Waffle and Writings! for Thursday, January 8, 2009

Please take some time to reflect over the events of the past few weeks in the Middle East. Think about the position of Israel - a small nation of diverse people who have spent centuries preserving their religion and culture despite oppression and persecution. Sometimes we have lived peacefully side by side with other religions until the adherents of those religions have thought to make us assimilate and become 'like them' rather than retain our own unique character as a people. We do want peace... Sign in to see full entry.

While I was away, my two boarders, a 23 year old man and an older man of 57 years were left alone on the house. Nothing untoward happened as far as I could tell. However when I came downstairs last night just before midnight, there was a sickly sweet smell that assailed my nostrils as I came out of my door onto the landing of the stairs downstairs. It was smoke but more than cigarette smoke. There was a gaggle of people in the older man's room. I asked 'who has been smoking?' and the younger man... Sign in to see full entry.

Last Thursday I was rung by a friend who is more financial than I am and given the opportunity to go on a Jewish weekend retreat for seven nights and eight days in the Gippsland area of Victoria. Seeing as I have not had a decent holiday for two years plus, I jumped at the offer with gratitude undying in my heart. My last holiday was in August 2006 when I went up north to Qld to see my mother in Charleville. We drove in the morning for two and a half hours up to the town of Rawson near a place... Sign in to see full entry.