Happy Easter, Happy Spring,
Happy, Happy Everything!
There's really no point to me posting this, except for the fact that it always seems to resonate in my head around Easter. I attended Easter morning services at St. James's Church in Cambridge this morning. The last time I was there was probably Christmas of 2005. It's been a long time. The sun was shining through the stained glass through most of the service, casting a multicolored glow over the entire congregation as the choir sang traditional African hymns with drums pounding at the front of the chapel, making for a festive celebration. The final peals of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus reminded me of Easter celebrations at home. However, I didn't spend too much time feeling homesick, since I was graciously 'adopted' by the Beers family again, as I have been for most of the major holidays since I moved to Boston.
Jo and I brought some desserts and appies for Easter dinner at her parent's place in Wakefield, but had to put them in the fridge at the church so that they wouldn't get spoiled in the car while we sat through the service. In order to avoid mixing our things up with the rest of the contents of the fridge (the majority of which were intended to be served during the after-service coffee hour) we marked the bags "BEERS - DO NOT SERVE," much to the delight of people who opened the refrigerator door to prepare the coffee hour snacks.
Tulips at Bloemenmarkt (the flower market) in Amsterdam, photographed in February 2007.
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