Today is the day before Easter. This one is going to be a bit of a ramble.
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So Easter always brings back childhood memories. Friday night we would color eggs. Saturday we would take a basket to be blessed. While a Polish tradition, the church I grew up in made it a tradition for all families. Our basket was different from the others. We had bread, some of the eggs, and the kielbasa, which were the main things, which filled the church with the smell of garlic. Then we had Saturday dinner. Mom boiled the sausage, both fresh and smoked, and we had boiled eggs with it. The bread was for sausage sammiches. Then Mom would save the liquid the sausage was cooked in and put it in the fridge. On Easter, she would take that liquid out, remove the fat, and heat it up. That was the stock. It was important that we get the best sausage, so my Mom would always, on Good Friday, go to the Polish deli to get the handmade sausage. You know the place—where on weekdays English wasn’t spoken. So she would heat up the stock, add half and half and some seasonings, and we would have this white borscht with chopped up sausage and eggs added, along with horseradish, each adding to their own taste. I won’t link to a recipe, because everyone’s is slightly different, and Grandma’s is always the best.
So those are memories. Now for some music. Let me post some Rachmaninoff. From his All Night Vigil, here are movements 9 and 10, which are hymns to the Resurrection. Translations at the link
Finally, there may or may not be a diary next week. Why? It’s my choir’s annual fundraiser and cabaret. I of course will be singing. Please look at the cover photo and, if you don’t live in the Chicago area, or even if you do, you can purchase a “free” ticket to bid in the awesome silent auction. Or make a donation. A sneak preview of the song I will sing. Sung by someone else, obvs. But this is what I’ll be singing, which is a departure from my usual comedy stylings.
And with that, I hope your Easter, or Pesach, or your Iftar, or whatever you may or may not celebrate is filled with family, friends, and love.
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From inkstainedwrench:
Andrew F Cockburn replies to Slideman
(one of many Slideman comments in a confusing array of nested comments and replies)on GoodNewsRoundup's GNR diary
I would bold-font part of Andrew's last sentence, "We need to destroy him and his movement for all time."
I would
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