Lent – Ellen Kolb

Shoulder season

I’m looking out a window with a view of the tallest mountains in my state. A few days ago, more than two feet of snow fell in this area. Today, you’d never know it. Yesterday brought 50-degree weather, with more of the same expected today. As a result, the mountain is not so much snow-cappedContinue reading “Shoulder season”

A fine bumpy start to Lent

aerial night view of highway interchange

I didn’t spend Ash Wednesday waiting in line to get a cross on my forehead. I had a different memento mori: a day on the highways of the northeast corridor, racing home from Florida to beat a winter storm. The New Jersey Turnpike is an aptly penitential place. Buckled into our car’s passenger seat asContinue reading “A fine bumpy start to Lent”