Tag: may day
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May 01, 2008 07:15 AM EDT --
On the hill of Uisneach
the May Queen reveals
herself from within
her winter retreat and with
White Women warriors
greets the four points
of the compass.
In comes Green . . .
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May 01, 2009 10:51 AM EDT --
I remember as a child May Day was a big day. We always picked flowers, made our little May Day baskets, then hung them on neighbors doors, knocked and ran away.
I kept up that tradition when . . .
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May 01, 2006 02:30 PM EDT --
I've been a 'wandering all of the night
And the best part of the day
Now I'm returning home again
I'll bring you a branch of May
A branch of May my love I say
As at your door I stand . . .
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May 01, 2008 12:20 PM EDT --
Erster Mai, or May 1 in Germany, is a national holiday. In 1929 the Social Democrats banned the traditional demonstrations held annually by workers. The KPD, an opposing political party called . . .
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May 01, 2007 01:32 PM EDT --
Birthday greetings to everyone born in the month of May. This is probably the most wonderful month for me. It is not because I turn another corner in that chronological village where my years . . .
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May 01, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
In Chicago today, there will be a march with over 100,000 expected people participating. These people are illegal immigrants. While the 100,000+ take to the streets of Chicago, millions throughout America . . .
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April 09, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
May 1st, or "May Day," is also the ancient Anglo Saxon and Celtic holiday, Beltane. Beltane means "Bright Fire." For the Anglo Saxons and the Gaelic tribes, May 1st was the . . .
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May 01, 2009 12:47 PM EDT --
May day is here! It's a happy May wish to you and yours, and it's my 38th anniversary. So it's a happy day all around. Did you ever dance the Maypole?
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I did every . . .
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December 14, 2007 09:00 PM EST --
It was seven-thirty when Ann Middleton pulled into her driveway and shut off the engine. It wasn't until she reached for the door handle that she noticed the light on the front porch wasn't lit, . . .
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May 02, 2008 04:00 AM EDT --
Okay, the May Day demonstrations proceeded without a major disturbance this year. That is good.
What is not so good is what May Day has come to represent. Supposedly, the day was . . .
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May 01, 2009 01:29 AM EDT --
myFave Five Friday 050109 ~ Flowers
Welcome members of myFaves Group and anyone who happens upon my random list! Today is May Day , and . . .
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May 01, 2008 11:51 AM EDT --
I'm about to step away from my desk to march in solidarity with the immigrant community. I look forward to this every year, it is such a wonderful feeling to be energized by the human spirit . . .
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May 01, 2007 10:53 AM EDT --
"I don't know how you convinced me to get into this plane with you Davinci, but I gotta be nuts."
"May-Day... May-Day" Davinci hollared into the radio.
The crop . . .
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May 02, 2007 07:49 PM EDT --
It was the end of April in 2002 and I was 'with child'. I knew that the baby that I was carrying was a girl, but the doctors kept playing with her due date. First it was mid may, then it was April . . .
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April 30, 2009 01:28 PM EDT --
Book Review: Beltane by Erin O'Riordan
About the Author:
Erin O'Riordan is a writer who lives in the midwestern United States with her husband. . . .
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October 08, 2007 10:47 PM EDT --
Sam Middleton held the door open for his ex-wife and daughter before joining them as they sauntered mechanically down the steps of the funeral home. Leaves of brilliant colors blew in every direction . . .
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April 30, 2008 08:54 PM EDT --
may
day
light fire
make hay
kindle desire
feeling flow
candle glow
wrap your
soul
around . . .
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May 01, 2007 01:09 PM EDT --
You may want to take a different route if you are in downtown Los Angeles this morning.
At 10 AM this morning 17 streets in the downtown LA area will be closed for another immigration march. Though crowds . . .
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May 01, 2007 10:52 PM EDT --
In a perfect world, I would have invited all of my friends over to celebrate today, and had a feast of delicious food, and the maypole out with folk music playing on a stereo.
In a perfect . . .
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April 30, 2009 12:30 PM EDT --
When I was a small child, growing up in Brewer, Maine, it was simply known that May Day would indeed be a fun and special day. The neighborhood children would make or buy empty May Baskets and fill them . . .
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