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March 20 or 21. Falls precisely on spring equinox. Spring is here, friends. Let’s stay in the garden, and be guests to the strangers of the green… — Rumi Norooz is known by dozens of names across the many countries where it’s celebrated. Nowruz, Norouz, Noruz, Noroz, Nowroz, Nauryz, Navruz, Novroze, and more. Now comes from the same root as “new”, and ruz means both “day” and “time”. But however you spell it, the Persian …Read more March 12 We tend to think of the environmental movement as something recent, that came along when the city passed out those big purple or blue recycling bins. But Tree-Planting Day is an ancient ritual in many cultures. Arbor Day in China was originally a seasonal holiday observed during the Qingming Festival. Qingming means “Clear and Bright” (and no, it is not Scrabble eligible). Qingming falls 104 days after the winter solstice, on April 4th or 5th. During this time …Read more 
California Arbor Week: March 7-14 Sequoia National Park March 7 is Arbor Day in California. It’s the birthday of Luther Burbank, a Massachusetts native who moved out to California in the 1870s, and who used his Santa Rosa gardens for horticulture experiments for 50 years. Though most states celebrate Arbor Day along with Nebraska on the last Friday in April, California trees definitely deserve their own day of celebration. For starters, California claims the world’s oldest tree. …Read more 
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A small cloud has fallen The white mist hits the ground My lungs comfort me with joy. — Green Day, by Green Day Ok, the above’s not a Japanese haiku, nor is about today’s holiday. (It bears more in common with one that takes place on 4/20) But today is “Midori no Hi”—literally Green Day, or Greenery Day. Midori means Green—hence the green, melon-based liqueur—and Hi means Day. Greenery …Read more 
April 22 “It’s April 21st Everybody knows today is Earth Day… Happy Birthday To whoever’s being born.” Well, Dramarama was just one day off. Today, April 22, is the unofficial birthday of Earth. She won’t say exactly how old she is this year, but rumor has it, it would take about 4.5 billion candles to light her cake. (Although flattering Creationists insist she doesn’t look a day over 6,014.) Earth Day as we know it–as celebrated …Read more 
April 2 It’s time to celebrate the 13th! April 2 is Sizdah Bedar, the last day of the Norooz celebrations. Sizdah means 13, and Sizdah Bedar is celebrated on the 13th day of the Persian new year, which begins on the spring equinox, March 20 or 21. The first twelve days of the New Year are spent visiting the homes of family and friends. Grandparents and older relatives come first. Then other family members. Then families visit …Read more |
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