The Parable of the Butterfly

As a butterfly soared overhead, one caterpillar said to the other, “You’ll never get me up in one of those things.”  Yet for every caterpillar the time comes when the urge to eat and grow subsides and he instinctively begins to form a chrysalis around himself. The chrysalis hardens and you’d think for all the […]

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Mardi Gras Basics

These Carnival basics are offered to first-timers, or as a brush-up for repeat revelers. Mardi Gras always falls on the Tuesday that is 46 days before Easter. It is always the day before Ash Wednesday, which is the start of Lent. • Carnival refers to the season of revelry before Mardi Gras. It begins officially on […]

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