Well, tomorrow is America's favorite drinking day second only to New Year's Eve, St. Patrick's Day and just like I was curious about St. Valentine' s origins, well, anyone who knows me would automatically assume I would be curious about this particular saint as well. So I was surprised about a few things I did not know: (A) St. Patrick is one of Christianity's most revered saints. (B) St. Patrick was rumored to have the power to drive snakes away (according to legend, of course). (C) St. Patrick's Day commemorates BOTH is feasting day and the day he died. (D) Irish immigrants came to the US and held the first St. Patty's Day parade not in Ireland, but the US ten years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. These are ALL interesting facts to me considering the fact that my history with Guiness is a long one!:) I even pay homage to Ireland's dominant color in one of my songs, The Knight and the Queen", in the line "Draped in a garment of green..." You see, I spent a great deal of my leisure time studying the old Celtic myths of old and what is commonly referred to as the Matter of Britain in scholarly circles. I even took up Celtic literature as an elective while I was in conservatory studying music composition and orchestration. The two subjects balanced out well for me because I love them both. It's ironic that the primary theme in my album cover is green. I wanted earth colors and the feeling of nature which would explain the back cover also with me walking up a path to the unknown, as I described in a previous post. So there you have it! My fascination with myth, nature, and songwriting all wrapped up into one!:) BKT