, is the Crow Moon.   I tend to use the Native American names given to the full moons but tribes had different names.  Crow Moon is named for the cawing of birds in spring after the quiet of winter.  It's also called the Sugar Moon because maple sap begins to run.  (It's still a bit too early here to be tapping trees.)  Another name is the Worm Moon since the worms begin to move w/ the warming of the earth.   The tribes this far north wouldn't have called it that.  Not because the ground is still frozen but because the glaciers that covered this part of the country killed all of the earthworms.  The earthworms we have now in the Northwoods are invasives introduced from Europe and Asia.  Wednesday is Holi.  It's a joyous Hindu holiday when balls of colored powder are thrown on celebrants.  I just wear something colorful and squirt colored water on the snow heaped in front of the house.  Saturday is the Oscars: not a holiday but I do love looking at the fashions.  Tuesday the 14th is, of course, Pi Day: make a pizza!  Wednesday the 15th are the Ides of March:  a good excuse to reread Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.  Friday the 17th -St. Pat's Day- when everyone finds a little Irish in their soul.  Monday March 20th is the Vernal Equinox:  welcome spring by dancing sky clad.  Thursday 23rd begins Ramadan: traditional Muslims fast during the daylight hours.  (Another reason I'm glad to be a traditional Baptist.)  Wednesday March 22nd is 'Talk like William Shatner' day.  I've been ... practicing.