Lord, have mercy

It is Lent.  For the Orthodox it is an intense time of prayer and fasting.  We are (technically) vegan until Pascha, which happens to be the same as Western Easter this year (and next).  It also seems to be an intense time...period.  Things get overwhelming quickly.  Which is my long apology, mostly to myself since no one reads this, as to why I don't write as I had wanted to on this blog.  Oh well, there is always April...