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And so we wrap up another year of Lentorama, perhaps not as good as last year's use of Twitter if I'm being honest. I suppose next year we'll see if Tumblr has enough content to fill 40 days. Beats having to come up with something original.
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I like the idea of sacrificing for Lent not by giving something up, but by doing more (though as I alluded to above, there's also the idea of being able to do more by giving something up).
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You think after so many years of doing Lentorama I'd have this figured out, but apparently the Great Lent starts on a Monday and includes Sundays, so it ends before Holy Week. The Orthodox churches also don't do Ash Wednesday, which I didn't know but should have figured out from having relatively observant Greek Orthodox friends.All in all it seems like a much tidier affair on the Orthodox side.
The main drawback with this week's theme is that I'm getting the traveling jones and am clearly not getting to Italy or Russia or anywhere like that any time soon. So maybe I can say I gave up international travel for Lent?
So I think this week might just be pictures of churches. I may switch it up depending on the number of pictures out there that I like, but I'm admittedly not feeling this year's version of Lentorama.
Instagram isn't helping this, either, in two significant ways:
1. Their search function is not very helpful. Twitter at least let me search for #lent and a date or date range.
2. When I click on a photo to see the post, and then decide to go back into the main page, it bring me back to the top, meaning I have to scroll all over again. Thanks for nothing! I guess the ad they have saying that the mobile app is the best way to enjoy Instagram is true.