over 180 rockets fell in this country since yesterday evening, and the south is suffering most of these. But we’re still readying for more. I may go down to clean the shelter later, but I want to get lunch ready for the kids, some work ready for tomorrow, and, of course, keep the television on for the news. It changes from minute to minute and should not be ignored.
no bombs yet over Tel Aviv – August 6, 2022 Read Post »
here’s the procedure in our building.
bombs over TA – August 5, 2022 Read Post »
My left eye is still not working. my cataract guy is coming back in two weeks and i’m okay except i’m not getting these invitations out. maybe all I need is a vacation. or a climate change.
but there is so much to do I’m not paying attention to the fact that the whole Gaza strip (our side) has been under lockdown for days and they’re not saying when the end will be. This is either signalling some operation on our part or a big scale attack on their part. It’s a very iffy time, and I’m worried about my fonts.
It’s not surprising that I can’t concentrate on anything in this heat – no one can. I can’t tell you how many times waiters have messed up my orders, how many times my friends complained I missed our engagement when they were the ones who messed up the dates half the time.
heat – august 4, 2022 Read Post »
It’s all about a usual day for me. When the dental secretary called me the other day to remind me to come for my appointment, I answered, “What should I bring?” and she hasn’t been able to get over the fact that I broke her routine.
It is actually one of my favorite activities, ever since almost fifty years ago I came to the US Embassy library in Tel Aviv and told the librarian that I wanted to return these books. “Why?” He answered, “Is there something wrong with them?”
It made my day.
So I always like doing it to other people. Some guy calls me to vote for him in the party’s primaries and asks if I am for his platform. I haven’t been paying attention to the labor primaries, so I ask him what kind of car he’ll get if he wins.
the usual – august 3, 2022 Read Post »
“In July and August,” the German saying goes, “Only if you must.” But these weeks have been so busy that I’m even sleeping at night. First, there are guests. Second, the event on the 25 is so complicated it feels like a bar mitzvah. My musician disappeared and probably won’t return. My substitute musician is abroad. The invitations are something like Elaine’s Christmas card, except we’ll get it right before they go out. Please tell everyone you know so I don’t have to shlep all the wine home, and all this work won’t be for naught.
It is not as if there is no news to report. The papers are full of it.
Summer – August 2, 2022 Read Post »
We have a lot of ice cream chains around here, and when we went to meet some friends for ice cream in Ramat Hasharon we passed the most famous one, Golda. It was big and well-lit, with many many people.
We passed it and went to Fredo, which is small and modest, and a customer here and there. And OMG it was so much better.
ice cream – august 1, 2022 Read Post »
We are in the middle of the period of mourning for the loss of the temple, the loss of the homeland for the Jews almost 2000 years ago. I’m suddenly connecting these mourning days to some of the recent tv series we’ve been watching – the ones that go back and forward in time. Of course, Oren tells me, Time is not chronological. It’s all now. And we’re then.
mid summer – July 31, 2022 Read Post »
