Finally, life is returning to normal.\u00a0 But today I\u2019ll skip the rants about why it isn\u2019t.\u00a0 I\u2019ll celebrate life instead.\u00a0 Camera Girl is cooking a spoon roast and humming and even singing slightly as she goes through the rituals that precede the magical food that will appear on time on the dining room table today.\u00a0 There are potatoes and asparagus and corn and mushrooms and gravy and buttered rolls and of course the roast.\u00a0 And pies and cakes have been baked and I know there will be ice cream to go along with that pie.\u00a0 And of course there will be chocolate for the little girl who will be old enough this year to really know what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n
And today is sunny and it will be warm enough to go outside and walk around and look for bugs and flowers and birds and look at the trees and the sky and play catch with a ball and pet the rabbit (alias bunny-hop-hop or Petey).\u00a0 And we can sit around and talk about the barbecue that will be happening in May once it\u2019s warm enough for the tables to be outside and the pool will be opened and we can have the rest of the family with us too.\u00a0 That will be another milestone.<\/p>\n
But today is for enjoying today.\u00a0 New England forgot to provide one last, end of March, nor\u2019easter snowstorm so the ground is pretty dry now and fit for walking and running and having a catch so today is a wonderful opportunity to declare the world is open for living again.<\/p>\n
And as Kazantzakis said through his character Zorba this Easter dinner can\u2019t be wasted,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe ate and drank for some time in silence. The wind carried up to us, like the droning of bees, the distant, passionate notes of the lyre. Christ was being reborn again on the village terraces. The paschal lamb and the Easter cakes were being transformed into love-songs.<\/strong><\/p>\n When Zorba had eaten and drunk quite copiously, he put his hand to his big hairy ear. “The lyre … ‘he murmured. “They’re dancing in the village.’ He stood up suddenly. The wine had gone to his head.<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘What ever are we doing here, all alone, like a pair of cuckoos? Let’s go and dance! Aren’t you sorry for the lamb we’ve been eating? Are you going to let it fizzle out into nothing, like that? Come on! Turn it into song and dance! Zorba is reborn!’ ‘Wait a minute, Zorba, you idiot, are you crazy?’<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Honestly, boss, I don’t care! But I’m sorry for the lamb, and I’m sorry for the red eggs, the Easter cakes and the cream cheese! If I’d just scoffed a few bits of bread and some olives, I’d say: “Oh, let’s go to sleep; I don’t need to go celebrating!” Olives and bread are nothing, are they? What can you expect from them? But, let me tell you, it’s a sin to waste food like that! Come on, let’s celebrate the Resurrection, boss!’ ‘I don’t feel like it today. You go – you can dance for me as well.’ Zorba took my arm and pulled me up.<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘Christ is reborn, my friend! Ah! if only I was as young as you! I’d throw myself headlong into everything! Headlong into work, wine, love – everything, and I’d fear neither God nor devil! That’s youth for you!’<\/strong><\/p>\n ‘It’s the lamb talking, Zorba! It’s turned wild inside you, changed into a wolf!’<\/strong><\/p>\n “The lamb’s changed into Zorba, that’s all, and Zorba’s talking to you!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n So I\u2019ll take Zorba\u2019s advice and put the Easter feast to good use.\u00a0 I\u2019ll celebrate the Resurrection and spring and new life and old life and I\u2019ll put off Biden and woke ignoramuses and even the dissident right for another day.<\/p>\n Happy Easter.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Finally, life is returning to normal.\u00a0 But today I\u2019ll skip the rants about why it isn\u2019t.\u00a0 I\u2019ll celebrate life instead.\u00a0 Camera Girl is cooking a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,818,1263,2860],"tags":[904,83,945,2093,944],"class_list":["post-14062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-ocf","category-stuff-that-personally-interests-me-miscellaneous","category-reclaiming-the-family","tag-easter","tag-family","tag-nikos-kazantzakis","tag-reclaiming-the-family","tag-zorba-the-greek"],"yoast_head":"\n