another world

My friends at the Sukkot dinner tonight were still astonished that I’d simply gone to Bethlehem yesterday. They didn’t know you could do that. And unplanned, too. “She just took a taxi there…” Most lasting image of the trip: Beit Jala, the walls… All walls throughout the world draw posters to them like magnets. Therefore, Continue reading another world

Erev Sukkot

Did nothing today but sit at the Cafe Beginah (Garden Cafe) with Mordechai and read read read. The sort of day I needed after yesterday’s travels. The sun was out, the temperature perfect, and the pomegranate and palm and other trees provided lovely shade. Tonight, Sukkot at Avraham’s. Film at 11.

Several days, one entry

OK, you try to find an internet hookup in the hills of Galilee. This weekend was not just a retreat to the hills overlooking the Sea of G, but my first ever Yom Kippur.

Saturday Night in LA

So Saturday night is in full swing around the hotel’s pool, 2 floors below our room. My husband is dead to the world After getting back from Rosh Hashanah services today about 2:00, I had lunch and napped until time for dinner tonight with our friends. Cautions about LA restaurants: Be careful when drinking anything Continue reading Saturday Night in LA