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, [...]
March
In ancient Rome the first month of the new year was the same one in which spring began. That month was called Martius after the God of War, Mars. Today we call the month March. Spring would seem a natural time for the new year to begin, since that’s when the climate changes and the [...]
February
February is without a doubt an odd month. Everyone knows that it’s the shortest month of the year. It’s the only one that has less than 30 days and has 28 days except leap years when a day is added since each year is 365 and quarter day long. On those leap years The United [...]
Remembering 2007
1) They Died in 2007. Brad Delp lead singer for the rock group Boston died on March 9th. Kitty Carlisle died on April 17 at the age of 96. Lois Maxwell, who we all fondly remember as Miss Moneypenny died on September 29. Joey Bishop, the last member of the famed Rat Pack, died on [...]
November
1) November is the 11th month in the Gregorian Calendar. It is one of the 4 months that has 30 days. 2) Novem means nine in Latin and was the 9th month of the Roman Calendar. 3) In the pagan wheel of the year, November begins at or near Samhain in the northern hemisphere and [...]
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