Today is the day that Finnish people celebrate St. Urho driving all the crickets from Finland so that they wouldn't eat the grape crops. Or, so the story goes. This
holiday (look under Nonhistorical Traditions) was created back in the 1950's as an answer to St. Patrick's Day. There is a giant statue of St. Urho in the town of Menagha, MN. It is town near where my ex-wife's family is from. I bring this all up in the hope of mending some fences. It is rather strange that two from very different cultures would come together, but it did happen. I offer this
poem by Garrison Keillor as an olive branch. In small town life in Minnesota, St. Urho's day does get it's
parade just like any other holiday. What would a blog entry be without an example of the local fare of
Finnish Folk music? So, let the people wear the purple and green, and let the celebrating begin!!
Music for today:
Grateful Dead
November 28, 1973
Seastone Sessions
listen here (look up under Grateful Dead 11-28-73 Seastone)
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