1. I may have a Polish last name, but my cultural heritage is all German Lutheran (from my mom’s side of the family). Which is why I have never heard of a butter lamb before, a Polish Catholic Easter tradition. It’s a butter sculpture of a lamb! People take them to be blessed! Even nuns make them! Clearly I have been missing out.
2. Speaking of Easter traditions, Wagner’s “Good Friday Spell” from Parsifal is also appropriate listening for the weekend. As you carve your butter lamb…