I am in here.
I don’t know how or why it happened, but the trees in my orange grove are all still standing. Upright and all (NB: they’re right in what was the path of Hurricane Charley). In the next county (nine-tenths of a mile away — we measured it ourselves) the orange trees are all growing in — … Continue reading Orange Groves
The sun is working on going down, and I’ve ordered nearly $30 of stuff from LaRosa’s. I figure the sun will be mostly down by the time it gets here. Amazing how slow the day can go when you sit there planning your LaRosa’s order for hours. Thing is, this Tisha B’Av fast hasn’t even … Continue reading Dinner, almost….
Tis after my farewell dinner with M, and the main room has been swept and adjusted for the arrival of Gil so that he and M can go over the upcoming tapings for the weekend TV show. Dafna has turned on the red hanging lamp, and lit candles all over the bureau. I snuggle in … Continue reading Candle-lighting time in Jaffa
The afternoon of Shabbat spent on the beach in Jaffa: just me and a couple of hundred of the people whose acts I’ve been decrying in this blog, as if they’re a people of only one mind and opinion. I still decry those actions. But I can no longer see all Arabs in the same … Continue reading Havdalah
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