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Hail, bounteous May,
That doth inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire;
Woods and groves are of thy dressing,
Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing,
Thus we salute thee with our early song
And welcome thee, and wish thee long
               – John Milton
                  English poet
                  1608-1674
                  from Song – On May Morning

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I can no other answer make, but, thanks, and thanks.
               – William Shakespeare
                  from Twelfth Night (Act III, Scene ii)

Saturday, May 15 is Armed Forces Day.  Thank a man or woman in uniform for their service to our nation.

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She who forms the souls of the young is greater than any painter or sculptor.
               – Saint John Chrysostom
                  Archbishop of Constantinople
                  C 347-407

Happy Mother’s Day to all moms on Sunday, May 9!

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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
               – Nathaniel Hawthorne
                  American novelist
                  1804-1864

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What is a friend?  A single soul dwelling in two bodies
               – Aristotle

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Intaxication:  Euphoria at getting a refund from the IRS, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
               – Author unknown
                  (from a Washington Post word contest)

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I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived, I owe something to the dead, and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
               – Elie Wiesel
                  Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate
                  Nobel Peace Prize, 1986

Sunday, April 11 is Holocaust Remembrance Day

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The joyful news that He is risen does not change the contemporary world.  Still before us lie work, discipline, sacrifice.  But the fact of Easter gives us the spiritual power to do the work, accept the discipline, and make the sacrifice.
               – Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill
                  President of the National Council of Churches USA, 1950-1952

April 4 is Easter Sunday.