Archive for May 2020
Kvetching through the Desert
While Standing (Six Feet Apart) on One LegMay 28, 2020 The Jewish festival of Shavuot begins this evening. In case you are unfamiliar with the holiday, it lands on the 50th day after Passover begins. It is the time of the first harvest, the time of the giving of the Torah, and the season of…
Read MoreStumbling Blocks and Zombies
While Standing (Six Feet Apart) On One Leg May 21, 2020 I went to the race track once and bet on a horse. No, really, I did. In fact, I learned to read the racesheet, compared the track conditions to the track conditions the horses were used to running in, looked for other characteristics and…
Read MoreImagination Rules
While Standing (Six Feet Apart) On One LegMay 18, 2020 Of all the Zoom conferences I had in the past two months, I had a most unusual one last night with my colleagues from Camp Erin. Camp Erin, if you don’t know, is a nation camp movement and my local camp a 2 day summer…
Read MoreA Psychology Lesson
While Standing (Six Feet Apart) On One FootMay 15 – Erev Shabbat It’s interesting that I haven’t really put pen to paper to do my sorta-daily blog. I was talking about this with one of my children and she said something interesting – ‘You are the only one putting pressure on yourself to accomplish something.…
Read MoreDying for Ice Cream
While Standing (Six Feet Apart) On One FootMay 11, 2020 So it is pretty clear that the country is starting to ‘open up.’ No one really knows what’s going to happen but the epidemiologists have a pretty good clue. Many will open. Many will get sick. Some will die. It is a terrible calculus but…
Read MoreRushing Out
While Standing (Six Feet Apart) on One FootMay 6, 2020 Much to Stella’s chagrin, I have totally taken over my corner of the office with computers and audio equipment. As all of us are finding out, working from home takes up a lot of space. It is but one of the inconveniences of this lockdown.…
Read MoreAll the Time in the World
While Standing (Six Feet Apart) On One FootMay 2, 2020 I have been correctly characterized as ‘hyperactive.’ It was a huge problem in primary school and It was made worse because, back then, a lot people thought hyperactivity was some kind of intellectual deficiency. (In fact, the school psychologists even gave me an IQ test…
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