MLK Day, January 18, 2021. How much do you know about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr? Named after his father Martin Luther King, his first and middle names also recall a significant person from the early 16th century – in the Western world at least. But that’s for another chat. Some refer to MLK as …
Category Archives: Holidays
Not My Holiday
I admit that may have been my first thought, when: Six months after moving to Ethiopia, my wife and I found ourselves with a day off from language study for Timket (Amharic: ጥምቀት), the Orthodox Church’s celebration of the occasion centuries earlier when Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan. During a three-week visit in …
A Brief Conversation
B. What’s the date today? A. Today is December 22, 2020. (depending on when you see this) B. Got it. What does the 2020 signify? A. Short answer: 450+ years ago Pope Gregory instituted a new calendar system throughout the Western world. The new way of dating would begin with the [approximate] birth of Jesus. …
Winter Break: What to do?
The semester came to end 3 weeks ago, you have (hopefully) caught up on sleep and rest and now, in consciousness of growing COVID numbers, you’re bored and looking for safe, distanced things to do. Enter, our Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) Things to Do Post! Below we have listed a number of drive-through/walk-by/virtually view …
