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The Garden News
Windsor Gardens Assisted Living 5611 Central Ave. Pike Knoxville, TN 37912 865-688-4840
Don’t Fear the Ides
It was William Shakespeare, via his play Julius Caesar, who warned that the Ides of March, on March 15, were cursed. Indeed, while Caesar was murdered by a group of political conspirators on March 15,
the Ides of any month are not particularly evil or ignominious. The words Ides, Kalends, and Nones are terms used to describe any month’s phases of the moon. Ides simply means the first full moon of the month, so in reality the Ides of March technically takes place this year on March 31. Likewise, the Kalends marks the month’s first new moon, which is on March 17, and the Nones is the moon’s first quarter, on March 24. Far from cursed, March’s Ides were particularly joyful because they also heralded the new year.
March Birthdays
In astrology, those born between March 1–20
are Pisces. Friendly and selfless, Fish are
always willing to help others with their hearts
on their sleeves. Thanks to an intuitive
understanding of life, Pisces make deep
connections with other living beings. Aries’
Rams are born between March 21–31. As
the first sign of the zodiac, Aries are energetic
and assertive initiators. With bravery, zeal, and
speed, they jump headfirst into life, confident
that they can navigate any challenges.
Desi Arnaz (actor) – March 2, 1917 Knute Rockne (coach) – March 4, 1888 Lou Costello (comedian) – March 6, 1906 Liza Minnelli (entertainer) – March 12, 1946 Hank Ketcham (cartoonist) – March 14, 1920 Wyatt Earp (cowboy) – March 19, 1848 Marcel Marceau (mime) – March 22, 1923 Reba McEntire (musician) – March 28, 1955 Warren Beatty (actor) – March 30, 1937
MARCH 2018
Celebrating March
Mad for Plaid Month
Play the Recorder Month
Women’s History Month
World Compliment Day
March 1
Proofreading Day
March 8
Shakespeare Week
March 12–18
St. Patrick’s Day
March 17
World Poetry Day
March 21
Mom and Pop Business
Owners Day
March 29
Windsor Gardens Assisted Living 5611 Central Avenue Pike
Knoxville, TN 37912
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Tara Wallace, Life Enrichment Director
Awaiting a Return to Capistrano
On March 19, the residents
of San Juan, California,
look forward to the return
of special visitors to the
old Spanish mission: cliff
swallows. The return of the
cliff swallows to the San Juan Capistrano Mission
is legendary. Hundreds of years ago, local
shopkeepers drove away the swallows, which
built mud nests on shops and homes. The
displaced birds built new nests in the eaves of
the old stone church, named for the warrior-priest
Giovanni de Capistrano. Every year since the
1930s, the community has heralded the return
of the swallows to Capistrano with great fanfare.
In recent years, though, the swallows have
returned in decreasing numbers. Some people
blame urbanization. For a century or more, the
mission was the largest building in San Juan,
a perfect target for the nesting swallows. As the
population increased, more buildings were built,
and swallows began to find alternate nesting sites.
Things were complicated further in the 1990s when
preservations performed a restoration of the church,
the oldest continually used structure in California,
and removed the mud nests. Cliff swallows are
known to be attracted to places with old nests.
The restoration, while architecturally important,
discouraged the birds. That’s when the mission
sought the help of a professional.
Dr. Charles R. Brown, professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Tulsa and cliff swallow expert, was charged with the task of luring the birds back to the mission. He has employed everything from broadcasting cliff swallow song to building an artificial wall of swallow nests out of plaster. The good news is that the birds have again been spotted in the area of the mission, even though they have not been nesting on the church. Yet every year on March 19, St. Joseph’s Day, the swallows are welcomed with the ringing of the mission bell, flamenco dances, food, and fanfare. Even if the cliff swallows aren’t ready to return to Capistrano, the locals are ready for them.
Making History, I Presume David Livingstone may have been a Scottish missionary and physician, but he is most famous for his explorations of Africa during the 19th century. Livingstone was one of the first Europeans to see the Zambezi River and Victoria Falls, cross the continent from west to east, as well as witness the harsh realities of the slave trade, which made him a staunch abolitionist. Livingstone’s travels made him an international celebrity, and when he disappeared in 1866 on a search for the source of the Nile River, many feared him dead. American journalist Henry Stanley mounted an expediton to find him and departed the island of Zanzibar off Africa’s eastern coast on March 21, 1871. Eight months later, Stanley arrived in the village of Ujiji on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. It was there that Stanley saw a bearded white man and said, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Stanley’s presumptuous words became as famous as the old explorer himself.
A Slice of Pi
When one measures a circular object, it always turns out that its circumference, or the length around, is a little more than three times its width across—3.1415926 to be exact. This number,
known as pi, actually goes on forever. Scientists have calculated its value to more than one trillion digits past its decimal. But for the purposes of celebration, Pi Day is held on March 14, or 3/14, each year. The first Pi Day was organized in 1 988 by physicist Larry Shaw, who worked at the San Francisco Exploratorium. The original celebration consisted of Exploratorium staff walking around in a circle and eating pies. Celebrations have evolved since then, including competitions to see who can recite the most digits of pi and Albert Einstein look-alike contests, thanks to that famous scientist’s birthday also falling on March 14. It’s a mathematical holiday Einstein likely would have been pleased to be a part of.
St. Paddy’s Pastimes Debunked
They say that everyone is a little bit Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, and the world will be draped in green on March 17, when St. Patrick’s Day celebrations take place across the globe in honor of the patron saint of Ireland. But if you really want to celebrate the right way, be sure to take a look at these facts behind St. Patrick.
St. Patrick may be one of Ireland’s patron saints (along with St. Brigid and St. Columcille), but he was not Irish. Evidence suggests that he was, in fact, British. By some accounts, he was born with the name Maewyn Succat in either Scotland or Wales. Yet it is important to realize that even though St. Patrick may have been born in Britain in the year 390, at the time of his birth, Britain was occupied by the Romans. Thus, it is very likely that Patrick’s family was from Roman aristocracy. Indeed, Ireland’s precious St. Patrick may well have been Italian.
But don’t trade in Irish green for Italy’s tricolor green, white, and red just yet. The true color of Ireland might be blue. King Henry VIII flew a blue flag over Ireland during the 16th century. Knights of the Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick, a society of Irish knights founded by King George III in 1783, wore a light blue color known as St. Patrick’s blue. The Irish president flies a blue flag with a harp. So when did green become the color of Ireland? During the Great Irish Rebellion of 1641, Irishmen flew a green flag against King James. Green became the color of Irish nationalism and independence during the Irish Rebellion of 1798, a notion promulgated in the ballad “The Wearing of the Green.”
So whether you’re marching in Dublin, raising a pint of Guinness in New York, Irish dancing in Sydney, or eating corned beef and cabbage in Montreal, just remember that none of these pastimes come from the original St. Patrick’s Day. The Roman Catholic feast day was traditionally spent in quiet prayer, a far cry from the raucous celebrations of today.
The Boston Massacre
It was a cold, snowy night in Boston on March 5, 1770. Despite the weather, American colonists (calling themselves patriots) gathered outside Boston’s Customs House to taunt the British troops who had been stationed in the city to enforce newly decreed taxation measures. When the redcoats affixed bayonets to their rifles, the Americans responded by throwing snowballs and rocks. Moments later, shots were fired. Five Americans were the first fatalties of the American Revolutionary War in what would become known as the Boston Massacre. What is often forgotten in this episode of American Independence is how avowed patriot and future president John Adams, a lawyer, defended the British soldiers who were subsequently put on trial. Two of the eight were convicted of manslaughter, but for many Americans, justice was far from done. Paul Revere, famed for his midnight ride, turned the Boston Massacre into a provocative engraving, creating an effective piece of propaganda that helped turn Americans against the British.
A Doll’s Life
March 3 is a special day in Japan. Hinamatsuri, known as both Doll’s Day and Girls’ Day, is a day to celebrate girls and pray for their health and happiness. The most interesting part of Hinamatsuri is the
elaborate dolls displayed on red-carpeted, stepped platforms. Families either buy a set of dolls when their first daughter is born or receive a set handed down from generation to generation. Sets include a male and female dressed in Imperial attire, representing the emperor and empress, accompanied by three court ladies, five musicians, and other court attendants. The dolls are arranged in order of importance from the top step down and displays are placed in the home for all to see. This tradition has roots in an ancient belief that dolls could attract and contain bad spirits. It was once common practice for the dolls, and any ill fortune, to be tossed into rivers and streams and washed away for good.
March 2018
Special Events in march
Farkle Winners Lunch – Friday the 2nd
Mighty Musical Monday – Monday the 5th Scenic Drive– Friday the 9th
Lunch Bunch – Monday the 12th St. Patrick’s Day Parade – Saturday the 17th
ROMEOS Lunch – Friday the 23rd Halls Senior Center BINGO – Wednesday the 28th
March Birthday Party – Thursday the 29th
Top Farkle Scores for Febuary
Joan 18,700 Bobbie 15,350
Come play Farkle with us on Tuesdays at 2:30pm! It is okay if you have never played- we work
together through each game. The top two winners for each month are treated to
a special lunch!
Beauty & Barber Shop Stylist Ms. Janice
Open Thursday and Friday
Egg-ceptional Spring Traditions
With the arrival of spring on March 20 comes all the holidays and traditions associated with the end of winter: religious traditions like Passover and Easter, and Nowruz, the Persian New Year. All of these celebrations share an important symbol: the egg.
For millennia, the egg has been an exalted symbol of birth, rebirth, and hope. Ancient Egyptians told stories of the sun god hatching from an egg. Sometimes the sun was considered an egg, laid each day by Seb, a cosmic goose and god of the earth. In Hinduism, the egg represents the makeup of the universe. The shell is the heavens, the white is the air, and the yolk is the earth. In the Persian story of creation, Good and Evil are locked in an epic battle. When Evil is hurled into an abyss, Good lays an egg, which represents the universe, with Earth suspended from the heavens as a halfway point between Good above and Evil below. Eggs have always been a symbol of the beginnings of the universe and life itself. No wonder that after the long dark of winter, with the return of the sun, eggs are revered as harbingers of life.
When Jews sit together for the Passover seder on March 30, an egg will adorn the seder plate as a symbol of the ritual offering to the Temple in Jerusalem. Furthermore, the egg symbolizes—you guessed it—life itself. For Christians, Easter is a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, so using an egg as a symbol of rebirth was a natural choice. The traditional color to dye Easter eggs is red, symbolizing the blood Jesus shed on the cross. In Macedonia, congregants bring their red eggs to Easter church services, and when the priest proclaims, “Christ is risen,” it is customary to eat the egg as a ritual breaking of the Lenten fast. Elsewhere, in Iran, Persians prepare for their new year, Nowruz, by preparing their ceremonial table, the haftseen, with symbolic foods and objects, including painted eggs representing fertility. All over the world, people will be looking at eggs in a different light.
St. Patrick’s Day
Friday, March 16th is Clover All
Over Day! You will find clovers hidden
throughout the building. Collect these
clovers throughout the day.
Three leaf clovers are worth 1 point each
Four leaf clovers are worth 2 points each
Resident with the most points will win a
prize!
Friday, March 17th is St. Patrick’s
Day!! We will be taking a bus trip
downtown to watch the St. Patrick’s
Day Parade!!!
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Daylight Saving Time Begins
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St. Patrick’s Day
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Palm Sunday
26 27 28 29 30
First Day of Passover
Good Friday
31
Windsor Gardens Assisted Living
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 Holi- Expand the Mind
11:00 Kim and Indy the Dog
1:30 War with Noodles
3:30 Cooking Club
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:30 Devotions with
Pastor Mike
10:45 Farkle Winners Lunch
2:30 Side By Side- Musical
Entertainment
Music and Motion
7:00 The Gaithers
9:30 Bookwalter United
Methodist
11:00 Rick Christian
1:30 BINGO/Andy Griffith
Show
2:30 Telephone Game
3:30 UNO
6:00 Old Western Movie
Showing
9:30 Black Oak Heights
1:00 Temple Baptist
2:15 Central Brass Band
7:00 The Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
11:00 Mighty Musical Monday
at the Tennessee Theatre
3:30 BINGO
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 Dominoes
1:00 Errand Run
2:30 Starbucks Social
3:30 Farkle
6:30 Rick Clayton
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
10:30 Finish the Saying with
Alison
2:30 Social Time- Peanut
Clusters
Music and Motion
3:30 Rumi and UNO
6:00 Rev. Paul and Mona
Cameron
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 Chicken Soup for the Soul
11:00 Kim and Indy the Dog
1:30 War with Noodles
3:30 Craft Club
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:30 Devotions with
Pastor Mike
10:15 Scenic Drive
2:30 Armchair Travels- Kenyan
Safari
Music and Motion
7:00 The Gaithers
9:30 Clear Springs Baptist
10:30 Name That Tune
1:30 BINGO/Andy Griffith
Show
2:30 YouTube Entertainment
3:30 Flower Potting
6:00 Old Western Movie
Showing
9:30 Devotions with Shirley
1:00 Temple Baptist
3:00 Peoples Bible Church
6:00 Christus Victor Lutheran
9:30 Devotions with
Chaplain David
10:45 Lunch Bunch
2:30 Music and Motion
3:30 BINGO
7:00 Berea Baptist
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 March Madness Kickoff
1:00 Errand Run
2:30 Book Club
3:30 Farkle
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 Bocce Ball
2:30 Social Time- Glass Cokes
and Moon Pies
Music and Motion
3:30 Rumi and UNO
6:00 Rev. Paul and Mona
Cameron
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
10:30 Google Earth
11:00 Kim and Indy the Dog
1:30 War with Noodles
3:30 Cooking Club
6:00 Virginia’s Girls Singing
9:30 Devotions with
Pastor Mike
10:30 St. Patrick’s Day Activity
2:00 Sisters of the Silversage
Music and Motion
6:30 Karen Binkley Hymn Sing
Clover All Over Day- See
Newsletter for details
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
11:00 Rick Christian
12:00 St. Patrick’s Day Parade
in Market Square (Weather
Permitting)
2:30 BINGO
3:30 War With Noodles
6:00 Old Western Movie
Showing
9:30 Worship Music on the
Radio
1:00 Temple Baptist
7:00 The Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
10:30 Awkward Moments Day
1:00 Errand Run
2:30 Music and Motion
3:30 BINGO
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 Dominoes
2:30 Book Club
3:30 Farkle
6:30 Rick Clayton
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 Wii Deal or No Deal
2:30 Snacks and Local Politics-
Bob Thomas, running for
Mayor, wants to hear from you!
Music and Motion
3:30 Rumi and UNO
6:00 Rev. Paul and Mona
Cameron
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
10:30 Trivia
11:00 Kim and Indy the Dog
1:30 War with Noodles
3:30 Craft Club
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:30 Devotions with
Pastor Mike
10:45 ROMEOs
2:30 Rob Murdock- Musical
Entertainment
Music and Motion
7:00 The Gaithers
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
10:30 UNO
1:30 BINGO/Andy Griffith
Show
2:30 Bocce Ball
3:30 Pottery Class
6:00 Old Western Movie
Showing
10:00 Peoples Bible Church
1:00 Temple Baptist
7:00 The Beverly Hillbillies
9:30 Devotions with
Chaplain David
10:30 What’s In the Bag?
1:00 Errand Run
2:30 Music and Motion
3:30 BINGO
7:00 Berea Baptist
9:30 Devotions and
Daily Chronicle
10:30 Dominoes
2:30 Book Club
3:30 Farkle
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:15 Halls Senior Center
BINGO
2:30 Social Time- OREO Flavor
Tasting
Music and Motion
3:30 Rumi and UNO
7:00 Mt. Herman
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
10:30 Shuffle Board
11:00 Kim and Indy the Dog
1:30 War with Noodles
3:00 Birthday Party
7:00 Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy!
9:30 Devotions with
Pastor Mike
10:30 Passover and Good
Friday- Expand the Mind
1:00 Music with the Rossers
2:30 Name That Face
Music and Motion
7:00 The Gaithers
9:30 Devotions and Daily
Chronicle
11:00 Rick Christian
1:30 BINGO/ Andy Griffith
Show
2:30 Walking/Sitting Outside
3:30 Clean Comics
6:00 Old Western Movie
Showing
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