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This time around we were mostly busy working and gradually getting things ready for pesaḥ. The kitchen hasn’t yet been converted over, that’s for next week — so we’ll still have ḥalla for shabbat this week.
One of the tasks was to get the garden into shape — or, at least, out of bad shape. The weather over the past several weeks was too wet (fortunately!) to really do any gardening. Yes, I know: people in England and Seattle and other drenched places do gardening in the rain. We don’t, so there!
Anyway, one day I did the gardening a touch too aggressively and hurt myself. Fortunately, it wasn’t serious and the next day I was mostly fine. On that note, Esther’s been taking the meds for her shoulder, and seems to be a lot better. Now, if only I can keep her from over-exerting herself…
Everything was normal until one morning one of my molars cracked. I called a dentist, but he didn’t have an appointment until next week; so I called another, and got in the next day. Apparently, I’d cracked the tooth some time ago, but my granola snack dislodged the cracked bit. Granola is evil.
Various matters:
- Did you know the media lies? Shocking, I know.
- Another thread on the Israeli judicial reform. I’ve refrained from talking about it any more, it’s too depressing.
- Our “closest ally” is doing that Mafia move again. “Do what we want or you’ll regret it”. Let’s Go Brandon!
- Is it a scam? You decide: Tax Simulator 2023, featuring anime fetish characters.
- Tod from Tod’s Workshop demonstrates why I keep all those bits and pieces.
- How do seals sleep in the water?
- A “trans-woman” left sobbing at JFK when punched in the testicles. Possibly the saddest, most modern-day, funny story I heard all week. Yes, I’m heartless.
Even though there is quite a lot of preparation to do for pesaḥ, it’s my favorite holiday. This coming Wednesday (ʿerev pesaḥ), we’ll prepare the “soft matzah” we’ve been making for several years. It’s a time-sensitive and exacting process, but the results are really well worth it. It helps that Esther and I work together as a finely-honed baking machine.
The weather was pleasantly cool most of the week, a bit of drizzle one day. It’ll be cooler than average over shabbat, but we’ll looking at a heat-wave toward pesaḥ.
This shabbat, the menu has:
homemade ḥalla,
meat and potatoes,
baked yams,
pasta pesto,
roasted vegetables,
various salatim,
and marble-cake
Until next time,
shabbat shalom!
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