If weeding your garden gets the weeds out, does salting the ocean get the salt out?
גנן גידל דגן בגן, דגן גדול גדל בגן׃ Or you could say, Ganan gidel dagan bagan; dagan gadol gadal bagan. Meaning, the gardener grew grain in the garden; large grain grew in the garden.
Anyway it's nice to have my computer working correctly again. They removed 12 gig of junk that windows had added over the last several months. 12 Gig!!! And there was a lot of dust inside and some spyware that AVG missed. So it's really nice to know a good computer guy. And I got my computer back in one day. Now it works like a charm. And it's quiet.
January 3, 2013
January 1, 2013
The Lord's Day
I wish I could find some short articles on the Christian Sabbath. There are hardly any Christian Sabbatarians in Israel, and I'm not even being fussy about whether you keep it on Saturday or Sunday. One in seven, just like God did in the beginning. Simple enough, and so helpful.
Ring out the Old
It's gone. It wasn't bad. In fact, it was everything it was supposed to be.
But now is time for resolutions. Number one, go to bed on time.
I have gotten myself into a horrible rut of too little sleep, always stressing out (making stress out of even the most enjoyable things). Leads to heartburn, dizzy spells, etc.
Well, at least I'm not depressed!
But now is time for resolutions. Number one, go to bed on time.
I have gotten myself into a horrible rut of too little sleep, always stressing out (making stress out of even the most enjoyable things). Leads to heartburn, dizzy spells, etc.
Well, at least I'm not depressed!
November 26, 2012
Cold
I wore my winter coat in the house all day. Typical winter day. It was probably about 15 C. Clothes hung out all day and are still wet. Mosquitoes are slow, but they're still around.
Church on Wednesday and Saturday was attended by several prisoners. Maybe "attended" isn't the word--they listened in by phone.
Jerusalem is an interesting place. But I didn't exactly have an interesting day. I was a bit sick so I didn't accomplish much. I don't have any cute kids that say cute things and do cute things. I didn't go anywhere except for a short walk and I saw nothing new. I did stop for a look at my favorite rosebush. I am tempted to cut a rose and take it home. Nobody loves that rose as much as I do. The bush usually looks pretty sad, but the roses on it are nice. I wonder if the bush were treated for rust would the flowers still be as good.
I didn't see the gray cat today. He's not an average cat, but a special breed of some kind. He frequently sits on a wall by the sidewalk, at a convenient height for me to stop and pet. After petting him for a minute I walk on, so he jumps down, runs ahead, jumps onto the wall again. He does this several times, then returns home. If I had a cat that nice I'd be worried someone would steal him.
I stopped to pet the fat yellow cat. I startled several wild black and tabby cats out of the garbage bin.
I transcribed several tune ideas from my recorder. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be able to finish a tune.
Supper was supposed to be a delicious potato soup. It turned out to be a so-so potato soup. Try again tomorrow. Only without the potatoes.
Church on Wednesday and Saturday was attended by several prisoners. Maybe "attended" isn't the word--they listened in by phone.
Jerusalem is an interesting place. But I didn't exactly have an interesting day. I was a bit sick so I didn't accomplish much. I don't have any cute kids that say cute things and do cute things. I didn't go anywhere except for a short walk and I saw nothing new. I did stop for a look at my favorite rosebush. I am tempted to cut a rose and take it home. Nobody loves that rose as much as I do. The bush usually looks pretty sad, but the roses on it are nice. I wonder if the bush were treated for rust would the flowers still be as good.
I didn't see the gray cat today. He's not an average cat, but a special breed of some kind. He frequently sits on a wall by the sidewalk, at a convenient height for me to stop and pet. After petting him for a minute I walk on, so he jumps down, runs ahead, jumps onto the wall again. He does this several times, then returns home. If I had a cat that nice I'd be worried someone would steal him.
I stopped to pet the fat yellow cat. I startled several wild black and tabby cats out of the garbage bin.
I transcribed several tune ideas from my recorder. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be able to finish a tune.
Supper was supposed to be a delicious potato soup. It turned out to be a so-so potato soup. Try again tomorrow. Only without the potatoes.
November 23, 2012
I Found It!
I just stumbled across the verses that intrigued me some time back.
Compare Psalm 71:3 and Psalm 31:3 (written with middle part scrunched). Switch tsaddi and dalet and consider that hand-written vav's and yud's are very similar.
הֱיֵה לִי לְצוּר מָעוֹן לָבוֹאתָּמִידצִוִּיתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי
הֱיֵה לִי לְצוּר-מָעוֹז לְבֵיתמְצוּדוֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי
Or simply leave out vav's and yud's and an alef and you get,
לבתמדצת
or
לבתמצדת
first is "be for me a rock of strength, and for a house of defense(s) to save me"
second is "be for me a strong habitation, to come continually, you commanded to save me"
Also I find interesting that in the Psalms you can often change the line breaks and verse breaks without changing the meaning.
Compare Psalm 71:3 and Psalm 31:3 (written with middle part scrunched). Switch tsaddi and dalet and consider that hand-written vav's and yud's are very similar.
הֱיֵה לִי לְצוּר מָעוֹן לָבוֹאתָּמִידצִוִּיתָ לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי
הֱיֵה לִי לְצוּר-מָעוֹז לְבֵיתמְצוּדוֹת לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי
Or simply leave out vav's and yud's and an alef and you get,
לבתמדצת
or
לבתמצדת
first is "be for me a rock of strength, and for a house of defense(s) to save me"
second is "be for me a strong habitation, to come continually, you commanded to save me"
Also I find interesting that in the Psalms you can often change the line breaks and verse breaks without changing the meaning.
Winter rains
Fortunately winter rain doesn't mean cold rain. At least so far. It's more like spring rain. A bit dreary, but nice to have everything getting a wash-down.
Unless it's the clothes on my clothesline. Then it's dirt that washes down from the sky.
After living in Israel for a while, I find myself thinking of myself as Israeli. It's "us," "our troops," "our" prime minister. The day Gilad Shalit came home was quite a day for me.
Most of what is missing here is nature. I have never wanted to be a city person. I miss the grass, the open spaces, the nice parks in Indiana, the nice park north of Dallas, trees, waterfalls, etc. I thought I would perk things up by buying 3 house plants. I was horrified when I got home and realized that one of them had cost me $17!!!!! It has grown 5 new leaves and dropped 20. Oh well, it's trying--probably busy growing more roots. The other two look about the same as when I got them.
Unless it's the clothes on my clothesline. Then it's dirt that washes down from the sky.
After living in Israel for a while, I find myself thinking of myself as Israeli. It's "us," "our troops," "our" prime minister. The day Gilad Shalit came home was quite a day for me.
Most of what is missing here is nature. I have never wanted to be a city person. I miss the grass, the open spaces, the nice parks in Indiana, the nice park north of Dallas, trees, waterfalls, etc. I thought I would perk things up by buying 3 house plants. I was horrified when I got home and realized that one of them had cost me $17!!!!! It has grown 5 new leaves and dropped 20. Oh well, it's trying--probably busy growing more roots. The other two look about the same as when I got them.
November 22, 2012
Cease-fire
A bus-bombing yesterday tied up traffic for a while. The last such incident, I hope, for a long time. Now all is quiet, and the air is full of a feeling of normalness. Almost boring. Nothing on the news, so now let's see, where was I...
For the last few weeks I've been working on power-points. Now, after finishing the job and getting a little burnt out on it, I'm ready to do something different. But first I need to re-arrange the flat. There, I said it. "Flat." Not a tire, but an apartment. I didn't know I would ever say that word. While being re-arranged, everything looks a bit worse, but it will look better in the end.
For the last few weeks I've been working on power-points. Now, after finishing the job and getting a little burnt out on it, I'm ready to do something different. But first I need to re-arrange the flat. There, I said it. "Flat." Not a tire, but an apartment. I didn't know I would ever say that word. While being re-arranged, everything looks a bit worse, but it will look better in the end.
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