Friday Five

A Lenten Friday Five.

1. Did you celebrate Mardi Gras and/or Ash Wednesday this week? How?
I ate a Paczki on "Fat Tuesday" from the little bakery in our small town. Theirs are so much better than the chain's that have been selling them by the box full for a couple of weeks. Like Tandana I was snowed out on Ash Wednesday. It is the first time I have missed in a very long time.

2. What was your most memorable Mardi Gras/Ash Wednesday/Lent?
My most memorable Ash Wednesday was in 2006 when our Priest was very ill with Pancreatic Cancer. He was very weak and handed me the ashes to impose.

3. Did you/your church/your family celebrate Lent as a child? If not, when and how did you discover it?
As a cradle Episcopalian yes.

4. Are you more in the give-up camp, or the take-on camp, or somewhere in between?
I have long been in the give-up camp, but have been trying to take-on in recent years with not much success.

5. How do you plan to keep Lent this year?
This year our church handed out a booklet to use for daily reading and prayer. I am trying to do that.