From Fastnachts to Truth-telling; Ash Wednesday reflections

Today as I write it is Ash Wednesday.  And during the years I lived in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, of course every Ash Wednesday followed Fastnacht Day, the annual Pennsylvania Dutch celebration on Shrove Tuesday.  Every year now I remember fondly that the day would begin bright and early with the delivery on our porch of a small paperContinue reading “From Fastnachts to Truth-telling; Ash Wednesday reflections”