Change Agent

I was out walking the dog this morning and the early heat reminded me of Memorial Day holidays when I was a kid. We used to go to my uncle’s cottage in Green Harbor and somehow six families with 17 kids all fit into a three bed / one bath place! Those are some of my fondest memories.

I lament how today most American holidays have turned into shopping days. In my childhood, Memorial Day was a real holiday because everyone had the day off, including people working in retail. One of the things I miss about living in Ireland is that holidays there today are still like holidays were here when I was a kid; as noted in an earlier blog, in Ireland holidays are a day off for most everyone.

The forecast for much of the USA is for hot, true ‘first-weekend-of-summer’ Memorial Day type weather. Stay out of the mall and enjoy the heat.

This entry was posted on 25 May 2007 at 1:59 PM and is filed under A Better Way?, Des Pieri, Desmond Pieri, Green Harbor, Holiday, Ireland, Memorial Day. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.