Pining for Pinies
May 31st, 2010. Filed under: Monday's Musings.
What’s a piny? A lot of people don’t have any idea what a piny looks like. Unless you’re from the Midwest and have spent time around older people. Then you most likely know.
Folks, we’re talking about peonies. I don’t have a clue as to the piny bit. But this is the time of the year you can see lots and lots of them blooming. They were always the flowers we took around to the graves each year in memory of loved ones who are no longer with us in body.
Memorial Day used to be called Decoration Day. I guess they changed the name as people got too busy to decorate the grave sites. But now Memorial Day isn’t celebrated in memory of those whose lives were lost as they defended our country – and our right to ignore the day that honors them.
It looks as if they’ll have to change the name again sometime to something more appropriate such as national grill out instead of work day.