we’re not doing well with sukkahs this year.  oh yeah sure, my aging friends are trying to keep up some tradition and maybe we sit on their porch under the pergola.  But the prayers and the thoughts and the discussion has nothing to do with the holiday.  I’m not complaining – we had a wonderful evening last night, but I think we’re really too old and tired to build sukkahs and get the kids the bring chairs and furniture and arrange a discussion about transcience and the need to understand that houses, like the houses of worship, are temporary – that only the lord is permanent.  and all that.  the kids want to stay home and play video games or skate board.  We used to have semi sukkahs – and actually we wanted to eat under our car port with the idea that we could watch the full moon rise and feel the movement of the skies, but we’re at the point where the effort of convincing kids to help out is too much…

so we’re having dinner at home with friends and tomorrow at the beach

friday we’ll  try the family again.