HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
This is the last day to help me raise funds for ASPCA in celebration of my first birthday. If you'd like to make a small contribution, here's the link:
http://aspcaambassadors.donordrive.com/campaign/tibbles
THANK YOU again to all of you who have already made a donation. It doesn't look as if I'm going to reach my goal of $500, but I'm hoping my fundraiser makes a difference.
THANK YOU again to all of you who have already made a donation. It doesn't look as if I'm going to reach my goal of $500, but I'm hoping my fundraiser makes a difference.
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Don't worry Tibbles, I think every little bit helps.
ReplyDeleteTibbles, here is some info you might find interesting ...
ReplyDeletetoday is a religious holiday, All Saints Day, in Mexico and some other countries [Windy said it was a holiday in France] ...
Originally known as All Hallow's Eve, Halloween, 31 October, is one of the year's most excitingly different festivals. We now celebrate the coming of winter by dressing up in costumes, going to parties, carving pumpkins and bobbing for apples, but Halloween was much more serious and profound in ancient times. It is the day before All Saints Day, officially designated as such by Pope Gregory IV [827 - 844] ...
All Saints Day is followed by All Souls Day, when people from various Christian cultures still visit the grave sites of their departed loved ones, offering flowers, and frequently picnicking at the cemetery. In the churches, special Masses of Requiem are held, so that the souls of those in Purgatory might finally be admitted through the Pearly Gates.
All Saints Day, 1 November, and All Souls Day, 2 November, are important traditional Roman Catholic festivals in Spain -- every year the doorman of the Museo de Ciencias Naturales in Madrid, where I had my office, would ask me if I was going to visit deceased relatives at thecemetery -- unfortunately, I didn't have any to visit! He and his family spent the entire day there, planting flowers and having lunch at the grave sites.
In Mexico, Los Dias de los Muertos [Days of the Dead -- from 31 October to 2 November] is a very popular, almost carnival - like, folk festival, decorated with skeleton figures in baked clay and other materials, attracting tourists from the world over.
here is some Benidictus music to go with this message
http://www.libro.ws/Benidictus.mid
I thought you owls might like the above history of the season -- it is all on my Halloween web page at
http://www.libro.ws/hallowInfo.html
Tibbles, remind Rod to check at the AOL AAPL message board ...
ReplyDeletethere are some NEW PUZZLES for him to work on ...
he has to play to win -- here is the link
http://messageboards.aol.com/aol/en_us/articles.php?boardId=69267&func=3&channel=Money+%26+Finance
The old guy says he thinks the Apple board is dead and that nobody else is trying to solve the puzzles. No fun that way. He was wondering what happened to Simon?
ReplyDeleteTibbles, Simon is well -- he emailed me a couple times in the last few days ...
ReplyDeleteprobably if Rod would try the AOL AAPL board puzzles, a few more would return to try them too -- at least three or so always tried their luck at them -- he doesn't lose anything by posting there again