Rollin'

It's PO'Monday!

October, 2016, and Celestial Paddy O'Malley was rolling around on the warm pavement.

Lazy.

Lost his head!

Ahh, those eyes, dat belleh, big back feets....PERFECTION!

❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!

 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁

Rant:

And what to do about Columbus Day, celebrated in the US and other countries?

The Europe-centric idea behind this date, although certainly the Italian diaspora is entitled to venerate Christopher Columbus, feels terribly old-fashioned.

Many US communities have changed the holiday to Indigenous Peoples Day, or don't acknowledge it at all anymore.

It's not a day off from work, although the US Postal Service and banks are closed, so it's really a sort of mess.

Alternatively, there are indications that Norse settlers 'found' North America in the 1000's, and Polynesian and Japanese travelers may also have landed centuries before Columbus.

In Michigan, there is evidence of Phoenician expeditions, which match with petroglyphs found near Toronto, Canada.

There is a heavy bias towards 'nothing was there until Europeans noticed it' that is sophomoric in this day and age.  

Just sayin'...

End rant.