This weekend, my wife Jo Anne and I visited Washington DC to visit my daughter Jennifer. We attended Easter church services at the National Cathedral. If you have the opportunity to attend a church service or visit, I strongly recommend it. The National Cathedral is a true treasure and the 6th largest cathedral in the world. My most vivid memory, other than the immensity of the building: the procession at the beginning. It lasted at least 7 minutes comprising of the symbols, relics, and local heads of two different churches, two choirs, banners and two groups of assistants.

There was something else I noted in my trip to DC. The trees there are FULL and all flowering bushes are in full bloom. I returned home to the Lehigh Valley to find the trees here still mostly barren and harsh looking. We are at least 3 weeks behind at this point.