Newsgroups: alt.fan.harry-potter,alt.fantasy,can.arts.sf,rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.sf.misc Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.misty.com!news-vm.kithrup.com!kithrup.com!djheydt From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) Subject: Re: International Harry Potter Day Message-ID: Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 22:05:34 GMT References: Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd. X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Xref: csiph.com alt.fan.harry-potter:429 alt.fantasy:521 can.arts.sf:20 rec.arts.sf.written:604361 rec.arts.sf.movies:15310 rec.arts.sf.misc:1745 In article , David Dalton wrote: >Tomorrow (May 2) is International Harry Potter Day, >which marks the date on which Harry Potter conquered >Lord Voldemort. It is also US National Fire Day. > >Today is Beltane (May 1), so I suggest you play >Loreena McKennitt's Huron `Beltane' Fire Dance, >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW2tYM2LZik . > >My latest attempt to improve the world is described >on the thread "May Day, SOS" on alt.religion.druid >and includes a global binding of criminals. > >The attempt began the night of April 29 and I hope >it will be complete by early May 2, and that period >includes the lunar phase of Yom Kippur (The Day of >Atonement) though of course it is not the correct >lunar month. (Hal Heydt) May 1 is the anniversary of the event that launched the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), though no one knew it at the time, as it was intended to be a one-off party. The SCA counts its years from May 1, 1966. The West Kingdom of the SCA holds a coronation on the weekend closest to 1 May (Beltane Coronation was over last weekend). Dorothy and I picked our wedding date as to not conflict with SCA events, so our anniversary was May 8. Were she still alive, next Monday would be our 52nd anniversary. >"I will stare at the sun until its light doesnąt blind me/I will walk into >the fire until its heat doesnąt burn me/And I will feed the fire" (S. McL.)