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Work Futures Weekender - April Fools Day

Happy New Year!

Stowe Boyd
Apr 01, 2018
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2018-03-31 Beacon NY — I’ve always thought we should start the year on April first, because spring always seems like the start of a new year.

The ancient Celts did it the other way around, with New Years on Samhain, our Hallowe’en, at the start of winter, the end of the harvest season. The Celts’ Ostara is the vernal equinox, which gives us the name for…

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