college friends

Dorcas graduated from Hood College, Frederick, Md., in 1970. Last weekend three of her friends stayed here. Seated beside Dorcas is Cindy, from this area. Left is Candy of Connecticut and, right, Paulette, of Vermont and Long Island. A great bunch.

more colonial

Here's another cluster of kids at the colonial demonstration--these from maybe Smoketown.

In ten years this house will be 300 years old. Into the sole trunk allowed per family on the ship, some immigrants tucked a zither along with the essentials

in a day's work

This morning was a day for Harmonies. The oldest house in these parts is the 1719 Herr House and it was Frolic Day for droves of school children. I put the camera on a tripod and used the remote. They knew I was snapping a photo, but the apparatus at a distance caught something impromptu. I demonstrated colonial music with the zither and the penny whistle. Here are girls from St. Ann's, complete in non-colonial uniforms and post-colonial shades.

angle of spring sun

Okay. What's the point? Two points. One, the springtime sun throws the light into spots in the house (across from the piano, here) where I haven't seen it in months. Two, the day I saw this I also saw that two of the four robin eggs in the nest out front were hatched. I'll go for that another time.

first plants

The first planting in the garden was done Saturday by Joel and Steph. Here's Mr. Stripey standing proud. Steph photo

Easter dinner

Here's the kitchen of my sister's church in Akron. The five in their twenties had already gone when we thought of taking a photo.

prep garden

Day before Easter I used Groffie's rototiller to work up the garden. This year with uncertain economics, we're using a small portion of the lot across the road, too. Joel photo.

invisible power

I'm playing organ at a Lancaster church this Sunday, Easter. That's an invisible product, right? Useless if you are deaf. The resurrection will be the subject. Two thousand years ago visible. Today, invisible. So here comes a guy from this truck to my door with a bill for $84 for some invisible stuff. Precisely 20.8 gallons. How do they measure this stuff out? Fine print says deduct ten percent if paid in ten days. I'll do that. The box is checked beside sniff test--which gives me my theology thought for the day. If you can't see it, try to smell it. Or, if it lights your fire it's something.

palm march to...hey, why not DC

This was before my day, but here was a march on DC in Holy Week. Something tells me it might be a good Palm Sunday idea.