I am going to read something I wrote at a Virtual May Day event today. Starting to get a little nervous. ETA: It's different with grandparents you don't see all the time, but there are things that make me think of them a lot.
That's insane troll logic!
Xander ,'Showtime'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
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erikaj - May 01, 2026 10:55:01 am PDT #12489 of 12491
"Somewhere in this building is our talent." Toby Ziegler, my spirit animal
JenP - May 01, 2026 1:08:34 pm PDT #12490 of 12491
I just realized that yesterday when -t asked me if I was doing anything for May Day, I processed her meaning as... May Day "modern-traditional style" like when my sister's class did a flag Maypole ribbon thing back in the, I'm going to say 60s. (I didn't exist yet, but my dad was movie camera dude, so I saw footage of that oddness.) Like, origins in fertility ritual, though I know it was teansmogrified into agricultural/season change celebration, still sort of odd in a decidedly not agricultural communuty in a private school outside of Wilmington, DE with a bunch of kids in uniforms. Weird. Anyway...
That is not the May Day she meant. I also conflated it a little with Cinco de Mayo, I think.
I mean, the answer is still, "No," but I might have said more if I hadn't been having a brain fart. Sorry, -t!
P.M. Marc - May 01, 2026 1:15:55 pm PDT #12491 of 12491
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Mother's Day is going to suck this year. A year ago, we didn't know her cancer had started to grow again. We didn't know until mid-to-late May. I had no idea it would be our last Mother's Day.
When I got home from my (totally clean, go back in ten years) colonoscopy on Tuesday, my sense of smell was even more acute than usual for some reason (probable reason: I was high as a kite), and the lilacs in full bloom were overwhelming. All I could think was how much Mom would have loved the smell.
This club sucks.