Observations about life in Israel from a Canadian immigrant's perspective.
"The world is indeed full of perils, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater." — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring I had a deliciously hot, long shower Friday… Continue reading Gardening in the Shadow of Smaug
I am recovering from 12 days of war and didn’t realize how much fear my body was holding until the threat was over. I ache deep in my bones, crave sleep and more sleep, can’t focus, and walk around dazed. Yet I am also feeling an incredible sense of relief, joy, and wonder. Horrific damage… Continue reading Falling From the Sky
Summer is here like an inferno with intensely scorching heat, thirsty, parched lands, and fields the hue of straw. The country is literally a stack of dry kindling, so when rockets landed in the north on June 3rd, care of Hezbollah, the place lit up like a colossal bonfire. As a result of rockets and shrapnel, there… Continue reading SOS Garden Brigade
Life in Israel 