happy new year from brooklyn . . .

a lunar calendar is a calendar based upon the monthly cycles of the moon’s phases, in contrast to solar calendars, whose annual cycles are based only directly upon the solar year . . .

the lunar new year (also known by, among other references, as chinese new year, korean new year, vietnamese new year & traditional japanese new year) . . .

yesterday’s new york times: the lunar new year laundromat

walking in brooklyn: the enterprise & adventure of the day

nelly furtado’s on the radio (remembering the days)

the year of the dog begins in brooklyn . . .

it’s also karin cafazzo hossack’s 60th birthday . . .