MAY DAY

Now don't tell me about the first day of May being celebrated as a Workers' Day, or a really big deal for international Communists.

And don't start with it being the first day of Asian Pacific American Heritage month or that it's celebrated as Lei Day in Hawaii.

Or that it's National Learn to Ride a Bike Day or World Carnivorous Plant Day.

I might lean a bit in the direction of National Chocolate Parfait Day.

When I was a tot, the first of May was celebrated by hanging May Baskets on people's doorknobs and running away.

The lucky recipient would open the door to find no one there but a basket containing these types of candies.

I've outgrown those.

No I go back, way back, to the ancient pagans who knew how to mark this period between Spring and Summer.

They danced around a May-Pole.

Modern Day Pagans paint themselves green and indulge in drinking and dining and perhaps some other whims of mind.

I'm all in on that.

However and whatever you celebrate, Happy May Day!