THE LAPLAND SCENE

Last month the snow fell and the cold began to bite a little. December, now, in Lapland is wet and windy and all the snow is gone or going. The cat still hunts in the grass and wants to be out all night long. The squirrals remain active and the birds confused. The garden shows signs of thinking it, maybe, Spring time again. The ice-breaker ships are lost in a lost world with unemployment just around the corner. Could this be the first "Green" Xmas for me and Lapland? May-Being in Lapland?

Further south in Finland rivers are beginning to flood. In Sweden there is a move to rename it Scotland. The Nordic lands and Scandinavia must change political climates before we lose the real Santa Claus.