Eliza Daley ~ Wordcraft & Musing on Home & Hope
Tax Day April 15th is Tax Day for the United States. In most years taxes are due on this date, though exceptions are made for weekends and recently COVID seems to have added on extra days now and then. I don't know anyone who puts it off that late because the penalties for missing the… Continue reading The Daily: 15 April 2024
The Daily for 4 April 2024: Things To Look Forward To and a Wednesday Word
When we learn of spinning galaxies filled with billions of stars, how can we believe that one country is more important than another? Why do we even have countries at all? We are riding a living planet through space, and we are all on the same ride together. — Akiva Silver, Trees of Power (2019,… Continue reading The Daily: 9 April 2024
A Miraculous Weather Update After weeks of darkness, the skies are absolutely clear today! Praise be! There will be eclipse viewing in Vermont! 2017 Total Solar Eclipse (NASA/Carla Thomas) It's finally here! The last full solar eclipse to pass over my part of the world in my lifetime, maybe in the lifetime of anybody currently… Continue reading The Daily: 8 April 2024
National Dandelion Day When the dandelions bloom,time to plant potatoes. — Old Farmer's Almanac The Old Farmer’s Almanac claims that April 5th is Dandelion Day. I’m fairly certain this is not a thing, but it should be. Dandelions are pleasurable in so many ways. Just imagine an early summer lawn dotted with bee-covered smiling suns! And when… Continue reading The Daily: 5 April 2024
The Daily for 4 April 2024: Things To Look Forward To and a Wednesday Word
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The Daily for 27 March 2024: Things To Look Forward To & a Wednesday Word
Lady Day March 25th is Lady Day. This is another Marian holiday which incorporated older pagan traditions — in this case the New Year celebrations which fell on 25 March before Julius Caesar shifted the Roman observance to the beginning of January. Lady Day is nine months before December 25th, so you can probably figure… Continue reading The Daily: 25 March 2024
