Monday, April 14, 2014

Snow, Passover, sorrow

Today we woke to over four inches of snow. The forecast mentioned snow showers or snow mixed with rain -- but this is what out backyard looked like at seven this morning.



 
It goes without saying, I suppose, that Tom had drained the snow thrower and put it away ...
More scattered snow is expected during the day with temps down to 19 tonight, but by Wednesday it is supposed to be back in the 50's.

Passover begins tonight at sundown, so Chag sa'may'ach to all those who celebrate. A special blessing to Tom's daughter Rebecca and her husband David as they celebrate Passover for the first time as parents of twins.


How sad and shameful that this story is in the news:
A 14-year old boy and his grandfather are among the three shot dead yesterday, on the eve of Passover, in a Kansas City suburb during an anti-Semitic shooting rampage. Police quickly arrested a suspect, 73-year old Frazier Glenn Miller (also known as Frazier Glenn Cross) of Aurora, Missouri. Miller is a former leader — known as a “Grand Dragon” — of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and reportedly yelled “heil Hitler” from the back of the police car after being arrested.
Miller yesterday allegedly shot and killed three people in two separate areas of Overland Park, Kansas, about two miles apart. He reportedly used a shotgun or semi-automatic rifle, and may also have used a handgun in the acts. Witnesses report he first asked them if they were Jewish and then shot if they said “yes,” though not all the victims were Jewish.


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