Tomorrow is election day. For Virginia and New Jersey, as well as the City of New York, these are big days. We (in Virginia) are going to elect new governors, as well as legislators that will make laws we will have to live with for years, if not decades. And, that’s the point. Too many of you (I have only missed one election- a primary that was held in March- since the first time I have been allowed to vote) only vote in Presidential elections. Which means that you let other folks pick your Congresspersons and state officers- that pass rules with which you vehemently disagree. Or let them move district boundaries to insure that their favorites get elected time and time again, or to insure the opposite party has no chance of gaining a seat. The bubble has burst on the American Dream. We have lost sight of our vision, our mission. As President Clinton said, “If we become ideological, then we’re blind to evidence.” So, I guess we are totally blind, because we have become inimically ideological.
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Another Liebster?
So, here I was by the dawn’s early light (not really- there isn’t any yet) perusing my daily reads, only to find that Muriel Jacques has nominated me for the Liebster Award... To the best of my recollection, this is my third go-round with this…so, it must be that my name starting with A makes me an easy choice…
Shmini Atzeret
Last night (this should automatically post around 6 am on Thursday) started a most unusual holiday. This is the last one that requires me not to work until April. (Good. Now, I can make some money!) The bible gives us very little clue about this holiday. It’s called the Eighth Day of Assembly (Shmini Atzeret).
Another holiday? Yup!
Today is another holiday. This one is really a festival. One we get to celebrate without being in synagogue all day. But by the end of next week, I’ll have taken off a total of 6 whole days (Yom Kipur was on a Saturday) and three half days for the Jewish Holidays in September- plus the secular Labor Day. Recognizing that there also were 9 weekend days, you can see that means only 12 working days this whole month .
C-r-e-a-k
Don’t worry- that’s only the sound my bones make as I walk. Or, maybe I mistook that sound for the wheeze emanating from my lungs.
What makes this new moon different from all other new moons?
May you and yours be inscribed
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Pomp and Circumstance.
What a weekend this will be. It feels like it was a second ago this young child was born. But, no- he is almost 22 now. The youngest of the brood. About to graduate from the University of Michigan. His first choice- no, his only choice- school.
Let the Art Shine In…
My house is replete with art. Mostly paintings, but sculpture and crafts are also present. My dining room affords one with the beauty to augment the conversation and tasty morsels with which I- and my guests- enjoy the evening.
Mickey…
I’m not sure I should write about this. I am trying to find something edifying, enlightening, ennobling that will render my attempt useful.
The 8th Day…
Tonight starts a most unusual holiday. The bible gives us very little clue. It’s called the Eighth Day of Assembly (Shmini Atzeret).