I celebrated May Day by driving to Fort Worth for a diocesan clergy day; we celebrated the Feast of St. Philip and St. James, Apostles, with a Solemn High Mass. I like that.
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| The Usual Hippy Goof-Off |
Hippies wouldn't though. They're not down with the Mass on May Day, much less Apostles. They like Beltane instead, and when they're not too busy hustling for spare change and thieving, they sometimes band together and take over town centers.
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| Horned God |
When they get there they usually just goof-off, maybe beat on some drums, dance around a bit, rip-off tourists, the usual. More together crews have a May Queen, a Greene Man and a Horned God, chances are they'll wig out to a fire rave too.
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| Wicker Man |
Perhaps that seems innocent to you. I'll direct your attention to the Wicker Man, and while you're at it, if you have the energy, google Beltane Episcopal Church (TEC). Several stories if you care to write them.
Blessed May Day and Feast of Ss. Philip & James,
LSP
nice gold frock you have there in the second photo. suits you.
ReplyDeleteThat's Beltane for you!
ReplyDeleteBut look, it's all fun and games until you find yourself inside a wicker man, on fire.
There seem to be a number of very unhappy people in search of cheap wine and an orgy. One can only hope that they wear protection...
ReplyDeletewell surely you would change the gold lamé for something more comfortable BEFORE burning, otherwise that would hurt a lot.
ReplyDeleteI fear we hope in vain, LL.
ReplyDeleteI understand San Francisco's badly overrun with Beltanites. we have them here in Texas too, weirdly.
Very good point, Jenny!
ReplyDeletePoint 1 - LSP would never been put inside of a wicker man because he's always armed, and an armed society is a polite society.
ReplyDeletePoint 2 - If LSP was waylaid and disarmed and put inside of a wicker man and burned, it would go badly for those dancing by the fire light because once the rounds started to cook off in his spare magazines, a lot of the wine and orgy folks would make their way down to the coal stoker.
Points 1 & 2? The force of logic.
ReplyDeleteNote that the "Constable" in the Wicker Man was unarmed. Things went badly for him.
Hanging around freaks when you're unarmed is ill advised.
ReplyDeleteHanging around freaks when you only have one firearm is also ill advised.
Hanging around freaks with insufficient ammunition is ill advised.
Better to have and not need than to need and not have.
Point 2... well, at least we'd be one step closer to that polite society. You'd have died a noble death, LSP.
ReplyDelete(and blessed the cremator with a VERY interesting day, I might add.)
That said, perhaps you should stick to wearing the gold frock in places a little less volatile.