[Magdalen] Shrove Tuesday.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Someone on FB pointed out that, considering St. Valentine’s horrible death, an Ash Wednesday observance is not altogether inappropriate! 
For lovers of chocolate, however...

> On Feb 13, 2018, at 11:17 AM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> I didn't go off to Confession today to have my sins "shriven,"
> but I did have a breakfast of pancakes.  They were made by our
> "aide in attendance" person who's at the house a couple of
> hours several days a week.
>  
> The pancakes were topped off by butter (well, margarine) and
> some of the lovely Polish raspberry syrup we inherited from
> a former house-cleaner who was born in Poland.
>  
> There will be no beads and jazz bands marching through the
> streets in the Pennsylvania Poconos, but the snow is almost
> melted, and we have a series of days into the 50's F (12 C) 
> and even 60's F (15 C).
>  
> And so Lent begins tomorrow, despite Valentines Day and
> all that falderal.
>  
>  
>  
> David S.