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Tag Archives: hokku calendar
THE SPRING HOKKU CALENDAR
Because the practice of hokku is so intimately connected with the seasons, I like to regularly remind readers where we are in the “old” hokku calendar in its traditional Western version, the Wheel of the Year, which very closely approximates … Continue reading
THE OLD YEAR NOW HAS PASSED AWAY
For some of you, it is already the New Year — 2011. In the old hokku calendar we are still over a month away from the New Year, which comes on February 4th — just at the edge of spring. … Continue reading
IT’S STILL THE SAME OLD STORY
Yesterday I discussed three “Western” calendar systems relevant to hokku — the traditional calendar, the meteorological calendar, and the “natural” calendar. The first is astronomical, and depends on the relationship between the sun and the earth; the second shows us … Continue reading
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