Lorri M. Friday News

I finished reading Second Person Singular, and was immersed in it until I finished it.

Big Sunday was held on May 5, 2013. It was a wonderful way to give back to the community.

Suspected Auscwitz Guard…93-Year Old Arrested by German Police

Herschel Grynszpan and Kristallnacht

Fourteen-Year Old Writes Holocaust Story in Graphic Format

Hannah interviews Cari Hunter

I love Leora’s creative edge in her “Wet Water” post.

May 10, 2013 – 1 Sivan, 5773

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Sea and Sky

“Our memories of the ocean will linger on,
long after our footprints in the sand are gone“.
-Unknown

“The Sea, Once it casts its spell holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
-Jacques Cousteau

Sea and sky
treasured memories
gone by.
-Unknown

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Sunday Scenes – May 5, 2013

“Change: A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn. ”
-Helen Keller

“When you arrive at a fork in the road, take it”.
-Yogi Berra

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there“.
-Lewis Carroll

El Ghriba, Africa’s oldest synagogue receives Jews on pilgrimage.

May 5, 2013 – 25 Iyyar

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Gazebo Reflections

The Gazebo

The gazebo
is a harbor of reflection
of today’s issues
on the days past
the days ahead
on nature’s beauty
roses, petunias, lavender
dogwood trees, weeping willows
a place of retreat
to nourish the body
sip a cup of tea
from a floral china cup
bite from a scone
infuse the soul
with quietude and calm
-LM

May 1, 2013 – 21 Iyyar, 5773

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Sunday Scenes April 28, 2013

Happy Lag B’Omer!

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”

-Anonymous

Trees and plants always look like the people they live with, somehow.
-Zora Neale Hurston

I have Alexander Stille’s “The Force of Things: A Marriage in War and Peace, next up to read. I read Benevolence and Betrayal, by him, a few years ago, and it is a book I own and treasure.

Visit Straight Out of the Camera Sunday, for more scenes from around the world.

April 28, 2013 – 18 Iyyar –

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Bridge, Benches, Links, Quotes

“Let every man praise the bridge that carries him over”
-English Proverb

Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.
-Maya Angelou

I reviewed Who By Fire, by Diana Spechler, this week.

I posted two photographs taken at the local lake.
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Leora posted some beautiful photographs of magnolia blossoms and cherry blossoms.

Hannah has a delicious sounding recipe for fish stew with couscous.

Legal Victory for Women in Israel

Visit Zivah to see her thoughts on this week’s parashah.

Perfection itself is imperfection.
-Vladimir Horowitz

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.
-Mahatma Gandhi

A good garden may have some weeds.
-Thomas Fuller

You just have to learn not to care about the dust mites under the beds.
-Margaret Mead

Shabbat Shalom!

April 26, 2013 – 16 Iyyar – 31st Day of the Omer

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