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MAR MONTH AT A GLANCE
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1/4 - 1/2 tsp mint extract to taste

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green food coloring

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Recipe
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY DIP
Ingredients
11 oz. cream cheese, softened to
room temperature 
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2/3 cup plain Greek yogurt

2/3 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions

MARCH ALMANAC

Beat cream cheese until creamy
and smooth. Add the rest of the
ingredients, except the chocolate
chips, beating well between each
one.
Stir in the chocolate chips by hand
and save a few to sprinkle over the
top of the dip when serving.
Serve with fresh fruit, your favorite
cookies, or even pretzels for a sweet
and salty twist! This dip is best
consumed the day it's made, but it
can be refrigerated for up to 2 days.

Old Saws

Why does your nose run but your feet smell?

SIGNIFICA

If pro is the opposite of con, is progress the opposite
of congress?

Band leader Glenn Miller born, 1904
Sam Houston born, 1793
Alexander Graham Bell born, 1847

Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than
putting it back in.

Boston Massacre, 1770

First Barbie dolls released, 1959
Salvation Army founded, 1880
Great Blizzard of '88, 1888

	

	

skywatch

 Full moon-28th
) First quarter-21st	
( Last quarter-5th
Spring begins on the vernal equinox, March 19.
 New moon-13th	

Daylight Saving Time begins
Eli Whitney patents cotton gin, 1794
Andrew Jackson born, 1767
James Madison born, 1751
St. Patrick's Day
William Jennings Bryan born, 1860
Vernal Equinox
Spring begins
Beatles' first album released, 1963
Patrick Henry's American Revolution speech,
1775
Exxon Valdez oil spill, 1989
Playwright Tennessee Williams born, 1911
Palm Sunday

The Rooftop Lounge at the
Horton Hotel in Boone, North
Carolina, is, by law, not a
bar, but a lounge.

March's full moon is the worm moon.

sunrise sunset

Mar. 7 - sun rises 6:40; sun sets 18:20; length of day 11h 39m
Mar. 14 - sun rises 7:30; sun sets 19:26; length of day 11h 56m
Mar. 21 - sun rises 7:19; sun sets 19:33; length of day 12h 13m
Mar. 28 - sun rises 7:09; sun sets 19:39; length of day 12h 30m

EVENTS

13, Winter Arts Smokies Style, Waynesville, NC, haywoodarts.com
13-14, 20-21, Highland County Maple Festival, Monterey, VA,
highlandcounty.org
19-20, Foothills Craft Guild Artisan Market, Knoxville, TN,
visitknoxville.com
20, Martinsburg Home Show, Martinsburg, WV, easternwvhomebuilders.org
24-26, Clemson Literary Festival, Clemson, clemson.edu

MAR

Day of Day of Day of 
Mo Year Week Age

Weather Aphorisms

If the sun is shining during a rain, the devil is beating his wife.

A round topped cloud with a flattened base carries rain in its face.
March brings sneezes loud and shrill to stir the dancing daffodil.

Regional Notes

COURTESY OF HORTON HOTEL

A BAR BY ANY OTHER NAME: In Boone, North Carolina bars are illegal,
so visitors who wish to enjoy a little alcoholic refreshment need to
look for a lounge. One of the most popular, the Rooftop Lounge at the
Horton Hotel, offers 360 degree views of downtown Boone and Hawks
Knob. GPS 36.2182277,-81.6858377

Gardening Hints

Rake out the beds of your earliest bloomers as soon as the weather
permits and the ground is dry.
It's time to cut back perennial ornamental grasses before mice decide
to make homes in there.
As the growing year gears up, this is the perfect time to start a
gardening or naturalists notebook.

Factoids

A bee is more likely to sting you on a windy day.
If you've been cleaning fish, squeeze a quarter size dollop of baking
soda toothpaste on your hand, scrub and rinse. The fishy odor will be
gone.
If you develop blisters on your first hike of the season, place a piece of
duct tape over them to keep them from getting worse.
Americans use 500 million drinking straws every day.

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