At breakfast (can you guess where?) earlier in the year with daughter, Annamarie.
*The Ides of March: when Caesar was killed by Brutus.
* March 21: Beginning of astrological spring.
* Saying: ...wild (or mad) as a March hare.
* Synonyms of "march" for children K=go, walk; 1st=march, leave; 2nd=advance, continue, parade; 3rd=hike; 4th=tramp, progress; 5th=depart, stride.
* (Other) synonyms for "march" = step in time, pace, tread, goose-step, promenade, file, plod, strut.
* Hal March and Bob Sweeney were a radio comedy team, and March later emceed "The $64,000 Question" game show.
Looking through my sources for something about March, I found 2 entries in the Morrow Book of Quotations in American History. One, from "Marching Through Georgia" by songwriter Henry Clay Work (1832-1884), and one by Philip Randolph, labor and civil rights leader, in a speech to March on Washington Committee, September 1942.
A 2011 almanac distributed by Shelter Insurance contained one bit of March trivia: "On March 25, 1752, Benjamin Franklin founded the first insurance company in America. Ben's company, a mutual company, is still operating successfully. [We] operate on the same sound business principles of Ben Franklin."
Trivia from Arkansas Living (formerly Rural Arkansas) : Presidents with March birthdays are James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Tyler and Grover Cleveland.
Another item from the same publication: "Why is March so windy? Part of the reason is that as the days grow longer and the sun warms the earth's surface more rapidly than the air above it, the air becomes increasingly unstable. This causes deep atmospheric turbulence that brings strong gusts of wind."
May your march through the last week of March--Holy Week leading to Easter--and Passover, be one of solemn introspection followed by joy and rejuvenation. #
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