A Carpe Diem Snapshot:
An ode to the Full Buck Moon of July (or Thunder Moon, or Hay Moon) and my all-time favorite composition, "Moonlight Sonata". And here is an ode to another moon- Jupiter's!
Liturgical: Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
"When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them, for they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things."
Sanctoral: St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church, (1559-1619); St. Praxedes (d. 164), whose history is rather obscure. A sixth century account makes her a sister of St. Pudentiana and a daughter of the senator Pudens, which would place her life around the origin of the Church in Rome; St. Victor (d. 290)
Human: 356 BC Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World; 365 Crete Earthquake followed by tsunami around the Eastern Mediterranean allegedly destroys Alexandria; 1970 Aswan High Dam opens in Egypt, enables human control of the flooding of the Nile; Birthday of Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1980), the Canadian philosopher and media theorist who said "the medium is the message" in regard to the social changes television wrought.
Natural: Full Buck Moon
“Traditionally, we have called July’s full Moon the “Full Buck Moon.” This name comes from our Native American and Colonial past when the Moon was used to track the seasons. Bucks are growing new antlers at this time. July’s Full Moon was also known as the Thunder Moon, because thunderstorms are so frequent during this month.”
Italian Word of the Day: Italian movies with English subtitles on Youtube
Quote: "We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us. " --Marshall McLuhan
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