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Calendar Class of September 6, 2025

  • Writer: Andrea Kirk Assaf
    Andrea Kirk Assaf
  • Sep 7
  • 2 min read

A Carpe Diem Snapshot:

Those readers who know me well can probably imagine exactly what my expression is saying in this photo: "Look, Cordelia, we stumbled upon the perfect theater for the Kirkos Caravan!" The owl, the bee, the butterfly, the tree, the clock face, the boat topped weather vane, the folk art... these are all themes, motifs, and designs that make up the Kirkos Caravan, my partly fictional traveling family performance troupe. Cordelia, with her new ukulele on her back, may be my last hope for getting one of my family members to join my (now) one woman show. This puppet theater appeared in the woods on the grounds of the Wheatland Music Organization since last year's festival, and I eagerly anticipate seeing a show there tomorrow. Today I spent 8 hours at the Elephant Ear wagon selling the sugary treats to festival go-ers, while Tony flipped burgers at the Knights of Columbus wagon. I've been attending this festival since I was 12 years old, so it's undoubtedly played a role in my artistic ambitions. Over the years, the festival has become a tradition for my kids as well, and if Cordelia's decision to take up the ukulele today is any indication, it has worked its inspirational magic upon her as well.
Those readers who know me well can probably imagine exactly what my expression is saying in this photo: "Look, Cordelia, we stumbled upon the perfect theater for the Kirkos Caravan!" The owl, the bee, the butterfly, the tree, the clock face, the boat topped weather vane, the folk art... these are all themes, motifs, and designs that make up the Kirkos Caravan, my partly fictional traveling family performance troupe. Cordelia, with her new ukulele on her back, may be my last hope for getting one of my family members to join my (now) one woman show. This puppet theater appeared in the woods on the grounds of the Wheatland Music Organization since last year's festival, and I eagerly anticipate seeing a show there tomorrow. Today I spent 8 hours at the Elephant Ear wagon selling the sugary treats to festival go-ers, while Tony flipped burgers at the Knights of Columbus wagon. I've been attending this festival since I was 12 years old, so it's undoubtedly played a role in my artistic ambitions. Over the years, the festival has become a tradition for my kids as well, and if Cordelia's decision to take up the ukulele today is any indication, it has worked its inspirational magic upon her as well.

Then he said to them, “The Son of Man is lord of the sabbath.”

Luke 6:1-5


Sanctoral: The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Eleutherius, abbot (d. 585) of St. Mark's monastery near Spoleto in the Italian province of Perugia, he was the friend of St. Gregory who mentions him several times in his Dialogues. He died around the year 585.


Human: 394 AD – in the Battle of the Frigidus (at the foot of the Eastern Alps), Theodosius the Great defeated the forces of the usurper Eugenius (who died), for the last time uniting the Roman Empire. Arbogast and Nicomachus Flavianus the Elder committed suicide. The battle was one of the largest in the history of civil wars between the rulers of the Western and Eastern Empire and contributed to strengthening Christianity in the Empire.


British Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, with 102 Pilgrims who hoped to settle in America – 1620; U.S. President William McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz – 1901; A decree was issued in Germany requiring all Jews over the age of six to wear the Star of David – 1941


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Quote: “Music is the universal language of mankind.”

― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

 
 
 

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