MONDAY – the First Day of Spring!

Today is Saint Joseph’s Day, a public holiday in Colombia. Saint Joseph’s Day is the feast day for Joseph, the husband of Mary and the adoptive and earthly father of Jesus according to Christian belief. In Colombia, Saint Joseph’s Day is also referred to as “Dia del Hombre”, meaning “Day of Men”. It is seen as a celebration not only of Joseph and of the role of good fathers, but also of the role of men in general in society.

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Today is the Spring Equinox in the northern hemisphere. In pagan circles it is a day to honor the Goddess of Spring known as Ostara or Eostre (from whose name the word “Easter” comes).

Saturday was the birthday, in 1844, of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian romantic composer. Here is the amazing Yuja Wang playing ‘Flight of the Bumblebee’ a musical interlude from his opera – the Tale of Tsar Saltan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8alxBofd_eQ