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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Feb 16, 2026, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2F43E4FB00303F1830AB5238F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > February 17 will be Raven new moon (as in the Haida   
   > creation legend of Raven and the First Men), Lunar New Year   
   > (also known as Chinese New Year), a significant birthday in   
   > my family, Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day (and   
   > the eve of Ash Wednesday), and an Annular Solar Eclipse,   
   > or Ring of Fire, though it won’t be visible up north. It is   
   > also the new/dark moon which falls just before the start   
   > of Ramadan (which depends on the sighting of the earliest   
   > waxing crescent).   
      
   It will also be My Way Day, Random Acts of Kindness Day,   
   Who Shall I Be Day. and World Human Spirit Day (from   
   https://www.holidays-and-observances.com/february-17.html ).   
      
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   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “I gave my love a golden feather; I gave my love a heart of stone; When you   
   find a golden feather it means you’ll never lose your way back home”(RR)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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