Showing posts with label August. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August. Show all posts

May 22, 2017

#05-045: Lazy August

white-robed man with arms raised--apparently Jesus Christ--rises in the air with two other figures flanking him; waking people in old-fashioned clothes are directly under them, and a crowd of many more look agitated
The Transfiguration of Jesus
(Wikipedia)

Note: There's not much happening in August--maybe due to the heat! Still, a major pagan holiday and a major Christian one will do.


Get Ready: Are you badly affected by hot weather, or can you tolerate it easily?


February 27, 2017

#05-010: Other Buddhist Holidays

cartoonish drawing of a man in monk robes holding a staff in one hand and a cup of tea (?) in the other; he is looking at a kneeling old woman with her head and hands in a cangue (a portable pillory)
Mulian and his mother
(Wikipedia)

Note: Buddhist across many cultures celebrate a holiday in remembrance of their ancestors, sometimes called the "Hungry Ghost Festival." There are many, many other observances, too.

Get Ready: Do you do anything formal to remember your ancestors? Perhaps commemorate their birthdays or dates of death?