August is the shift from Leo to Virgo. How thrilling. August's flower is the gladiolus or the poppy. It is, you will be gald to know, both Women's Small Business Month and the month of the Edinburgh fringe theater festival. So, if you are a Virgo who loves theater, or a Leo who is a woman -- or just like poppies. this is your month.
August is also:
according to American Food and Drink Days. For a list of some August food holidays, see this blog -- and then celebrate. Or, read this -- a piece from Slate which declares "August is the Mississippi of the calendar." Or, perhaps you could read Judith Rossner's novel August (I have a vague memory of loving it and re-reading it several times; but that was the 1980s), visit the Restaurant August in new Orleans -- and follow that trend of eating in places that are named for the date on which you are eating? Or,wait, maybe you can start that trend. August: wow. Have fun if you can.
