There's a reason for prayer: to acknowledge the community inherent in solitude. Today is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. A time to eat sweet things, to reflect upon the fullness of the past year and plan the fullness of the next. And the year is always full. Today is Talia Goldenberg's birthday. 24 years on … Continue reading Grateful
Month: September 2014
My schedule's disappeared, the seasons have stopped changing. I quit my au pair job two weeks back, and since then have enjoyed a stay-cation on the kibbutz, interspersing books with lap swims and waves. Now, even as October stretches on, I feel suspended in June - the last time I lived on the kibbutz, before … Continue reading Time’s Stopped
In Mutual Weirdness 