shopping!

I’ve just come back from shopping at Kroger’s for tomorrow, and here’s what I got: – Angostura bitters and sugar cubes, for the champagne – vodka, lime juice, Cointreau, and cranberry juice, for Cosmopolitans – brandy, for the eggnog – whipping cream, for the pie Yes, we already have food. Any more nasty remarks, and Continue reading shopping!

Jaffa

My friends Chaya and Azriel needed to go to Yafo (now practically a suburb of Tel Aviv) today. In a few days, Chaya and Mordechai will move there, to an old red stucco house on the corner of a street a block from the ocean. As of today, the house is full of plaster dust, Continue reading Jaffa

the dalai lama

We were in Bloomington, Indiana this morning for the dedication of the Chamtse Long Temple by the Dalai Lama himself. No electronics here in the VIP tent where we get to be up by the stage with a table of snacks at the back. We’re in the front row too. All of the attending clergy Continue reading the dalai lama