Happy International Woman's Day
Today is International Women's Day, a major day of global celebration for the economic, political and social achievements of women... EXCEPT in the United States, where it was invented and first observed on 28 February 1909, following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America (anti-communist/anti-socalist sensibilities run fairly deep here, which partly explains why we don't celebrate the day). The Day commemorates the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire (New York, 1911), where over 140 women lost their lives. In the former Soviet countries it's thought of (mostly) as an occasion for men to express their love to the women around them in a way somewhat similar to Mother's Day and St Valentine's Day mixed together.
I know all of this because I am (and wouldn't know if I hadn't been) married to a Russian lady, the former Jekaterina Koldajeva, now hyphen Fogg.
So for Katyusha and all the women of the world, this song by Michael Hedges called...
Woman of the World.
The woman of the world turns slowly
Days are drawn—seasons start to change
She finds that natural boundary
Her eyes change color—sounds begin to fade
I slowly turn away…
from the woman of the worldThe woman of the world holds me
to colder courses farther out to sea
where no one really knows me
and if the anchor's out boarders love and leave
She's waiting on the beach…
my woman of the worldNo one hears the way she whispers every changing season
Through every falling rain I listen without reason…
without reason…'till the woman of the world shows me
the secret seed she planted in my heart
Her breath is cool to sway me
Roots shoot down
Her eyes begin to shine
My love runs leaf and vine
through the woman of the world…
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you.
I love you...
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When, is men's day? it only seems fair ... my husband deserves it.
Posted by: Lavona Rann | March 08, 2008 at 11:38
And who would you have sing the song...?
Posted by: John Fogg | March 08, 2008 at 11:59
Woman is the nigger of the world
Yes she is ... think about it
Woman is the nigger of the world
Think about it ... do something about it
We make her paint her face and dance
If she won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
While putting her down we pretend that she's above us
Woman is the nigger of the world ... yes she is
If you don't believe me,take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave of the slaves
Ah, yeh ... better scream about it
We make her bear and raise our children
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
We tell her home is the only place she should be
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend
Woman is the nigger of the world ... yes she is
If you don't believe me,take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yeh (think about it)
We insult her every day on TV
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
When she's young we kill her will to be free
While telling her not to be so smart we put her down
for being so dumb
Woman is the nigger of the world ... yes she is
If you don't believe me,take a look at the one you're with
Woman is the slave to the slaves
Yes she is... if you believe me,you better scream about it
John Lennon
Posted by: Ekaterina Bokitko | March 08, 2008 at 14:46