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Economist.com | The European Union In central Europe, as in much of the world, knowledge of English has become a basic skill of modern life comparable with the ability to drive a car or use a personal computer. It would be too easy to say how this phenomenon is bad. After all, we have the … Continue reading The value of speech
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
I have a birthday color, and it’s lovely! Now I must contemplate it. Found it over on Pantone’s website right here. As for the rest of it, the dog howls in the morningtide, and I curl up on the futon in the TV room with tea and Don Quixote and my son’s incredibly lazy cat. … Continue reading I have a color
I have just been reinforced in the idea that I have long held in semi-conscious fashion, ever since struggling through first-year calculus: progress is only (or at least mainly) possible through disaster. You see, disaster clears out the rubble of life, the bits and pieces you can’t bear to throw away yourself, the illusions you … Continue reading calculus is life
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