Saturday, March 20, 2004

Happy Persian New Year   Norooz, NoRuz, NowRuz (Persian New Year). Celebrated at the spring equinox, Nowrooz is the Persian New Year. The history and traditions of this Iranian holiday and its components (Haji Firuz, Chahar Shanbeh Suri, Fal-Gush, Haft-Sinn, and SeezDeh BeDar) are described in words and pictures at this site. Includes a countdown to the beginning of this important season. Source:[Librarians' Index to the Internet] 7:11:41 PM       Countries of the World Country Mine. Provides information on the world mining industry, organized by country. Country profiles feature news, links to maps and related Web sites, and information about the country's mining activities. Job listings are undated. Some documents accessible only to paid subscribers. From InfoMine, a mining industry information services company. Source: [Librarians' Index to the Internet] 7:09:04 PM     Santa Fe & Taos I've just returned from a great spring break in Santa Fe and Taos. The weather reports had a chance of snow or rain and low 50's so I packed accordingly. Heh. Yes folks, the weather was a balmy 65-75 degrees all week long. Despite the packing error, it was beautiful. I love museums and cities with plazas to walk around and watch the people.  Taos and Santa Fe have both. And the food. My first stop was Tomacitos and I thought I had died and gone directly to food heaven. We never had a bad meal. Funky and fun.  The number of pueblos in the area made it impossible to visit them all. This was one of my favorite trips. I can see why artists flock to this New Mexico area. 10:51:37 AM

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