Holy Week, 2022 ?

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I was such a good boy today, I went to Bob's Clam Hut.

Oh hell, who am I trying to kid. Bob's has the best fried whole belly clams on the planet and I don't need the threat of eternal damnation for not eating fish on Good Friday as a reason to go; I just have to happen to be passing through Kittery at meal time.

Clams, haddock and onion rings, such a blessed meal...

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With Easter approaching this Sunday, and amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, renewed interest is arising in one of the country's most celebrated Easter traditions.

Think you're good at coloring eggs with some grocery store food coloring? Yeah, take a look at Pysanky (pronounced "pih-sahn-KIH"), the intricately decorated Ukrainian Easter eggs.

Made using a wax-resist method called batik, these colorful pieces of artwork become miniature jewels, and are kept safe for countless generations.

In addition, there are ritualistic and magical elements involved in which gifting and celebrating these eggs calls out to the gods and goddesses for health, fertility, love, wealth and much more.

According to a Wall Street Journal story on the tradition, "design motifs on pysanky date back to pre-Christian times. Many date to early Slavic cultures, while some harken to the days of the Trypillians and others to paleolithic times."

And though some of those motifs have remained with the same meaning, many others have changed. "A triangle that once spoke of the three elements, earth, fire and air, now celebrates the Christian Holy Trinity," the outlet explained. "And the fish, which spoke of a plentiful catch and a full stomach, now stands in for Christ, the fisher of men."

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I was such a good boy today, I went to Bob's Clam Hut.

Oh hell, who am I trying to kid. Bob's has the best fried whole belly clams on the planet and I don't need the threat of eternal damnation for not eating fish on Good Friday as a reason to go; I just have to happen to be passing through Kittery at meal time.

Clams, haddock and onion rings, such a blessed meal...

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