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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

When death's angel opens the door

It may be Just a crack in the floor or a fracture in the wall That you see, of this world fading fast despite the loved ones' call. There is no light in the shadow that passes over The threshold to enter softly Bringing on night To snuff the flame of a burning wick That flickers in the wind Carrying it up To different dimensions in time and space to inhabit newer places Of unknown infinity deep within the tunnels of a different knowing of a different source where we all wander away, only to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

This is a question of child safety..

Today in the afternoon, I realised that my son was talking to a boy over the fence. I investigated. The boy appeared to be about six years old. It later turned out he was. I came straight down to investigate further. I found out that he was six years old and lived in the Dandenongs. ‘Why aren’t you in school?’ I asked him. I received a vacant stare and a shrug of the shoulders. I really did not want him around my son as he was decidedly a strange child. Something was not right. ‘Where is your... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 30, 2009

The cuplrit when he sleeps and awakens!

At present he is sleeping and that is a good thing for him and I. He is an angel asleep and sometimes when he is awake too. and when he awakes from sleeping, he is grumpy and not amused. I am a morning person so I always wake happy and ready for the day unless I have had a sleepless night and spent it tossing and turning.Usually when I worry which is more often these days. Sign in to see full entry.

A difficult day...the lows and the highs of it all..

First the lows My son went out of control on his babysitter and hit her and tried to bully her into buying things in the supermarket for him. I came back from the massage I received at the Endeavour College of Natural Therapies that was to destress me to a situation that was total stress out. He had his speech therapy lesson today and then a hair cut and I was to go into the city to get treatment for my back. I did but came back to a total stress out situation and had a text message at the end... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

A good evening and a pleasant Shabbat

After a very pleasant Shabbat, I had a friend with her children drop over in time for havdala ( a ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat and the beginning of the new week) and we then went out to St Kilda Pier to see the penguins. St Kilda Pier is long and there seems to be a lot of fishermen of all nationalities fishing on it at night. My friend was telling me that we should bring the kids with fishing rods to fish there.It is a bit dark to read which I also like to do if I go fishing. There... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Writer's Block, Cracked or Not!

I have just been reading TAPS blog and her comment from Scott Fitzgerald with whom I disagree mightily. Poor old Scott died of alcohol abuse. I believe the creative impulse is ongoing but it takes a lot out of a person. Look at literary giants like Dickens and Patrick White say, and Walt Whitman. I believe the creative impulse in a writer is ongoing as you respond to events around you or draw on the past and how past events affect the way you deal with things in the present and your perceptions... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Rosh Hodesh Nissan

It is the first day of the month of Nissan today and the count down to Pesach is well and truly under way. I have so much to do and so little time in which to do it. A picture of my boy Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Holiness and Division

B’H Hashem, G-d is the healer of the world. The essence of love and compassion that brings wholeness and holiness to the world is from a complete source of pure light. The binder of families and communities, husband and wife, parents and children and brother and sister is G-d. Satan or the Yetzer Hara originates from a source of division that constantly struggles with the source of light. It is the opposing energy. It is the harbinger of wars, conflict, family divisions and jealousies. It is the... Sign in to see full entry.

Birkat Hachamah Texts Text of the "Blessing on the Sun" Ceremony, in Hebrew and English Preferably, the Blessing of the Sun should be recited between sunrise and the end of the third "proportional hour" of the day (each "hour" is defined as one twelfth of the time between sunrise and sunset). If this is not viable, it may be recited until noon (the end of six "proportional hours"). It should be recited following Shacharit, if possible with a minyan of ten. The Blessing of the Sun is recited... Sign in to see full entry.

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