Latvia Midsummer

Latvia is more of a casual acquaintance than a very close friend.  You meet Latvia, on a Saturday afternoon, and you suggest going for coffee, but Latvia says “why don’t we take some beers instead?” So you do and you have a great time.  But you don’t need to call Latvia the next morning to say thank you, because Latvia knows you had a fun night out, in a bar with a toad in an aquarium.

Latvia is easy-going like that.

Some people say there is magic in the woods and between the trees, sssshhhh, can you hear it?

Latvia doesn’t feel jealousy, that most grim and lurid of all emotions.  Latvia doesn’t mind that you’ve been to other countries and that you’ve loved some other towns. Latvia is serene and composed like that.  Latvia is copacetic

There may be magic in the meadows, between the woods, ssshhhh can you feel it?

Let us lie down in the meadows. Let’s put garlands in our hair and let’s smell the soil which surrounds us.  Some people say you’ll feel better, that there’s magic in the woods, sssssshhhhh can you see it?