Easter began this morning at 6:45am, with a Easter sunrise service by Zoom. A lot of people were involved, maybe more than usual. Pastor Lise was on a hillside in Westminster, and a number of other people were also outside but quite a few of us were inside. One of the participants was on a hillside in Germany! Under normal circumstances, there would have been a pancake breakfast at the church after the service. So we had a pancake breakfast here at the house. After our breakfast, we listened to a tape of an Easter service at Guilford from 1993, led by Shirley. That was an inspired choice because it was a wonderful service, incredibly full of life. Then at 10 AM, there was the regular Easter service at Guilford, thanks to BCTV.. Someone put a lot of thought and work into that. Part of it was live, part had been recorded yesterday, part was archival from previous Easter services. It all fit together seamlessly and was very moving. That was followed immediately by a zoom coffee hour. So we really had a full morning of the celebration of Easter.
After that, I got the deck furniture out from the shed, and set It up on the deck because John and Cynthia were coming over a little bit later in the afternoon. But before that we were supposed to meet Eliza in the Dummerston cemetery to sing Easter hymns at the graves of Shirley, Betsy and Eliza‘s parents. But when we went down the driveway, we found that Zach was taking out an old culvert and putting in a new one, and the driveway was blocked. We couldn’t reach Eliza, and thought we were stuck, but eventually Zach found a way around through our neighbor’s yard, and we got there - late, but ok. We had a nice sing. We got back just in time to greet John and Cynthia. We sat on the deck, appropriately distanced. It was John’s birthday - one of the rare occasions when April 12th fell on Easter. Ellen made a cake, we had snacks and a good visit -all with proper precautions. No blowing out the candles!
A full, wonderful Easter!
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| Birthday celebration on the deck |
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| An Easter surprise - crocuses outside our back door! |
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| At the cemetery |
I am the lady from Camp Miniwanca that sent you a comment several years ago about your post about your wife, Shirley, and visiting the I Dare You Library. The American Youth Foundation is setting up a virtual archives. We would like to create a document of your entry and post it. Would that be OK? What's your name? I'd want to give you credit. If you wish, I can give you search info for the archives, I think you would find it very interesting and would be able to find out even more about Shirley's time there. Best wishes, Laura Mason libn76@yahoo.com
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