In particular. Or at least to start. Or is it complacent insanity? One, the world and its blind eye to the Middle East’s increasing violence. Frog in the pot, anyone? Yes, a myth. So, yes, just like that a frog will not stay in a pot that is continually getting hotter, the refugees will leave places that … More insane complacency on two fronts
This isn’t as awful as it sounds. (What’s the opposite of trigger alert? Put the the safety back on?) I am actually talking about puns, the kind that we as a group make on Rosh Hashanah. I wrote about it last year here about the symbolic power of foods to spur us to correct our behavior … More groans for the new year
Very depressed about the world today. Very frightened of the future or the potential lack of it. I don’t get how the Iran deal is getting approved. Actually, I do get it. That’s where the irony comes in. And then all these other little things crept into the picture. Maybe a list should do it. … More irony abounds, it seems, today
Today, the day after Tisha B’Av, you see all the laundry that people haven’t done since before Shabbat or even before the previous week, hanging out in all its glory. We in the West have learned not to expose our laundry of any kind, whether clean or dirty. But here in Tzfat, in particular, but … More Cleaning up dignity
Don’t worry if you have enough so you limit your use of the sunscreen, of the perfume. Don’t forget about the other perfume you bought and were waiting for the right time to start. Don’t wait to smell the roses. Stopping wishing. Stop waiting for someone to show up. Wear your good jewelry. Wear out … More Don’t be afraid to use it up
I forget how valuable it is to talk to people outside one’s own group. Basically, I mean strangers. There are reasons I don’t talk to people who I know outside my own group. And I don’t think it’s ever jealousy, if I could dare say that. But talking to strangers, especially people who you will … More pulling the crowns down to raise ourselves up
This is what I read this morning on my Yahoo feed: Why It’s So Important To Think Of Age As A Gift which led me to this article by Phyllis Sues. I’m leaving the headline large because it should be and it is. Here’s just a tidbit: If you think of age as a gift you will understand what … More from the old with the young
Jazz is. At least the jazz where you have different members of the unit play off of each other and then take turns playing solo, or at least being featured. What makes it for you, the music? Last night, we went to the bluewhale, (that’s how they spell it) downtown LA, to listen to East-West JazzScene … More Like an elimination diet
But still a bit worried that I won’t be that grateful…or as grateful as I want to be. We postponed our trip to LA one day to avoid being bumped out of traveling out of this New England white-out. We were delayed on the tarmac for over an hour while they waited for a mechanic … More grateful to be grateful
Looking back at my posts, but not really having to, I see that I have tagged many of them “steep learning curve”. Many of them have dealt with loss, for sure, and that doesn’t leave my mind too often, especially with consistent reminders, such as the death of a young woman who got confused, went … More relativity, up close and personal
Learning from the Learned 