This morning, to celebrate Palm Sunday, we decided to head to Boston and visit the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. It was very strange, however, to have no palms, and no procession. Celebrating Holy Week at home is going to be a quite unusual experience.
In the afternoon I took a little walk with my daughter Flora. We ran into Dr. Oakerson and his wife. Keeping our appropriate 6-plus feet of social distancing separation, we chatted briefly, and they told us they were returning from a walk in the woods. They had been looking for birds, with little success; but, they said, they had seen the first skunk cabbage poking out of the ground. So, following their directions, Flora and I set off across a field and into the woods, where we located the skunk cabbage--a reliable harbinger of spring.
Here is a Bach cantata for Palm Sunday, "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen" (BWV 182). Enjoy.
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