We have had dogs for years. When our current pair were younger we put a home made fence around the yard, Maggie, the older dog, soon found a gap under the fencing and crawled through to go exploring. We tried to block the places she found to go through, but with little success. Finally, we … More Escape From [Alcatraz] Al-Dog-Traz
I just noticed how long it has been since I put up a new post. There are lots of reasons. The main one is that I’ve been very busy. I finally got a finished version of my Easter Egg Fleet book and sent it to the printers. The proof version came back and I discovered … More Keeping Busy
I saw Northern Europe was unseasonably hot last week. Now it’s our turn. We live in the Judean Mountains about 18km south of Jerusalem. We’re also a little over 900 meters above sea level, and usually quite dry. Tel Aviv, on the coast of the Mediterranean, is very humid. When they have temperatures of 30 … More We’re Having a Heat Wave
Being under house arrest has limitations. Essentially, as a retiree in the section of the population considered at high risk. that is my situation. But even prisoners need some kind of exercise. There are both physical and mental challenges to help keep us in shape. I regularly find myself doing sudoku puzzles and mini crosswords, … More Corona Exercise
One of the ways we avoid extensive contact with the outside world is by ordering our groceries for home delivery. We have two places we order from. One is our local small food store. We order from them by phone, and they deliver it almost immediately. The other is a large chain store supermarket that … More On-Line Groceries
My wife took out the vacuum cleaner to clean our living room rug this morning. We have a Shark brand cleaner. It says it never loses suction or power. But that wasn’t her experience today. She could see the machine was not picking up anything from the rug. The built in container for dirt is … More Dog Hair! Yucchh!
My children all got together and bought me a special present for my last birthday, a 3D printer. Of course I had to make room to place it next to my computer. We bought another small table. I assembled the table and put it in between the old computer table and a little book case. … More A New Toy
I’m Jewish. Last Saturday I went to the Synagogue or the first time since the Corona crisis began. It wasn’t the usual routine. We prayed outdoors. Chairs were placed at a distance from one another. The number of congregants was officially limited to 50. We actually had fewer than that. Despite all the limitations, it … More Corona – Officially Quarantined
Just when we were getting over the COVID-19 crisis it returns. we began to think the virus was leaving the scene. The government took steps to return to normal. Businesses were allowed to open. The kids went back to school. After all, we’d had no new diagnosed cases for 4 straight days. Then it started. … More Corona – Round Two
In Israel schools are open again. A lot of restrictions are being relaxed. It was something to be expected after about 4 straight days without a single new case of COVID-19. Then, yesterday, the penny dropped. There were 17 NEW cases confirmed. Among them, a teacher, a worker in a home for the elderly, a … More Corona – Getting Back to —-What?
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