Posts Tagged New Moon

  • Mardi Gras, Moonlight, Mythical Leprechauns and March Madness Mardi Gras, Moonlight, Mythical Leprechauns and March Madness

    By Eloise Graham Mardi Gras, the last day of Carnival. The Carnival season begins on January 6 each year. This is “King’s Day” or Feast of the Epiphany. However, Mardi Gras or “Fat Tuesday” varies from year to year. This year it is in March, March 4 to be exact. Fat Tuesday is always ...

  • Are You Ready for a New Year’s Challenge? Are You Ready for a New Year’s Challenge?

    By Becky Lee Hinton Director of Marketing The Fountains Senior Living Community The earliest-known festival celebrating the New Year dates from about 2000 B.C. in Mesopotamia where the New Year began with the first new moon following the spring equinox, sometime in mid March. Throughout medieva...

  • Publisher’s Corner - June is Bustin’ Out All Over Publisher’s Corner – June is Bustin’ Out All Over

    By Eloise Graham As a youth, I thought it my duty to run around the house singing this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic at the top of my lungs! I would do this all day on June 1. Drove my parents crazy. My mother knew then that I was no Beverly Sills, but that didn’t deter me from belting out that...