Usually, by the day before the Sabbath, the 6th day, I am an emotional wreck. I just can’t take it anymore. I am sick of everything and everyone.
That’s when I start to prioritize: what absolutely, positively must be done before I rest? Last week, I came up with a short list of errands, plus paying [...]
I thought that observing Sabbath would made it easier for me to take a sick day. The operative word is “a.” Today marks Sick Day #3, and although my body is better, my will is not amused. I keep moaning, “I’ve lost three days!” as if it were a tragedy.
Despite my histrionics, I have found [...]
Ever since I moved to my small town, four years ago, the annual stock show has flummoxed me (a city girl). Many, many kids in our area raise livestock all year, then show and sell them the first weekend in January following New Year’s. This means that the school week following Christmas vacation is shortened [...]
The December 30, 2009 issue of The Wall Street Journal included a fun article on the inadequacies of the current calendar, called, “Time and Again, the Calendar Comes Up Short,” by Charles Forelle (The Numbers Guy). In short, astronomically, the current calendar is still a bit off. Blame what he called “Earth’s inconvenient orbit,” — [...]
