Easter

During Easter, the most important holiday by the Ethiopian Orthodox Christians; the daily routines usually encountered across the country change into the happy and colorful ones for most people. The neighborhoods of Addis Ababa (the capital of Ethiopia) look extremely different than they usually do; people dress different, most in white cultural clothes but all to impress.  Read More »

So I went to church Saturday night for the Easter Vigil with my folks. It started off really nice, the church had the lights off and we waited for the priest to bring on the “light of God” and pass it on to everyone.  Read More »

Here comes Peter Cottontail,
Hopping down the bunny trail
Hippidy hoppidy Easter's on its way...

Really, how did the "Easter bunny" myth and tradition come about? And why is it a bunny? The Easter bunny supposedly comes and hides Easter eggs for little girls and boys. I just don't get it. Bunnies don't lay eggs! And what's the deal with painting them? It makes no sense!  Read More »

This morning I woke up, tired, and upset about leaving gleeful dreamland to enter my last day of spring break. Then I realized HOLY COW it's Easter!  Read More »