Category Archives: Nature

The Corona Chronicles – The Many-Headed Monster

Posted on January 13, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

The Mutations of COVID are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before.You are fighting that which is unfixed, … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Feeling Lightheaded

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

What has the pandemic done to us? I had intended to devote this post to such weighty matters as the forthcoming elections to the Knesset (in less than three weeks), to the various fake news reports and outrageous conspiracy theories … Continue reading →

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Grecian Getaway – Day 4: Water, Water, Everywhere…

Posted on October 7, 2019 by Shimona from the Palace

The following day saw us headed north-west, to the city of Edessa, known as “the City of Waters”, and famous for its waterfalls. The city is close to the border between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (or, … Continue reading →

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I’m So Busy, My Head Is Spinning…

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Shimona from the Palace

Apologies to Tommy Roe for the paraphrase but… My stepmother warned me that, after I retired, I would find myself busier than ever I was while I was working. What can I say? The last few weeks have been so … Continue reading →

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The Bridges of Beit Shean County

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Shimona from the Palace

2018 ended with some pretty cold, rainy weather but 2019 got off to a good start with several sunny days in succession – at least in the east of the country, which is the focal point of the current series … Continue reading →

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Oases

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Shimona from the Palace

Scarcely had I hit “Publish” on my last post, when a “ceasefire” came into effect. Rendered cynical by Israel’s past experience of so-called “ceasefires” with Hamas,  (we cease and they fire), I shall not be holding my breath to find … Continue reading →

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Catching Up

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Shimona from the Palace

I am back! Yes, after a long period of silence, I have returned – with a brand new, powerful  computer which, hopefully, won’t keep crashing and with Windows 10, which, hopefully, will allow me to post pictures without causing the … Continue reading →

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Strong Medicine

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Shimona from the Palace

Spring is right around the corner. If proof were necessary, it was there in abundance in last month’s field trip with Yad Ben Zvi, to the Shefelah, in search of early spring flora – anemones, wild orchids, irises, cyclamens (one … Continue reading →

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Flutes, Flowers and the Sex Life of Snails

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Shimona from the Palace

It’s been a busy few weeks, no doubt about that. The second half of December was taken up with rehearsals for The Jerusalem Opera’s production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, in which my choir, the Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir, took part, together … Continue reading →

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The Flowers of Autumn

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Shimona from the Palace

The High Holy Days have been and gone, and I completely forgot about my promise to write about my trip to London. So much has happened since then, that the short break in the city of my birth has more … Continue reading →

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