03/17/2021
Well, today is St. Patrick's Day, and I never can decide whether or not to celebrate it. For starters, I am not Irish, by a long shot, but having grown up in the northeastern part of the US, which does have large Irish populations, and where it was always a big holiday, I took part in the festivities so, out of habit, I feel compelled to continue the tradition.
As I grew up, however, I learned what the holiday was about, and now I cannot say that I should celebrate the anniversary of a non-Irish missionary converting the local pagans to Christianity, the splintering of which is the basis for many of their modern troubles, but as my many Irish friends and yes, even some family members, are so fond of celebrating it, I donned my Guinness t-shirt today and shall drink a shot of Jameson's Irish Whiskey tonight in their honor as well as to the honor of the many Irish and ethnic Irish authors and artists who have enriched my life with their creations.
So here's to you Charles Maturin, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Harry Clarke, William Butler Yeats, Lord Dunsany, et al. Sláinte!
As I grew up, however, I learned what the holiday was about, and now I cannot say that I should celebrate the anniversary of a non-Irish missionary converting the local pagans to Christianity, the splintering of which is the basis for many of their modern troubles, but as my many Irish friends and yes, even some family members, are so fond of celebrating it, I donned my Guinness t-shirt today and shall drink a shot of Jameson's Irish Whiskey tonight in their honor as well as to the honor of the many Irish and ethnic Irish authors and artists who have enriched my life with their creations.
So here's to you Charles Maturin, Oscar Wilde, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Harry Clarke, William Butler Yeats, Lord Dunsany, et al. Sláinte!
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