Finally

 Reported everywhere, Kevin McCarthy was sworn in this morning as Speaker of the House. Lots of political drama, lots of wrangling, but he finally got it done. I suppose it is fitting that he was sworn in on January 7th.  January 6th is, as you know, a day that will live in infamy.  A day when a great boisterous crowd visited the Capitol.  It is also the day celebrated in Christianity as the day that Jesus was manifested to the Gentiles.  I find a great deal of irony in the conjunction of these two anniversaries.

Cajuns celebrate epiphany by the baking of King cakes.  A sweet pasty, often braided before baking, into which a small figurine of the Christ is hidden.  We will eat King cakes until Lent.  Many diets will be wrecked, and pounds gained because of these things. The season ends at the stroke of midnight on Fat Tuesday, beginning the season of repentance and fasting of Lent.