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Love in May1 comment

emmapalova wrote 2 weeks ago: May immortalized by Czech poet and writers May in Czech is known as the month of love immortalized b … more →

Tags: Castle, fighter statues, Karel Hynek Mácha, Love, Majáles, park, Poet, SWORDS, Vizovice

Raising A Maypole10 comments

Steven wrote 2 weeks ago: On the first of May last year, I wrote a little bit about May Day, and about Maibäume, or maypoles.  … more →

Tags: Bavaria, Holidays, May Day, Tracht

May 1st - Happy Beltane

Paulette Sedgwick wrote 3 weeks ago: April’s showers have given way to rich and fertile earth, and as the land greens, there are fe … more →

Tags: Pagan, Beltane, flame of tara, April showers, fertility, Celts, The Romans, Lares, Bona Dea

Beltane Blessings2 comments

Starannon wrote 3 weeks ago: If you are one of the many Pagans who choose to celebrate Beltane, be you Gaelic to Germanic, then a … more →

Tags: Holidays and Celebrations, Beltane, May Day Customs, Celtic festivals, Pagan Holidays

Redmire Maypole, North Yorkshire1 comment

megalithix wrote 1 year ago: Maypole (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – SE 045 912 Redmire's ancient Oak Archaeology … more →

Tags: Yorkshire, North, Antiquities, archaeology, Beltane, Castle Bolton, dancing, folklore, Heathens, mayday

Of Maypoles and Flowers4 comments

Tino wrote 2 years ago: Children dance around Maypoles high, skylarks sing as they coast the sky, Daffodils, Tulips and Blue … more →

Tags: Poems, Cricket, May, Flowers, spring, Morris Dancers, Willow, leather

Maypoles12 comments

becca givens wrote 2 years ago:       Spring rains bring flowers Woven garlands and ribbons Maypoles beckon ________________________ … more →

Tags: haiku/senryu, Haiku, Inspiration, Reflect, Journey, Flowers, Life, oneness, All is one

New Report Finds: Some things are worse than 3rd world phone support.

boldreasoning wrote 2 years ago: So I see this guy at the gas station and, I’m not making this up, he’s wearing a t shirt … more →

Tags: 3rd World

The Things We Do to Trees5 comments

colleenanderson wrote 2 years ago: My festooned tree with new & old. We have many Christmas traditions and the decorating of the Yu … more →

Tags: Culture, Family, History, Memories, Life, Traditions, Christmas, Decorations, Yule

Today's Automedia Jubilee Saint -- Alan Turing

jay babcock wrote 3 years ago: June 23– Alan Turing Persecuted gay British computer theorist, cyanide victim. *Brittany: Pard … more →

Tags: Saints, alan turing, Althing, Anna Akhmatova, Bonfires, Computers, cyanide, Gays, Iceland

Reading Right Along

twins4reading wrote 4 years ago: The thought of becoming more like me incites vomiting?!  Vomiting?! I can assure that when most peop … more →

Tags: Dead Souls, Spoiler Alert!, The Cat Who..., CONFETTI

May Day, May Baskets, and Maypoles!

Nadja Maril wrote 5 years ago: We have a blackboard posted on the wall for inspirational messages at our office at What’s Up? Publi … more →

Tags: Annapolis, Nadja Maril, May Day, What's Up? Publishing, May Basket

On Discovering Those Wacky Cultural Traditions10 comments

Catherine Charlton wrote 7 months ago: Boris Johnson on zip wire The summer of 2012 saw Team GB give its all in the London Olympics.  It wa … more →

Tags: England, folklore, adventure, Dartmoor, country, Travel, @ vacation, outdoors, Boris Johnson

The greatest show on Earth

bluedeckshoe wrote 9 months ago: 2012 Logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When the winning city for the 2012 Olympics bid was announced in … more →

Tags: Life, London, Olympic, Opening Ceremony, London Symphony Orchestra, 2012 Summer Olympics, Industrial Revolution, tim berners-lee, Olympic Park

The May2 comments

Jonathan Kent wrote 1 year ago: We’ve always called it, simply, ‘The May’.  Back in the days when friends would co … more →

Tags: Treehouse, oak shakes, May, Beltane, Calton Hill, Apple Blossom, chestnut shakes

Happy May Day!

Kelly Marie wrote 1 year ago: Today is May 1st, May Day.  It is also International Workers’ Day, a celebration of the intern … more →

Tags: Life, Holidays, Pagan, Quest for Knowledge, Weather, May Day, International Worker's Day, Loyalty Day, Protests

May

theundesperatehousewife wrote 1 year ago: It’s the first of May and my calendar tells me that this is the month of Maypoles, Morris Danc … more →

Tags: Dreams, morris dancing, Jersey Royal New Potatoes, fledging blue tits, Kite Flying, the Chelsea Flower Show, Bluebells


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