Most of us buy cards or go out for dinner to commemorate Mother's Day, but we rarely realize how far back these celebrations date. Like many other holidays that have been commercialized in modern times, Mother's Day has centuries-old antecedents. Cultures around the world celebrated (and still do) the mother...
(2) Comments | Posted May 1, 2012 | 8:00 AM
In the Native American tradition May is called the month of the flower moon. It is said that the flowers dance at night under this full moon.
In the Celtic tradition, the festival of Beltane on May 1 marked the midpoint between spring and summer. Fires were lit and the...
(0) Comments | Posted March 20, 2012 | 7:05 AM
According to our modern calendar, on March 20, 2012, at precisely 1:14 a.m. EDT (March 20), the sun will cross directly over the Earth's equator. This moment is known as the vernal equinox (from the Latin vernare, to bloom) in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, this is the...
(3) Comments | Posted February 14, 2012 | 7:37 AM
When we think of Valentine's Day we tend to think of chocolate, love, and presents, yet most of us don't know that Valentine's Day has its roots in an ancient Roman fertility festival called Lupercalia. It was a festival celebrating early spring, fertility, the ancestors, and love. The ancient priests...
(5) Comments | Posted May 13, 2012 | 12:40 PM