Triplets

Proportional Response

Friends send the most wonderful things... Thanks, Sydney!

Sadly, it's only "the movies". Shabbat Shalom.

The ability to listen

The recent posting followed by its almost immediate withdrawal has prompted a few of my friends to ask what caused the sudden volte-face. Some might think that it smacks of indecision on my part but nothing could be further from the truth. I pride myself on my ability to listen to other people's views, after which I then make my decision and stick resolutely to my guns. A lot like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRPcssq-7Us

Song of Hope

I was pointed towards a catchy song: the translated lyrics are printed below.

I heard that you are coming back all the way

I saw angels preparing the table for the son of the King

I saw a ladder, too, ascending and descending

I heard wind touching the leaves

I saw you, it was not a delirium

I heard that the sea declared a joyous day

I saw the stars and moon dancing

They, too, know how to roll back

I heard that the sun is in fact a shadow

I saw a tower shake and fall

(chorus)

Come, we have been waiting for you for too many years

We have become mad, we have lost our visage

We are simply withering away, so come

Yes, come, there are no more vessels* for us to break

We do not know who is sober

and who is drunk, and falling into the well, as it happens

So come, yes come

I heard that you are really standing at the gate

and that every innocent lamb will be able to live in the forest, and I heard

that this heart, too, will not die anymore

Imagination will sign a peace treaty with reality

All the sounds will be one simple song

Come, we have been waiting for you...

(*A kabbalistic allusion) Read more:  http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/169255#.U7UY1vmSwhE

A cure for mosquito bites?

I post this with a clear health and common sense warning !! Note the instruction to warm a spoon under hot water, not boiling water so as not to burn the arm! And do keep in mind the super-sensitivity of children! I am now going off to the local mosquito patch to try this out. I'll keep you posted (geddit?)