St. Patrick’s Day

Everybody is Irish today, or loathes all things Irish even if they do not know what it means.  They ask what is the big deal?  Well, the Irish got kicked around when they immigrated here big time in the mid-18th Century.  Some people thought they were barely human.  Lots of discrimination.  But the Irish are inventive of fun things when life seems bleak.  So they came up with “St. Patrick’s Day” in this country.  They came up with corn beef and cabbage, neither of which makes me celebrate.  But then there is the partying and yes, a little to a lot of drinking.  I went from a little to a lot.  I got too Irish.  The Irish are very tribal and so there is a club of us who went from a little to a lot.  So today we are wearing of the green but drinking water, sparkling or not.  We are not a grumpy lot, but rather happy to be able to say today, “Happy St. Patrick’s Day!”