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Easter memories

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 Palm Harbor memories   I grew up (until age twelve) in Palm Harbor. At some point, the town was planned to be more grand than it turned out to be. There were parts of the town that had curbs and palm trees planted as a planned project. But it failed (or never actually came about) in any event, there was a meager downtown. The road had a hill that sloped down through town and ended at 19A. At the top of the hill, you could see the gulf of Mexico in the distance.    I mention all of this to set up that the town used to come together to put on an Easter sunrise service and the crosses were placed on that hill. The entire town in various ways participated. The person who played Jesus was always a guarded secret but there were children who participated and elders all in costume. They borrowed a donkey for this production (entering the city on a donkey with people waving palms) and people took turns keeping it during this production  (practice and such. I think our f...