"March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice." - Hal Borland. Twelve months in a year, but only one on this blog... at a time. [Interactive Story Blog]
The month of the god of war, fertility of earth, and the start of spring. Patron of the Pisces, Meena, the Fisher, and the Aries, Mesha, the Ram. The world reawakens; rise alongside nature and fight for what you want.
Let’s get things started in here, shall we?
Meaning of March: “Martius”, after the Roman god of war, Mars.
Flower of March: Daffodil
Gemstone(s) of March: Aquamarine and Bloodstone
Holidays in March:
March 1st: Women’s History Month, Mardi Gras
March 2nd: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
March 3rd: World Wildlife Day
March 4th: International GM’s Day
March 5th: World Tennis Day
March 6th: European Day of the Righteous
March 7th: Fun Facts About Names Day
March 8th: International Women’s Day
March 9th: Panic Day
March 10th: Mario Day, International Day of Awesomeness, International Bagpipes Day
March 11th: World Plumbing Day
March 12th: World Day Against Cyber Censorship
March 13th: Start of Daylight Savings Time
March 14th: Pi Day, International Day of Mathematics
March 15th: International Day Against Police Brutality
March 16th: Purim
March 17th: Saint Patrick’s Day
March 18th: Global Recycling Day
March 19th: Holi
March 20th: Spring Equinox (Start of Spring), International Day of Happiness
March 21st: International Day of Forests
March 22nd: World Water Day
March 23rd: World Meteorological Day
March 24th: World Tuberculosis Day
March 25th: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
March 26th: Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
March 27th: World Theatre Day
March 28th: Respect Your Cat Day
March 29th: World Piano Day
March 30th: World Bipolar Day
March 31st: International Transgender Day of Visibility
In my poetry class, someone asked, “How do you know if a poem is done? Like, how do you know when to stop revising?”
In answer, my professor showed us this:
It was a page in a poetry book that she’d had signed by the author and when she’d handed her copy to him he was like “ahhhhh I can’t stand it” and wrote in the printed copy of the book to change his poem to what he wanted it to be
-Remember to take down your Christmas decorations before the stroke of midnight on January 5th. All lights hanging after that are the province of the old gods, the winter gods, and they will demand sacrifice.
-There are words and songs hidden in the howling wind. Don’t ever listen to them, just cover your ears and keep walking.
-Don’t be fooled be the weak sunlight, or the melting snow that comes at the end of the month. The winter has only barely started and it won’t end for months to come, maybe years.
-It’s dark by the time you leave work. Your drive home feels different than it did in the daylight, and it takes much much longer, though you can’t explain why.
-Be careful driving tonight, they say, there’s ice on the roads. They don’t say anything about the ice creeping into your home, or into your heart.
-You startle awake in the middle of the night, but all you hear is the sound of the hissing radiator or the clanking of the pipes. The things in the darkness have learned to immitate these noises and are waiting for you to let your guard down again.
-It’s a new year, but nothing has changed yet and nothing will.
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
March is the only time when winter & summer embrace, with warm afternoons and cold evenings and and the then they'll part for the whole year, with a hope to embrace next time
The Month of March: holidays, fun facts, folklore and more
The Month of March: holidays, fun facts, folklore and more
“I Martius am! Once first, and now third!
To lead the Year was my appointed place;
A mortal dispossessed me by a word,
And set there Janus with the double face.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (1807–82)
March brings with it the promise of warm, sunny days.
Read something interesting about this month’s holidays, happenings, folklore, and much more!
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