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DENMARK: COMMON PRAYER DAY

On the fourth Friday following Easter, Denmark celebrates its own
religious holiday. Common Prayer Day was adopted over 300
years ago to replace all the minor days of feasting and praying
with one single day of prayer. This public holiday is known locally
as Store Bededag. In the evening church bells are rung. People
dress in new spring clothes and eat a special warm bread
called varme hveder.

More about history and culture in Denmark:
http://www.visitdenmark.dt.dk/historie.html

a better day

Thanks to Deb's ingenuity, I've got my black Mary Janes now. We found a shoe store selling Mary Janes at a discount, but they only had brown. I never would have thought to dye the leather black! Heheh, this is fun. A bit of touch ups and a third coat, and they will be perfect. Ahh, shoes for walking over cobblestones.

Picked up my fellowship check and wandered through Calhoun. Talked with Hana and Keith. Stole Erik's copy of Russian Beauty off Keith's shelf so I could give it back to him. He looked so good today, tall, dark and handsome. I just wanted to stay in his dim office all afternoon listening to him type. He had three or four pages of correction notes to get through by Tuesday before he sends his article back.

Walked over to Metro and bought coffee, enjoying the sunshine. I bought myself a pack of Fantasias as an end of semester present . Maybe I just like them because people look twice at a blue or red cigarette. Keith hassles me about smoking every now and then, but then he turns around to ask me for a cigarette. Silliness.

I can't believe this business with the FBI. At least they have a one month stay to sort things out. In a way, I am glad I won't be here to watch. It makes me sad enough to know my government is executing a man. I just can't support that, I can't. Who puts an end to the killing, to the pain? Do you honestly believe watching McVeigh die will somehow assauge your grief over the bombing? Will it really change things? the quotes I've seen in the news are bloodthirsty ones, and it saddens me too.

soap

One roommate out of town, and the other out of the house for the night. Blessed emptiness. So many times I cursed that emptiness and now I beg for it. Strange how life it.

I organized my soap yesterday for some reason. Obsession I suppose.
But for fun this is what is iin my top bathroom drawer, a small selection of my collection...

Bath & Body Works Lavender Fields shower gel
Bath & Body Works Sweet pea shower gel
Bath & Body Works Plumeria shower gel
Bath & Body Works Refreshing Garden Mint bubble bath
Bath & Body Works Water Blossom Ivy bar soap
Bath & Body Works Melon Berry bar soap
Garden Botanika Exhilarating mint body wash
Simply Be Well Celebrate shower gel
Simply Be Well Unwind shower gel

In my shower I have a bar of Citrus Kiwi soap right now. Babble bable soap soap soap. I don't care. I have a soap addiction.