I like the stained glass! Yum!
What a lovely essay — thanks for posting!
pancake ping.
BTW, National Pancake Day is Feb 12th. a wee late.
And so it begins - The Questions, the questions... [Shrove Tuesday]
Mardi Gras' Catholic Roots [Shrove Tuesday]
New Orleans: A Tale of Two Cities (Rosary Walk Before Mardi Gras)
The few days before Ash Wednesday, particularly the day before Shrove Tuesday. It is associated with confessing one's sins and has in many places become a time for holding carnivals, as the last time for festivity before the Lenten season of penance.
In Poland it’s “paczki”, a deep fried yeast dough filled with custard, fruit compote or lemon cream and glazed. They can’t imagine shrove Tuesday without paczki.