Happy May Day all.
When I think of
May Day, I think of may pole dances, picnics, family gatherings at the park.
Although after reading
Stephen T McCarthy's Battle of the Bands post on the less harmonious aspect of
International Workers Day, I'm not so inclined to celebrate. But as happens with so many things that intrigue me, I decided not to let one reference get me down. I opened a new tab and entered MAY DAY into Google search.
The
CNN link said a lot the same as Saint Mac's Wikipidia, and I got a lot more interesting info by clicking on
The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) article. Of course I did not stop there - but you don't want all those links, lol. Suffice it to say, this rabbit hole about, basically, Labor Unions,
which brings to mind gang violence . . Hey, did y'all see GANGS OF NEW YORK? Great movie, which I did not have time to look up on NetFlix last night because it led me back to my own research on gang violence for my novel. Which let me pretend those distracting hours were "research" for, ya know, revision ideas. Or perhaps another story start . . .
This month's IWSG question of the month is: What is the weirdest/coolest thing you've ever had to research for your story?
As you can see from my opening paragraphs, I'm not sure I can succinctly answer this question. I find just about everything I research fascinating. I've found cool and weird in places I did not expect to see by following link, or changing my mind about what to research.
Thanks everyone for stopping by. Now that A-Z is over the
IWSG sign-up list must seem pretty small, huh?
Thanks to
Alex for the creating this monthly group, and to his co-hosts
Nancy Gideon,
Tamara Narayan,
Lisbet,
Michelle Wallace and
Feather Stone, for taking the time to visit as many of us as possible.
