Today's Carpe Diem Snapshot: When the forecast calls for two days of rain, it's time for a Jane Austen tea party. This has become a tradition with the students over the last few semesters, since I began Austen research to create this book. The girls have, naturally, become Austen devotees, as well Earl Grey enthusiasts, through this cherished new ritual.
Liturgical: 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34; PS 106:6-7ab, 19-20, 21-22; Mk 8:1-10
The miracle of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves
Sanctoral: Scholastica, Nursia, Italy +547 Founder of the order of Benedictine nuns. Twin sister of St. Benedict.
Human: Chinese New Year in the lunar calendar- the year of the Dragon; 1957- death of Laura Ingalls Wilder; 1840- Marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg-Gotha; 1567- Lord Darnley (second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots) was strangled in Edinburgh; 1355- St Scholastic Day Riot in Oxford, England. In 1209, the University of Cambridge was founded by scholars who left Oxford due to violence against students by townsfolk. A formal reconciliation between the university and the town finally occurred in 1955.
Natural: Rainy day activities at the villa (alternatives to catnaps)- homework, removing a fallen tree, a Jane Austen tea party, and a lindy hop class!
Quote: "A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing." - Laura Ingalls Wilder
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