It's time for that Passover/Easter reminder again...

It's that time again!

Because my casual blog readers may not remember, or may not have paid close attention to my repeated references to the pervasiveness of Christian holidays and how so many folks just assume everyone celebrates them (and yes, this is a link to a Christmas post, but the sentiments remain the same for Easter):

I'm Jewish.

Not only do I not celebrate Christmas, I don't celebrate Easter, either. That is generally a Jewish kinda thing, although everyone makes their own decisions about how to handle these mainstreamed holidays.

Please, don't wish me Happy Easter. It will only just kinda piss me off.

If you want to wish me Happy Spring, rock on! I welcome the vernal beauty and floral awakenings of the season. Happy Spring to you, too - may your realm be showing more greenery and less chill than mine right now.

It's April and I'm not Foolin',
Your Jewish letter blogger

A gentle Jewish reminder: no Easter here, please

Because my casual blog readers may not remember, or may not have paid close attention to my repeated references to the pervasiveness of Christian holidays and how so many folks just assume everyone celebrates them (and yes, this is a link to a Christmas post, but the sentiments remain the same for Easter):

I'm Jewish.

Not only do I not celebrate Christmas, I don't celebrate Easter, either. That is generally a Jewish kinda thing, although everyone makes their own decisions about how to handle these mainstreamed holidays.

Please, don't wish me Happy Easter. It will only just kinda piss me off.

If you want to wish me Happy Spring, rock on! I welcome the vernal beauty and floral awakenings of the season. Happy Spring to you, too - may your realm be showing more greenery and less chill than mine right now.

Grant me the right to be curmudgeonly right now? I am missing my kitty really hard. And maybe a little extra testy because of it.

Wishing I could hug Memo right now,
Your Jewish letter blogger

Lovely spring card

I received this lovely, springy card from one of my new LEX (LEX=The Letter Exchange) correspondents. I really like the vintage feel of the birds and flowers, and I admit I'm also a sucker for die-cuts.

It really does feel like spring now - for me the true sign is when the little leaves and leaf-buds start appearing on the trees. Daffodils and crocus don't do it for me - I need to have trees stop being naked for the feeling of spring to seem real.

Chag Sameach! Happy Passover. That also makes it feel like spring. I went to a wonderful seder last night and now I'm really in the spring mood! I'm Jewish, so I don't do Easter, but I wish everyone a happy spring in whatever way they celebrate it.