Hi, all,
Just wanted to wish you a Happy Easter. Our friendly neighborhood Easter turkey was gobbling outside my window at 6:30 this morning. Maybe that’s why they went with bunnies as the holiday symbol — they’re quieter.

My pal Barbs passed along this interesting fact sheet explaining why Easter is so early this year. I found it fascinating. My mom was just a few weeks away from being born the last time it was this early. I wonder if her mother made note of the event or not. Trying to picture what life on the Great Plains was like in 1913. Probably not, is my bet.

Easter 2008
A once in a lifetime experience!

*Easter* *is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st
full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March
20).* This dating of *Easter* is based on the lunar
calendar that Hebrew people used to identify
passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman
calendar.

Here’s the interesting info.* **This year is the
earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of
our lives!* And only the most elderly of our
population have ever seen it this early (95 years
old or above!). And none of us have ever, or will
ever, see it a day earlier! Here’s the facts:

1) The next time *Easter* will be this early (March
23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The
last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you’re
95 or older, you are the only ones that were around
for that!).

2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22,
will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The
last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one
alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than
this year!

Have a peaceful, joyful holiday.

Deb