BRAND NEW NON-TITLE FOR THIS BLOG ENTRY
בס"ד
18 Elul
All the "blockquote" text below was written much earlier than this date, but dated for today so that it would stay at the top of my blog. Everything that falls between this text & the "blockquote" was in fact written in a tranquil, reflective time on September 22nd of this year.
"What's in store for this next solar cycle?
I am writing from the ferry, on my way from xxx to xxx. It's still (barely) morning, so the rolling water twinkles silver when we turn with the sun on our port side.
From this day to top side of the Earth will just get darker. This day of equinox, this day of Mabon.
I press through blue-grey corduroy to the city at the edge of this fabric.
Equipped with my map & ferry schedule, I will wander today. As I have done my whole life & as I will do for the rest of my days.
The sea undulates as though it conceals countless lovers.
What is the gematria of 37? ??. Double-chai plus one?
How do I thank G@d every day?
I sit here in Caf� xxx on xxx, pondering my future surrounded by the sounds of Japanese girls & the sights of teenaged art that can only be described as a cross between Dr Seuss & Salvador Dali.
How apt.
How do I honour my existence?
G@d put me here for something. & G@d will take me away from here, too. In the interim, how do I cling to my purpose meaningfully?
Pray
Take care of myself & others
Remain conscious of all the world's Divinity
Breathe."
I'm finally able to access the internet fairly regularly, but am so far behind with blogging & e-mail that it will take me some time to respond to your messages & comments, etc. Thanks for your patience!!
:)
ADDENDUM
August 31st
Thank G@d we're finally home now, exhausted, a little worse for wear, but safe in Vancouver. & don't believe that lie I wrote above - it was next to impossible to access the internet the past two months. I'll do my best to keep up with your comments & post about the rest of our experiences, after I answer the 1,200 e-mails (none of them spam) waiting for me in my Inbox...
ADDENDUM PLUS
September 7th
Still wading through e-mails, but seeing a Glimmer of the Light at the End of the proverbial Tunnel, thank G@d. My list of objectives now includes reading & replying to the comments you left in the past couple of months! Hurrah!
ps - stay tuned for pictures...
posted by Soferet | 3:02:00 p.m.
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בס"ד
As I state in item # 4 of my blog policy:
"4. I wish my journalling here to reflect a transparent experience for my readers. As I am not a "blog purist", I reserve the right to edit or delete the contents of my blog. Having said this, I will do this only to:
- correct spelling errors
- add or update links & posts (which will be labelled as such)
- remove highly offensive material like cursing, dirty talk or other abusive speech, including that which does not further the discussion
- remove advertisements, spam, lashon hara (gossip) & motzey shem ra (lies)"
To that end, I deleted the above comment because of it's racist flavour. The commentor is bsnned from this blog.
I was wondering why I hadn't seen anything on here for awhile. Did you know this blog entry says September instead of August?
evenewra - Aviel is on the road and has, I believe, spotty internet access. I think this entry was post-dated so that it stays on the top of thr blog, as she fills in stuff below.
Argh! Shanna, thank you for pointing that out. Evenewra, thank you for asking the question that led to her pointing it out. Aviel, NO thank you for doing that! I've been checking your blog regularly and wondering why there were no updates even though you said there would be, and here you've been posting all along under the "latest" post! Now I have so much to catch up on...
Perhaps Aviel has transported herself into the future. Why doesn't anyone consider that possibility?
:)
Aviel,
I'm off your blogroll. [Sniff]
In other news, I recomended that
Soferet be added to the blogroll of
this site
http://www.maryams.net/dervish/
in an email sent to the author.
Take care,
UW
בס"ד
Both Jay & Shanna are absolutely correct, but in mysterious ways which shall not be spoken of.
UW, so sorry about the omission - I thought I'd included you when I re-did the site up & I certainly intended to keep you on my list!
Well, back at it!
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בס"ד
I deleted the above 2 comments because they were adverts from anonymous spammers. Please see my first comment, second from the top.
The New York Times ran a piece on how spammers have hit the blogging world. I notice that you, like so many of us, have set up the spambot-foiling word verification protocol.
Be warned: it doesn't stop all of them! I've had mine installed for a few weeks now, and one got through last week.
בס"ד
Thanks, Peter. I'd heard of it, but never been hit before today. & I *JUST* installed the word verification a moment before you posted your comment :)
Glad to know it works!
בס''ד
Won't you PLEASE tell me how you transported yourself into the future?!
ש''י
בס"ד
I haven't, Rabbi, I simply wanted to keep that post at the top of the page until I caught up on my blog entries (like Shanna said above). Is there another way I can do that without using a date stamp?
I'm all ears :)
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