Season's greetings at least within the octave of the feast! This year Eastertide has coincided exactly with the advent of the full blossoming of the sakura (cherry blossoms) and all the Bacchanalia that accompanies it. Not much time for reflection in the midst of the hanami night and day and all the chaos of another term beginning at the university. There are so many connections to make though in the realm of the blessed and I hope to be able to post something more substantial soonish. But for now, a haiku from the poet Issa that suggests the two things the sakura signify most powerfully: beauty and transience.
ただ頼々とや桜咲
tada tanome tada tanome to ya sakura saku
simply trust,
simply trust!
cherry blossoms in bloom
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