January, Shabbat. Snow.

I’m getting used to the snow, just about in time for the spring migration of birds to start… somewhere in Central and South America, little wings are starting to flutter, and little beaks are pointing northward. They will bring spring with them, just when I am falling asleep under my blanket of snow.

Obscure TV shows I like

One thing I’ve found in my (many) travels to England is British TV shows. One of my favorites is called “Black Books,” about a small used-book store owner, in the absurd-intellectual-cynical comedy tradition, at its best of course. I can’t watch my CD of it now because it’s PAL format, and I can’t switch Fluffy’s Continue reading Obscure TV shows I like

Words of One Syllable Dept.

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