Comments on: KnitWit 12: Easter http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/ Stories mainly concerning my passions: knitting, spinning, and fiber animals. Occasionally, I will add in general observations on life. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:43:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Arlene http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-7751 Arlene Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:18:20 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-7751 OMG, no wonder your mom had to be nagged into letting you go. I'm sure that if she'd really known all about it, she either wouldn't have let you go or at least prepared you. As an adult, that would take me aback if I came upon it unawares. OMG, no wonder your mom had to be nagged into letting you go. I’m sure that if she’d really known all about it, she either wouldn’t have let you go or at least prepared you. As an adult, that would take me aback if I came upon it unawares.

]]> By: Marlene http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-465 Marlene Mon, 05 Jun 2006 17:42:30 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-465 What a great story!! The easter parade was very funny. :) What got my smart ass engine running was your jewish professer. I started thinking up retorts ranging from "Oh! Sorry! I didn't realise chocolate wasn't kosher!" to "See where assumptions get us? You assume I'm christian, I assume you like candy..." Like I said, smart. ass. :D What a great story!! The easter parade was very funny. :)
What got my smart ass engine running was your jewish professer. I started thinking up retorts ranging from “Oh! Sorry! I didn’t realise chocolate wasn’t kosher!” to “See where assumptions get us? You assume I’m christian, I assume you like candy…”
Like I said, smart. ass.
:D

]]> By: Liz http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-41 Liz Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:07:36 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-41 That is the most hideously nasty scene I can imagine for a child to experience. I'm sorry you had to go through that! I wish you eggs, chicks and bunnies every easter. Love your stories. Liz in England. That is the most hideously nasty scene I can imagine for a child to experience. I’m sorry you had to go through that! I wish you eggs, chicks and bunnies every easter. Love your stories.

Liz in England.

]]> By: Persnickety Knitter http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-40 Persnickety Knitter Thu, 20 Apr 2006 05:19:21 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-40 Wow, that was quite a parade! I enjoyed the podcast -- great storytelling. Wow, that was quite a parade! I enjoyed the podcast — great storytelling.

]]> By: Lisa http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-38 Lisa Tue, 18 Apr 2006 21:17:55 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-38 Oh, NO!! As soon as I heard you say "while I was living in the Phillipines" , I could see the whole thing clearly in my mind. Having been raised Southern Baptist, I began my journey towards atheism when a former boyfriend called Christianity "the blood cult". A little light bulb went off in my head. I still live in the Bible Belt, however, and would never tell my parents or in-laws that I'm an unbeliever. It would just worry them unnecessarily. I, however, get to worry about how warped all my nieces and nephews are getting, what with the Southern Baptists *and* Jehovah's Witnesses *and* Mormons in their families all getting into the indocrination act. Happy Spring, and flowers, and Nature's re-birth. It's been glorious here in AtlantaLand. Oh, NO!! As soon as I heard you say “while I was living in the Phillipines” , I could see the whole thing clearly in my mind.

Having been raised Southern Baptist, I began my journey towards atheism when a former boyfriend called Christianity “the blood cult”. A little light bulb went off in my head. I still live in the Bible Belt, however, and would never tell my parents or in-laws that I’m an unbeliever. It would just worry them unnecessarily. I, however, get to worry about how warped all my nieces and nephews are getting, what with the Southern Baptists *and* Jehovah’s Witnesses *and* Mormons in their families all getting into the indocrination act.

Happy Spring, and flowers, and Nature’s re-birth. It’s been glorious here in AtlantaLand.

]]> By: heather http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-37 heather Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:48:35 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-37 I also prefer your version of Easter. Kudos to your graduate school professor who could understand your perspective and accept your gift of chocolates in celebration of spring and all that it brings. While I have never seen a parade like the one that you described, there was that one float with the Jesus figure dripping blood in the parade for the apple festival. Fortunately, I was an adult when I saw that one. Oh the joys of being an atheist in the middle of the Bible belt. I also prefer your version of Easter. Kudos to your graduate school professor who could understand your perspective and accept your gift of chocolates in celebration of spring and all that it brings.

While I have never seen a parade like the one that you described, there was that one float with the Jesus figure dripping blood in the parade for the apple festival. Fortunately, I was an adult when I saw that one. Oh the joys of being an atheist in the middle of the Bible belt.

]]> By: Laura http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-36 Laura Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:24:47 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-36 Hey Sis! I remember that Easter too. Do you remember the little "chicks" that peeped like crazy when you opened the egg? Drove Dad nuttts! Hey Sis!
I remember that Easter too. Do you remember the little “chicks” that peeped like crazy when you opened the egg? Drove Dad nuttts!

]]> By: Christina http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-35 Christina Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:44:19 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-35 OMG, what an awful childhood memory! I can't even imagine. Wolfy is so cute :) OMG, what an awful childhood memory! I can’t even imagine. Wolfy is so cute :)

]]> By: Suzanne http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-34 Suzanne Sat, 15 Apr 2006 22:36:06 +0000 http://autumnbreezedesigns.com/blog/2006/04/15/knitwit-12-easter/#comment-34 What a difficult memory to carry around! I wish that I could wish on you the vision of a parade of rabbits, flowers, and people in their best fancy dress clothes and big beautiful hats to remember instead. Those are the Easter parades I've known. Having spent most of my life in Texas, I don't think I've ever even heard of the kind of Easter parade you described. I'm sure it's very spiritual for some, but it sounds like an awful thing for a completely unprepared child to have to deal with. What a difficult memory to carry around! I wish that I could wish on you the vision of a parade of rabbits, flowers, and people in their best fancy dress clothes and big beautiful hats to remember instead. Those are the Easter parades I’ve known. Having spent most of my life in Texas, I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of the kind of Easter parade you described. I’m sure it’s very spiritual for some, but it sounds like an awful thing for a completely unprepared child to have to deal with.

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