Easter

Happy Spring, Solstice, Passover, Easter. 

Easter, what an odd word. 

In most languages, the name of this 

spring festival descends from the 

Hebrew word for Passover: Pesach.

Pascha: Greek

Pascha: Latin 

Pascua: Spanish

Pasqua: Italian

Pascoa: Portuguese

Pasen: Dutch

Paske: Danish

Paske: Norwegian

Pask: Swedish

Even the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons

say Pasg or Pask.

Only the English have Easter.

It comes from Anglo-Saxon

and names a goddess, Eastre

who appears every April

to warm the skies and

make the flowers bloom.

Whatever your beliefs

Or how you say it,

It's a good time to celebrate

the return of life and light

after a long, dark season.