Dame Fortune has been unusually mean to me in April 2010. I hope the Merrie Olde Month of May puts her in a more benevolent mood.

I hope everyone had a pleasant Easter. It rained nonstop all day here and continues to do so. We really don’t need “April showers bring May flowers” here, because we have flowers all the time.

The older I get, the less I believe in the Christian story. I thought with ancient age, grace would finally find me, but no, I still find Ishtar, the Babylonian goddess of fertility easier to believe. And I celebrate the pagan aspects, like giving the boys chocolate bunnies. I mean, it is Spring, and of course we would have festivals and customs to celebrate its arrival.