Monday

Buck left for home this morning at 5. So now I get around to my workaday world — meetings with the rabbi and the people we want to be our producers for the television project. Then to Israel on Thursday. I am making it all sound grim, even though it is not. I find it Continue reading Monday

breakfast

This is my view at breakfast. We cannot see much due to the seasonal fog surrounding low-lying areas in southern California at this time of year. Fog should not be a problem in a month or two. Today we have scrambled eggs (me) and huevos rancheros (Buck). We were rudely awakened by the fire alarm Continue reading breakfast

the life

After a long, hard morning of Rosh HaShanah services at the temple at which the rabbi is teaching for the week, I relax at the bar by the pool here at the Mondrian hotel. A beer keeps me company while the hotdog gets itself prepared in the kitchen. Of course, they have much fancier cuisine Continue reading the life

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