As weeks go, this one was a blogger's dream.
The weekend alone included the following: manure shoveling at the farm, a Passover Seder at the Sheraton Hotel with Mountain Guy and his Jewish daughters, the arrival of our friend Asif from Los Angeles, an Easter sunrise service at the university football stadium, an afternoon Easter egg hunt, and lastly....bowling, of course.
On Monday, I found myself asking, "What didn't we do this weekend?"
Watching three little Jewish girls celebrating the resurrection of Christ explain to a curious Muslim the strange tradition of dipping eggs in food coloring, I felt like I was living in a bad joke. We pretty much
boxed up three major world religions, tied with
multicolored Pagan bow, in our kitchen. Who knew the key to peace in the Middle East is a bunch of brightly-colored eggs? At least it should keep the coexist bumper sticker people quiet for a while...
After coloring, the eggs were hidden around our apartment complex. The hunt began amidst our fellow Christian neighbor's barbeque (of pork, no doubt), and whiskey shots were had by all--except the egg-hunters, that is.
"This is the best Easter ever!" I exclaimed several hours into the festivities. Alcohol was not a part of holidays when I was growing up. Turns out, it does make things a bit more fun...or, at least appear that way.
But things were just getting started. We finished up the day with several hours of bowling. Why did we feel the need to go bowling on Easter Sunday? Because that is what Asif loves to do, not having many handy bowling alleys in India where he lives. Perhaps it will become an Islamic Easter tradition.
I don't know if it was the multi-faith extravaganza or simply an overwhelming number of events, but I find that I am still unpacking, evaluating, and suffering from a touch of writer's block. Feast and famine, I suppose. Maybe I'll go eat an egg.
And next year, I think I'm gonna celebrate by cutting back on my observance...and whiskey.
OneArmGirl
The weekend alone included the following: manure shoveling at the farm, a Passover Seder at the Sheraton Hotel with Mountain Guy and his Jewish daughters, the arrival of our friend Asif from Los Angeles, an Easter sunrise service at the university football stadium, an afternoon Easter egg hunt, and lastly....bowling, of course.
On Monday, I found myself asking, "What didn't we do this weekend?"
After coloring, the eggs were hidden around our apartment complex. The hunt began amidst our fellow Christian neighbor's barbeque (of pork, no doubt), and whiskey shots were had by all--except the egg-hunters, that is.
"This is the best Easter ever!" I exclaimed several hours into the festivities. Alcohol was not a part of holidays when I was growing up. Turns out, it does make things a bit more fun...or, at least appear that way.
But things were just getting started. We finished up the day with several hours of bowling. Why did we feel the need to go bowling on Easter Sunday? Because that is what Asif loves to do, not having many handy bowling alleys in India where he lives. Perhaps it will become an Islamic Easter tradition.
I don't know if it was the multi-faith extravaganza or simply an overwhelming number of events, but I find that I am still unpacking, evaluating, and suffering from a touch of writer's block. Feast and famine, I suppose. Maybe I'll go eat an egg.
And next year, I think I'm gonna celebrate by cutting back on my observance...and whiskey.
OneArmGirl
