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Connie Seraphine's Perspective -- May 13, 2021 What images come to mind when you hear about May Day celebrations? May Day baskets with flowers or treats left on someone’s doorstep? May Pole dancing, an ancient fertility ritual? Or Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” connecting May Day with Midsummer rituals? Perhaps a Stephen Foster song, “The Merry, Merry Month of May.” Then there’s, “Mayday, Mayday!!” –- a signal of imminent danger requiring assistance.  And we shouldn’t forget the May Day commemoration of Chicago’s “Haymarket Affair” in 1889 when a bo...

Vintage Views: Looking back at  May Day Our ancestors celebrating the arrival of May. —Library of Congress Our ancestors celebrating the arrival of May. Library of Congress Published: 5/7/2021 2:15:11 PM As we travel the seasonal road from winter to spring in great anticipation of summer, we encounter a period that is somewhat in between. With April we certainly see some of our first signs of warmth, but then again cold once more. It truly is not until the month of May that we feel we have finally been welcomed by a new season with hope eternal. As we celebrate our very own “May Day” t...

Sara Holthouse CLYMER — While living in the middle of a pandemic, communities are looking for ways to still be able to have traditional events, even if that means virtually with modifications. Clymer’s traditional May Day celebration will be held virtually this year, on May 14. According to Clymer Central School Superintendent Beth Olson, all of the traditional components of the ceremony that has been put on by the school since 1939 will be preserved in some way. The main difference is the audience. “Spectators will be limited to the girls participating in the ceremony … due to cur...

Columnist Kathy Silverberg writes about the underrated joys of May Day, which has a rich tradition in Florida.

Kim Gaffett Category:  Flowering cherry Photos by Kim Gaffett When I uncurled from sleep this morning and looked out my southwest facing window I saw the day’s sunrise reflected in the sky. For brief moments the baby blue backdrop was streaked with one wide band of peach and salmon, and several more thinner repeating bands drifting towards the horizon. In the time that it took to stretch, contemplate the upcoming day, and rest a few more moments before wresting myself from the comfort and warmth of my nightly haven, the bands of salmon melded together to form a fading, thin comforter of a ...