We mark months and days by checking that dependable calendar.
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By Sharon Cox, Art Voices | 7:00 am, Mar. 17, 2021 ×
COVID-19 will forever be associated with 2020. The Spanish flu is connected to 1918. Likewise, June 6, 1944, still is called “D Day.” We all know about 9-11 of 2001.
We mark months and days by checking that dependable calendar. It’s no wonder historians reminded us of the Mayan calendar in 2012. Knowing ahead of time what is expected is both reassuring and good business. Without calendars and historians, our lives would be chaotic.
When oddities, such as a worldwide pandemic, a weather event or some outer-space anomaly occur, our inner balance gets shifted and everything in our corner of the world moves to extreme. It’s no wonder psychologists warn people to be cautious during moves, changing jobs, divorces, etc.: to be aware those activities really mess with your head and can influence the normal balance of daily life.
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Little girls are prayed for, taken to a special restaurant or given a special meal at home, and their dolls are brought out for display. The dolls can be new, just for the one little girl, or may be passed down in the mother or grandmother’s family. Fine silks and many times, handmade porcelain dolls are dressed in ceremonial kimono, complete with some accessories. Their re-carpeted, stair-stepped stand allows large sets of dolls to be displayed.
Besides the gorgeous kimonos and celebrations, the foods for this day are different than many you’d expect to find during the rest of the year.
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It s a time to help others.
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By Sharon Cox, Art Voices | 7:00 am, Jan. 13, 2021 ×
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is the third Monday in January. Although it’s a federal holiday and workers get off work, it was meant as a day of service in this country - volunteer service. It’s not a holiday where many people in this part of the world stop and consciously pay homage to the hard work he did. He would not have wanted that. He was a man of service. Like the holiday was meant to be: “A day ON, “ and not a day off.” It is a time to help others by using one s own talents to aid those in need.