Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Easter Tuesday and St. George

 Easter week is delightful! We have sunlight and warm fires and meats and cheeses and wine. I am twining a red ribbon around my wrist to distract evil and anticipating the feast of St. George, when he welcomes the warm spring and invites that grass to grow again. For now, we have only mud and snow.

St. George is not one of my particular saints, but then, neither was the Infant of Prague until I was overwhelmed with him. In the spring, I start to think of George again, with Joseph and Isidor and Anthony - all the springtime saints. It’s funny, I don’t have any women saints in my spring, but the Marys are so summery, Therese is fall, Paraskeva so autumnal or Lenten, and Agnes is winter.

I have bulbs to plant when the ground is thawed, an edited manuscript to send back to it’s mother, and the mess of my own written ones to collect on the desk yet again. I’ve been rejoicing with thick cream in my coffee and dreaming more and more of dairy goats - unlimited cream being my primary goal in life. Petka has begun picking out letters, but only when they don’t distract her by resembling too much the moon she loves. C is a particular problem.

 

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  1. Are there goats which milk enough cream to separate out? I didn't realize that. Though somehow my mom did make butter from her goats' milk once, I think...

    I don't know much about St. George. Therese is my confirmation saint, and yeah, October... I tend to forget about saints' feast days after St. Joseph until Pentecost. Which might not be fair to the spring saints. But all of Lou's and my name saints are in different parts of the year.

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    1. apparently, I need to get a good cream separator (they do have electricity-free options!) and stay focused, but it is possible..maybe 'unlimited cream' is a dream to postpone till I get my cow..but 'some cream' is still a nice thought ;)

      I don't know much about him either, except that he's good luck with livestock and he kills dragons :) But those are good traits for a guy to have!

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  2. I love that she's a moon child. . . One day, I'll take her little hand and together we'll "dance by the light of the moon," our arms thrown up for the impossible reach, dizzy from spinning, out of breath!

    Cream makes everything wonderful, wonderful.

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    1. I would love to see that! We'll have a bonfire out under the full moon for you sometime!

      Cream..dairy is my life. Really. I love it so much!

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    2. I cherish and look forward to it!

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  3. Nice photo of St. George. Oh wait...
    -The Neglected Husband

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