tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post3030267376565832545..comments2024-03-18T04:08:51.128-04:00Comments on Philofaxy: Random musingsLauriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03550291806241735598noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-6473891243336254912013-01-18T02:16:14.082-05:002013-01-18T02:16:14.082-05:00The Filofax moon schedule is really weird. Surely ...The Filofax moon schedule is really weird. Surely an empty circle should mean 'new moon'?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541238627141626564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-54895696389029482092008-07-01T11:51:00.000-04:002008-07-01T11:51:00.000-04:00If your post is random, can the comments be random...If your post is random, can the comments be random too? I ask this because I have two unrelated comments.<BR/><BR/>Yes, please do contests and such? What about "the best holiday picture of your filo"? Or a haiku on filofax?<BR/><BR/>And does anyone know of a six-part index for pocket filofaxes? I have a six-subject one in my personal, but my pocket came with a five-subject index. I would like sixpaulienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16340621296253916275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-62643254313206909602008-06-25T04:11:00.000-04:002008-06-25T04:11:00.000-04:00Hi lauriAcross the Atlantic there seems to be a sh...Hi lauri<BR/><BR/>Across the Atlantic there seems to be a shift in the seasons; at least so far as school is concerned. We seem to be a month later than you. I think I heard once that university started a month later still in October so students could help with the harvest. Certainly the countryside echoes to the mechanical drone of all night harvesting at August September time. In days of old weAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-57892093542206345502008-06-24T13:37:00.000-04:002008-06-24T13:37:00.000-04:00Yeah I think you could equate the two. School sta...Yeah I think you could equate the two. School starts back again in August though so people don't usually go anywhere for Labor Day. They normally have a cookout or something to mark the "official end of summer." In the US we generally consider summer to be from Memorial Day (the last Monday in May) to Labor Day (the first Monday in September) although school goes until early (or sometimes evenworldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461106927434060503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-25907544787688980362008-06-24T02:54:00.000-04:002008-06-24T02:54:00.000-04:00Hi lauriLate Summer Bank Holiday used to be the da...Hi lauri<BR/><BR/>Late Summer Bank Holiday used to be the day to go to the beach. In later years, with the advent of more paid vacations (holidays in England), many would combine Bank Holiday Monday with leave days so as to get seven days in the sun for the cost of four.<BR/><BR/>I guess Labor Day is the equivalent USA 'Notable Date'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-80367696947506686932008-06-23T07:41:00.000-04:002008-06-23T07:41:00.000-04:00Thanks andrzej! Does anyone do anything that day ...Thanks andrzej! Does anyone do anything that day or is it just a nice day off from work?worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461106927434060503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-42061899473345651392008-06-23T04:52:00.000-04:002008-06-23T04:52:00.000-04:00laurieThe next holiday in England is Bank Holiday ...laurie<BR/><BR/>The next holiday in England is Bank Holiday Monday on August 25 (See Notable Dates 2008). This used to be known as Late Summer Bank Holiday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-4210191197491236882008-06-23T04:47:00.000-04:002008-06-23T04:47:00.000-04:00"…Should Filofax do a better job clarifying the lu..."…Should Filofax do a better job clarifying the lunar cycles and seasons on the diary pages?"<BR/><BR/>'Surprise and delight' is good. What I would like is a sheet of blotting paper included with each new diary pack so my pages don't look like one of Gerald Scarfe's cartoons. Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-41885115637117229052008-06-21T07:22:00.000-04:002008-06-21T07:22:00.000-04:00Hey does anyone know of any blogs or websites simi...Hey does anyone know of any blogs or websites similar to this one about page-per-day diary books? This format is very popular in Europe and I am very curious about how people use these types of books. They seem to use them as a planner, diary/ journal, notebook and doodle pad all in one. Some online photos would be great, maybe on Flikr (did I spell that right?)worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461106927434060503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-60765611546858299042008-06-21T00:57:00.000-04:002008-06-21T00:57:00.000-04:00Anonymous is correct, the cycles of the moon are i...Anonymous is correct, the cycles of the moon are independent of the solstice/ equinox, which depends on the orbit of the earth around the sun.<BR/><BR/>I would love to talk more about holidays, especially international ones and other holidays that are different from the ones we have in the US. I like learning how different countries celebrate their holidays.worldwidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06461106927434060503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18497333.post-36154071829892642122008-06-20T11:09:00.000-04:002008-06-20T11:09:00.000-04:00The solstice happens when the sun is at its greate...The solstice happens when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator i.e. when it's over either the tropic of Capricorn (southern hemisphere) or Cancer (northern). <BR/>The equinox is the time when the sun crosses the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth. <BR/>I don't think it has anything to do with moons, full or otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com