I don't know how I did it; but somehow I managed to disconnect the lock mechanism from this jar (which clamps to the lid and holds it closed.)  The mechanism doesn't look too complex.  My wife said we could simply purchase a new jar - but I assured her I could get it back together.  So I tried, and I tried, and I tried again.  No matter how I tried to reconnect it - it didn't work.  I spent hours "messing" with it.  My wife said, "Why don't you just give up?"  But I was determined - after all I wasn't trying to solve a Rubic's cube!  Surely I could figure out how to reconnect a simple lever back onto a jar!  But finally, in total frustration, I decided to seek help from a friend...

May Day, throughout the years, has meant different things to different people.  It originated in Europe as a celebration of the coming of Spring and the appearance of "new life."  Celebrations featuring dances "around the May pole" were common.  In this country May 1 soon became associated with the American Labor movement with appeals for fair policies for workers (like an 8 hour work day).  Today, for some, it has become a day for rallies and protests against various national policies - unfortunately at some of these, unkind (even hateful and violent) language is used thus heightening the political tension we now see in our country.  But for at least two people I know (my wife and her sister Katie), May Day presents a much different type of opportunity:  It has become, for them, a day to share love.