October
In the old Roman Calendar October was the eight month of the year, not the tenth. Its name derives from this fact with Octo being latin for eight. While the month is associated with autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, in the southern it is the beginning of Spring. This would make its sister month April. [...]
Autumn Time
As we turn the pages of the seasons moving from Summer to Autumn one begins to realize that the year is nearly two thirds over. It wasn’t very long ago that the sun shone for its longest day. Now it’s obvious that the days are getting shorter. Depending on the time you rise in the [...]
England Loses Days
England in 1752 was about to have a big change and it had nothing to do with a War or a famine or a natural disaster. September 2, 1752 was the last day that England observed the Julian Calendar and adopted the Gregorian Calendar. With this adoption the next day was September 14th. As one [...]
September
September is the ninth month of the Gregorian Calendar and is one of the four months that have 30 days. The others are April, June and November. Septem means seven in latin. September was the seventh month in the old Roman calendar. There are 91 days between the first on September and the first of [...]
August
August is considered the Dog Days of Summer and many people think that it’s because August is generally hot and muggy, which they are in the Northern Hemisphere. The Dog Days actually is related not to the weather, but to the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius. Regardless August is here. August is the 8th [...]
Did You Know? 2009 Calendar Oddities
If you have been reading 6 Things to Consider over the past few months you already know that there are 3 Friday the 13th in 2009. February, March and November. If looking at Sunday being the first day of the week February’s calendar page which began on a Sunday and ended on a Saturday only [...]
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night falls on the evening of January 5th or the eve of the Epiphany. It is the last night of the period called Christmastide, which begins on Christmas Day. The song the 12 Days of Christmas relates to the days of Christmastide. The Epiphany is the celebration of of the coming of the Magi. [...]
The Month of July
In the ancient Roman Calendar Quintilis was the fifth month of the year. It was renamed July for Julius Ceasar who was born in the month. Quintilis is latin for fifth. July and April each year begins on the same day of the week and in a leap year also January. On average the month [...]
Did You Know?
The rock band Jethro Tull took their name from an 18th century English agricultural pioneer. Tull invented the seed drill, a device that allowed farmers to sow seeds in well-spaced rows at specific depths at a specific seed rate in 1701. In 1752, not only was it the year that Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar, [...]
It’s Daylight Saving Time Again
For those who don’t know the rhyme we spring ahead an hour in the spring and fall backward one hour, in the fall. Some people mistakenly call it Daylight Savings Time, but it is Daylight Saving Time. In 2007 with the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that President George Bush signed into law in 2005, [...]
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