Marching Into March
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Theodor Seuss "Ted" Geisel was born on March 2nd, in 1904. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!
Childhood, the Art of Dr. Seuss (LINK)
"Ted’s parents loved him deeply, reveling in his random wit, his cheerfulness and his genuine concern for others. To them, he was a “personality” to be encouraged. As a result, Ted grew into a devoted son and a faithful friend, coveting only a close circle of lifelong relationships—people with whom he felt comfortable. His friends saw him as a treasured compatriot with whom to lightheartedly walk through life. The Chicago attorney and philanthropist Kenneth Montgomery (Dartmouth ’25) said it best, “He was not gregarious in the sense of hail-fellow-well-met; there was no sense of self-importance about him. When he walked into a room, it was like a magician’s act. Birds flew out of his hands, and endless bright scarves and fireworks. Everything became brighter, happier, funnier. And he didn’t try. Everything Ted did seemed to be a surprise, even to him.”
Childhood, the Art of Dr. Seuss (LINK)
"Ted’s parents loved him deeply, reveling in his random wit, his cheerfulness and his genuine concern for others. To them, he was a “personality” to be encouraged. As a result, Ted grew into a devoted son and a faithful friend, coveting only a close circle of lifelong relationships—people with whom he felt comfortable. His friends saw him as a treasured compatriot with whom to lightheartedly walk through life. The Chicago attorney and philanthropist Kenneth Montgomery (Dartmouth ’25) said it best, “He was not gregarious in the sense of hail-fellow-well-met; there was no sense of self-importance about him. When he walked into a room, it was like a magician’s act. Birds flew out of his hands, and endless bright scarves and fireworks. Everything became brighter, happier, funnier. And he didn’t try. Everything Ted did seemed to be a surprise, even to him.”
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"Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush."
- Doug Larson
"All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair
The bees are stirring, birds are on the wing,
And Winter slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of spring."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Doug Larson
"All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair
The bees are stirring, birds are on the wing,
And Winter slumbering in the open air,
Wears on his smiling face a dream of spring."
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
don't quite know what to think of a 'national pig day.'March 1st is National Pig Day
"National Pig Day is an event held annually on March 1 in the United States, Australia and the Maldives to celebrate the pig. The holiday is most often celebrated in the Midwest of the US. The holiday celebration in the USA was started in 1972 by sisters Ellen Stanley, a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, and Mary Lynne Rave of Beaufort, North Carolina.
According to Rave the purpose of the National Pig Day is "to accord the pig its rightful, though generally unrecognized, place as one of man's most intellectual and domesticated animals."
Celebrate National Pig Day With These 5 Facts (LINK)
eat pork? don't eat pork? here piggy, here piggy.
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- Cumbria, England.
Happy St Piran’s Day - Gool Peran Lowen!
Saint Piran is the patron saint of tin-miners and is often regarded as the national saint of Cornwall.
St Piran was born in Ireland in the 6th Century but fled the country to escape from the Irish kings who felt threatened by his miraculous powers.
He floated across the sea to Cornwall, where it is thought he was washed ashore at Penhale Sands near Perranporth.
He built a small oratory to mark the spot of his arrival, which, today, is at the heart of the St Piran’s Day celebrations in the area.
Saint Piran is the patron saint of tin-miners and is often regarded as the national saint of Cornwall.
St Piran was born in Ireland in the 6th Century but fled the country to escape from the Irish kings who felt threatened by his miraculous powers.
He floated across the sea to Cornwall, where it is thought he was washed ashore at Penhale Sands near Perranporth.
He built a small oratory to mark the spot of his arrival, which, today, is at the heart of the St Piran’s Day celebrations in the area.
Happy St Piran’s Day (LINK)
"Whilst other Cornish saints have been feted as ‘the patron saint of Cornwall’, Saint Piran is most commonly associated with this accolade and the flag of Saint Piran is now also recognised as the Cornish flag. The flag shows a white cross on a black background and is said to depict the saint’s discovery of tin ‘the white metal’ flowing from the black Cornish rocks. "
St Piran’s Day Celebrations
"Whilst other Cornish saints have been feted as ‘the patron saint of Cornwall’, Saint Piran is most commonly associated with this accolade and the flag of Saint Piran is now also recognised as the Cornish flag. The flag shows a white cross on a black background and is said to depict the saint’s discovery of tin ‘the white metal’ flowing from the black Cornish rocks. "
St Piran’s Day Celebrations
RadishRose
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So interesting! I'd never heard of Saint Piran before.
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
I heard one of his descendants made it big in Hollywood-
This portrait of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was painted by Marcello Vanusti. Born today in 1475, Michelangel0’s sculptures and paintings survive as masterpieces of any age. Stepping into Michelangelo’s head for a minute, he said, “A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” and “The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one’s self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.” and “I live in sin, to kill myself I live; no longer my life my own, but sin’s; my good is given to me by heaven, my evil by myself, by my free will, of which I am deprived.”
“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?” – Michelangelo
Creating This Michelangelo Replica Was No 'Piece Of Cake'
Cake Angels - The Baking of Adam
The Creation of Adam in Cake Sprinkles "The Baking of Adam" Timelapse
Cake Angels - The Baking of Adam
The Creation of Adam in Cake Sprinkles "The Baking of Adam" Timelapse
Michelangelo’s Illustrated Grocery List
"What’s on the agenda today? Hmm, influence the development of Western art, maybe paint the Sistine Chapel… buy eggs."
"Actually, Michelangelo sent someone to buy his groceries, but, because that servant was illiterate, he had to draw each and every item—hence the beautifully illustrated grocery list below."
"The master architect, sculptor, painter and more requested “fish, bread, two fennel soups, a herring
(un aringa), anchovies and wine (un bocal di vino).” Sounds like a healthy Mediterranean spread. Maybe, the Michelangelo Diet, a herring-heavy regimen, will be a thing now."
Michelangelo’s illustrated grocery list. (Photo: © Casa Buonarroti)
"What’s on the agenda today? Hmm, influence the development of Western art, maybe paint the Sistine Chapel… buy eggs."
"Actually, Michelangelo sent someone to buy his groceries, but, because that servant was illiterate, he had to draw each and every item—hence the beautifully illustrated grocery list below."
"The master architect, sculptor, painter and more requested “fish, bread, two fennel soups, a herring
(un aringa), anchovies and wine (un bocal di vino).” Sounds like a healthy Mediterranean spread. Maybe, the Michelangelo Diet, a herring-heavy regimen, will be a thing now."
Michelangelo’s illustrated grocery list. (Photo: © Casa Buonarroti)