Opinion, Out and About

Out and About

March 26, 2025 | Sandi Kemp

Word to the wise with all our spring chores out in the yard. If you are blowing anything with a blower, wear eye protection. If you are cutting limbs above you or next to you, wear eye protection. My brother was out blowing leaves one evening recently. He wasn’t wearing even sunglasses – because it was evening. The next morning, he woke up and his left eye was glued shut from eye gunk. He went to the urgent care, and they told him he had scratched his eye and it was healing. Turns out, it was probably from blowing leaves without eye protection.

Speaking of spring – have you wondered why Easter jumps around the calendar? This year, Easter is April 20. Next year, Easter is April 5. In 2027, Easter is March 28. According to timeanddate.com, (sounds official to me) and other websites:

“Easter is a movable feast and is determined as the first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox (March 21). Here’s a more detailed explanation: The Spring Equinox: The spring equinox, also known as the vernal equinox, marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and is typically on March 21.

The Paschal Full Moon: The “Paschal Full Moon” is the first full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. Easter Sunday: Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon. Range of Dates: Because of this calculation, Easter can fall anywhere between March 22nd and April 25th. Why it’s a movable feast: The date of Easter changes each year because it’s tied to both the lunar cycle (full moon) and the solar cycle (spring equinox), which are not perfectly synchronized with the Gregorian calendar.”

Believe it or not, that was the easiest explanation I could find. I want to know who sits down and figures out all of the dates because there are many activities centered around Easter. Such as:

Mardi Gras / Carnival Tuesday (47 days before Easter)

Ash Wednesday (46 days before Easter)

Palm Sunday (1 week before Easter)

Maundy Thursday (3 days before Easter)

Good Friday (2 days before Easter)

Holy Saturday (1 day before Easter)

Easter Monday (1 day after Easter)

Ascension Day (39 days after Easter)

Whit Sunday / Pentecost (49 days after Easter)

Whit Monday (50 days after Easter)

Trinity Sunday (56 days after Easter)

Corpus Christi (60 days after Easter)

I’m exhausted just typing that out. I’m definitely not the personality type to calculate when to celebrate Easter, or Mardi Gras. And, who fact checks the calendar companies? Are we just blindly trusting that the internet has it right? I will because I don’t have time to do calendar fact checking.

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