MOSH “May the blessing of light be on you –light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you and warm your heart till it glows like a great peat fire.” –Celtic blessing
Why not... Fresh flowers on March 20, the first day of spring...open mic night...labyrinthguided meditation...a pedicure at Paintbase...local bands and local beers at the
JOE-PYE WEED
GO ON NOW Stir up an Irish coffee: 1 cup hot brewed coffee 1 ½ ounce Irish whiskey 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1 tablespoon whipped cream 1 dash ground nutmeg Stir coffee, whiskey, and brown sugar together until sugar is melted. Top with whipped cream and nutmeg.
PISCES PICKS If your birthday falls between Feb. 19 and March 20, you’re a pisces. These fish signs are fluid and easygoing, often characterized by compassion, artistic and musical flair, and intuition. Indulge your zodiac locally: A daylong all-levels watercolor class at Pullen Arts Center March 25 focuses on color. You’ll do a color harmony exercise and learn to mix the right palette: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; $80; 919-996-6126 or raleighnc.gov Listen to live jazz over a few small plates at Humble Pie every Wednesday beginning at 8:30 p.m. Or, the N.C. Symphony presents Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 on March 11: 8 p.m.; $25; ncsymphony.org Pisces are said to prefer lilacs and sea greens – you can drink your hues with a honey-lavender latte from Devolve Moto on Glenwood Avenue. Embrace your inner sea sign with Wild Zephyr, a roll-on scent made by Person Street boutique Edge of Urge that has notes of salty ocean air. edgeofurge.com
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The 2017 North Carolina wildflower of the year has been announced. Drumroll please: Joe-Pye weed took this year’s honors. The N.C. Botanical Garden, which chooses the annual bloom, will gladly mail you seeds for this hollow-stemmed perennial member of the sunflower family that “comes into full glory with dramatic clouds of large domed flower heads composed of many tiny nectar-rich, mauve-pink flowers.” For seeds, send a stamped, self-addressed business envelope to: Attn: NCWFOY 2017, North Carolina Botanical Garden, UNC Chapel Hill, CB 3375, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3375.
SPRING FORWARD Put a spring in your step at 2 a.m. on March 12, when clocks move forward an hour, and the calendar moves one step closer to summer.
Pour House...plant rose bushes...a glass of wine at newly-opened Vidrio...a dose of nature at the Annie Louise Wilkerson Nature Preserve...Parkside salad bowls... Lucette Grace soup for lunch...subscribe to Walter this month before free deliveries come to an end...walk the 2-mile loop around Shelley Lake…Go out like a lamb...
SHAMROCK A young, three-leaved sprig of clover, symbolic of Ireland. Saint Patrick, the country’s patron saint, is said to have used it as a living metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity, the “three-in-one.”
STROKE Triangle Rowing Club, the competitive rowing club for middle schoolers and high schoolers, gets back in the water at Lake Wheeler this month. The club, which is open to newcomers, is getting ready for its spring regatta series, starting with the James River Sprints in the first week of April. trianglerowing.org
Jun Zhang (GO ON); File photo News & Observer (JOE PYE); Csepei Aliz (SPRING); Geoff Wood (STROKE); Raleighparks.org (WHY NOT); Pashabo/Thinkstock (SHAMROCK)
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