New Year is celebrated on the first day of spring along the Silk Road from Persia to Mongolia and such parts.  The holiday is called Norooz, and it’s the biggest, brightest, eatingest day on that culture’s calendar.  Traditional foods symbolize wishes for the coming year.  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could make life go our way by feasting?

I spent the day with my Silk Road son-in-law, greeting spring along a Chesapeake Bay shoreline.  Daughter and granddaughter joined us for an evening feast as we wait for spring to bring a second sweet granddaughter to this much-blessed family.  I thought having the little one join us after supper would be auspicious timing­.  Being born on such an important holiday ought to bring even more luck, or at least be a cool thing to tell people.  But I didn’t know what food to eat to symbolize “bring the baby quick,” and it’s not looking like there’ll be a delivery tonight.  Happy spring!