Last Monday, on Rosh Hodesh Tamuz, we hiked from our house down the hill to Rosh Pina. This was the view we have enjoyed for the last six years throughout the various seasons: This was the view that challenged us to walk down to the Nahal Rosh Pina valley. Conquering the mountain? Hardly. Just making the connection. When we first moved to Tzfat, our first … Continue reading promises kept
We need to feel hurt when someone else is hurt. We must allow ourselves to feel loss. But in order to feel loss, we have to feel connection first. I don’t remember if I had met Lucy Dee and her family before November 2015, and if so, probably only in passing at our daughter and SIL’s shul. I did meet her and spend a significant … Continue reading What we need to remember
I went to wash my hands this morning and phphpht phphpht No water. ISHI at that moment was calling the water department and they hadn’t known about the stoppage; it wasn’t scheduled by any of their workers (which happens frequently enough). Thankfully, truly thank G-d, at that next moment, the water returned. So that’s the question and the answer; isn’t it? We are so spoiled … Continue reading respecting the source
I tend to see things as signs. That’s not a problem; I see things the same way as pages read or lessons heard; ways to learn new things. Or sometimes, it can be a way to learn old things. I could have called this “The Dawn of a New Day”. But I realized we never start over from nothing. After six years here in Israel, … Continue reading starting over with chaos
We are grateful to be in our house tucked into this little corner of paradise. ISHI says he wouldn’t have put the fence up all around the house if it hadn’t been there when we bought it, but we’re looking to add to it for a little more height to keep us from prying eyes of new construction. But the wall presents a once-in-seven-years dilemma; … Continue reading the reason for walls mourned and praised
Yesterday we went to buy paint to go on the new wall our neighbor put up between our houses. We wanted to get this done ASAP before the rains come. This week it’s supposed to be clear, but it’s wild how you can feel the moisture building up in the air already. ISHI and I don’t mind the fact that the neighbor put up a … Continue reading translating a wall
The interconnectivity of everything can show a humorous side, such as the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series. That is a nice and happy place to be. I have been reading [too] many articles on the Surfside tragedy for the past two weeks. It’s beyond tragic that it’s been that long already, but there has been no closure for so many families. The … Continue reading that noisy mouse
If you haven’t figured out yet, if we don’t know each other personally, I’m not so big on possessions. In fact, I am still working on how to determine what is essential; clarifying values and all. I saw this yesterday on Monday Morning Memo and chose to pursue it a bit: With the foundation that he’s formed a crazy successful business of getting rid of … Continue reading is it too much to ask for pockets?
We just finished counting the Omer for the year; counting each night between the second day of Passover until the day before Shavuot, which was yesterday. There should be a sense of completion; some kind of feeling of accomplishment. There should. It’s similar to the emotions of “I should be accomplishing something during the stay-in-place year of COVID.” Should is the operative word once again. … Continue reading who am i/I?
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