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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Thoughts at the beginning of the year (January 2025)
A New Year (a short poem by William Arthur Ward)
Another
fresh new year is here …
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This
bright New Year is given me
To live each day with zest …
To daily grow and try to be
My highest and my best!
I
have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!
“Do
not wait until all given conditions are perfect to begin.
A new beginning makes the all given conditions perfect.” (A. Cohen)
A new beginning makes the all given conditions perfect.” (A. Cohen)
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
2025 – Happy New Year!
Good bye, 2024! Welcome 2025!
As
the wheel of time is turning once again and the sun sets on this chapter, we
gather our hopes ready for the next one, keeping courage close to heart!
Happy New Year, dear ones! Make it bright! Make it amazing!
Happy New Year, dear ones! Make it bright! Make it amazing!
❄ LA MULŢI ANI PENTRU NOUL AN! ❄ HAPPY NEW YEAR! ❄ BONNE ANNÉE! ❄ FROHES NEUES JAHR! ❄ FELICE ANNO NUOVO! ❄ FELIZ AÑO NUEVO! ❄ ΕΥΤΥΧΙΣΜΈΝΟΣ Ο ΚΑΙΝΟΎΡΙΟΣ ΧΡΌΝΟΣ! ❄
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
December 25, 2024: MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Christmas – the time of the
year when the entire world seems to slow down for a little while and the air fills with
the magic of the season….this is the perfect time of the year when we all pause
for a bit, and hold close what really matters…may your hearts be grateful, may your
homes be warm and may your spirits be bright!
Crăciun fericit,
dragii mei!
Din casă în casă, din inimă în inimă, dintr-un loc în
altul, căldura Crăciunului ne cuprinde pe toți, făcându-ne parcă ceva mai buni, ceva mai blânzi şi ceva mai înţelegători....să ne bucurăm de aceste momente aparte!
“Un clopoțel nu este clopoțel până nu sună...un cântec nu este cântec până
nu îl cântă cineva.”
– Colinde de Crăciun
❄ MERRY CHRISTMAS! ❄ FRÖHLICHE WEIHNACHTEN! ❄ CRĂCIUN FERICIT! ❄ BUON NATALE! ❄ ΚΑΛΆ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΎΓΕΝΝΑ! ❄
Saturday, December 21, 2024
December 21, 2024: WINTER Solstice
December 21, 2024: WINTER Solstice is
marking the first day of the astronomical winter in our Northern Hemisphere
…may it bring us peace and joy!
Iarna este
sezonul miracolelor, plin cu basme și voioșie, cu multă armonie și noi
așteptări...dar să nu lăsăm gerul iernii să ne intre în suflete, ci să-l privim
doar de la fereastră....
● A brief oasis of poetry and inner reflection:
⚪ (Ro) “Iarna”
(poem de Vasile Alecsandri)
– video clip
⚪ (English)”Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” (Robert Frost) – video clip |
Classical music for winter – video clip
● Short scientific background on HIBERNAL SOLSTICE:
“What is a Solstice?” (via National Geographic)
– video clip | “What's Up: December 2024” (Tips
from NASA) – video clip
Winter solstice (also called the ‘hibernal solstice’), marks the shortest day and the longest night of the
year for all the people who are living in the Northern Hemisphere. According to
the definition of the seasons, the winter solstice also marks the beginning of
winter season, which lasts until the vernal equinox (March 20 or 21 in
the Northern Hemisphere, or September 22 or 23 in the Southern Hemisphere). After
the shortest day of the year slowly turns toward a greater length, this
will embrace again the return of sun and the coming of spring.