Three occasions, the first deprecable in intent, though with some charms in the local execution of it; the second earnest in aim, but distressing in its commercialization and its substitution of a day’s dose of sentimentality for any lasting celebration of mothers (plus, it interferes with Ann Daingerfield’s birthday):
May 7-9: Palo Alto’s celebration of Cinco de Mayo on 5/7 (it has to be on a Saturday)
Mother’s Day on 5/8 (the punctuation of the name is merely the one I fancy; don’t get all riled up about it)
Ann Daingerfield Zwicky’s 85th birthday — she died in 1985 — on 5/9 (this is Arnold Zwicky’s Blog, so you get my occasions)
And then three sub-occasions:
family breakfast (a weekly event, this week a three-generation affair for me, Elizabeth Daingerfield Zwicky, and Opal Armstrong Zwicky) on 5/7
Masturbation Day on 5/7 (a major celebration in my one-person household) (I put the responsibility for the choice of date on Good Vibrations in San Francisco, and specifically on Susie Bright, though she will probably demur)
AMZ’s return to Sacred Harp singing on 5/8 (only via Zoom, but still)
