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The Small World Scrapbook: Easter Sunday, 2020

by on April 12, 2020

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  • Dinah April 12, 2020, 11:54 AM

    Happy Easter, Gerard! Don’t you love a black cat in sunshine? Especially those smooth, damp places just washed? She’s loving her Easter sunshine.

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  • jwm April 12, 2020, 12:07 PM

    Just got back from walking five and a half rigorous miles on this cool gray Easter. Got home, flopped in the red chair, and Buddy the Cat jumped right up into my lap to join me. My wife is doing her exercises in her den. It’s quiet here, and we’re OK. Much to be grateful for.
    A blessed Easter to all who stop by.

    JWM

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  • Margot April 12, 2020, 12:23 PM

    I go to a tiny Baptist Church two blocks away. The last three weeks, there have been five worshippers including the pastor and his wife. She plays the piano and live-streams his sermons on Facebook, for the others of the congregation who stay home. The pastor doesn’t want to preach to an empty church, so three of us listen to his sermon. There is a sign about a block from the church that tells us we can be arrested, jailed and fined $1000 for nonessential travel. It’s shocking! I can’t help feeling the Deep State is continuing on with its coup attempt by exploiting this shutdown.

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  • Phil in Englewood April 12, 2020, 1:24 PM

    Happy Easter, Gerard! Nothing like a happy cat in a basket in the sunshine… What a wonderful world, indeed.

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  • PA Cat April 12, 2020, 2:44 PM

    It’s shocking! I can’t help feeling the Deep State is continuing on with its coup attempt by exploiting this shutdown.

    It helps me to remember that the Powers That Were set a guard at the door of Christ’s tomb after His burial, and a fat lot of good that did them. The Lord is risen, He is risen indeed!

    And yes, I like to think there was a little black cat walking in the garden on the first Easter, and that He stopped to pet and bless her. On this Easter, Olive is a picture of sunlit contentment, with the deep pink flower complementing her red collar and heart tag.

    Easter greetings to both of you.

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  • H April 12, 2020, 3:55 PM

    Begs the question, Margot, what would be their penalty for running their sign over and flattening it. Literally anything, presumably, considering they have already abandoned their sworn oath with contempt.

    “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

    Of late I’ve been wondering what that stout fellow who cleared the temple in Jerusalem of money-changers would do under our present situation.

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  • Gordon Scott April 12, 2020, 4:54 PM

    As the Babylon Bee advises, “Romans investigating Jesus for violating Stay-At-Tomb order.”

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  • Casey Klahn April 12, 2020, 8:11 PM

    Happy Easter, Gerard and AD readers!

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  • theduchessofkitty April 13, 2020, 1:14 AM

    Happy Easter, Gerard! And to you, too, Miss Olive! And to y’all!

    “I know that my Redeemer liveth” – Job 19:25

    P.S. – Did I tell you we adopted a black kitty last November? We named her Pepper.

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  • ghostsniper April 13, 2020, 9:02 AM

    Now you hafta adopt a white male and name him Salt.

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