Valentine's Day, do you celebrate it?

Mummy Mojo's Hearts and Flowers String Bunting

For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.

["For this was Saint Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate."]

Geoffrey Chaucer, Parlement of Foules (1382)


Valentine's Day, do you celebrate it, or do you hate it, think its commercially crass and should be ignored?

I fall somewhere between the two.

I think a day to celebrate love is a good thing, love after all, is one of the things that makes the world go round. However, you don't have to buy into the consumerism that builds to a frenetic crescendo as we come closer to February 14th.

Don't buy into the expense and hype of the day. Keep it simple. Do something special for your beloved that doesn't cost the earth, both financially and ecologically.

I will be telling my beloved wife that I love her, that she makes my heart sing, that the last 16 years have been full of joy and that I am fllled with delight to be sharing my life with her. I will then give her a massive hug and kiss and we'll share a box of chocolates that I will buy from a local chocolate maker and a bottle of local, organic sparkling wine aka Champagne.

 Keep your Valentine's Day, simply, special and local.