Easter

It is Easter Sunday, a joyous day in the Christian calendar, a dreary , snowy day in today's weather reality. I'm one of those people who wants weather to match the sentiments of the day. A day like Easter, when we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, calls for warmth and sun. Christmas calls for falling snow, lots of it. Halloween calls for damp, dreary, windy weather. Thanksgiving calls for a sunny, cold day. But so often the weather just doesn't co-operate and today is one of those days. But it can still be a warm sunny day in our hearts.

I have a feeling this is going to be a cooler spring and summer. I think it was the summer of 1990 that was unusually cool. Gorbachev came to visit Minnesota on Pentecost Sunday, which was June 3rd. The governor's mansion is in the neighborhood where we lived at the time so Alex and I wanted to see Gorbachev. It was 28 degrees, Alex was wearing a snowsuit. A snowsuit in June!! It was also Grand Old Days, the largest one day street fair in the U.S., but hardly anyone showed up that cold day in June. Anyway, my prediction is a summer similar to 1990's.

Have a wonderful Easter Day wherever you are, no matter the weather.