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Life in the Forest Touches the World

May 27, 2008

Had left over ground beef tortilla soup this evening after my husband grilled our first steaks of the season yesterday. Isn't that traditional for Memorial Day weekend? You need to be careful reheating the soup because it has a tendency to stick.

Some traditions die slowly or never. I mentioned yesterday that many in the U.S. are attempting to move Memorial Day back to its original date. This would make the remembrance not as convenient for a three day weekend, but proponents believe it would re-emphasize the sacredness of the day remembering our war dead.

A friend said to me earlier this week that Memorial Day weekend has become the start of the summer despite the official June 21st start date. Is it also the start of being officially able to wear white? Growing up, no one wore white shoes or clothes before Memorial Day (maybe medical staff before the days of cool, colorful medical outfits?) I don't remember when I stopped caring. Does anyone care anymore?

We live in the middle of 100 acres of forest (not all ours, but we are lucky) and it's hard to see another home from ours. So, the major exchanges we have usually involve wildlife. This weekend, the ground hog rolled out her babies. They looked a lot like these baby ground hogs on YouTube. The turkeys were also roaming in the forest and I saw an honest-to-goodness mink by our creek last week. It's been a wildlife week.