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Category Archives: Nature
The Corona Chronicles – The Many-Headed Monster
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
Posted in Daily Life, Health, Nature, Uncategorized
Tagged antigen testing, COVID-19, pandemic in Israel, Pfizer vaccine, Tu b'Shvat
23 Comments
The Corona Chronicles – Feeling Lightheaded
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
Posted in Daily Life, Nature, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged Givat Haturmussim, Jerusalem, lockdown, lupins, pandemic, shopping
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Grecian Getaway – Day 4: Water, Water, Everywhere…
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
Posted in Nature, Photography, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Edessa, Greece, Loutraki Aridaia, Macedonia, Pozar
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I’m So Busy, My Head Is Spinning…
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
Posted in Archaeology, History, Music, Nature, Photography, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Dead Sea, Ein Feshkha, Einot Tzukim, Gilbert and Sullivan, Israel Opera, Nabi Musa, Wadi Nuhil
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Oases
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
Posted in Archaeology, Nature, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Dead Sea, EIn Bokek, Ein Gedi, Ein Gedi scrolls, Israel, Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi
3 Comments
Catching Up
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
Posted in Music, Nature, News, Photography, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Israel flora and fauna, Israel tourism, Jerusalem Oratorio Choir, Karl Jenkins
17 Comments
Strong Medicine
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
Posted in Music, Nature, Photography, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Elah Valley, Israel nature, Israel Shefelah, Israeli wildflowers, MustonenFest Tallinn-Tel Aviv
6 Comments
Flutes, Flowers and the Sex Life of Snails
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
Posted in Music, Nature, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged Dimona, Israeli wildflowers, Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir, Magic Flute, Mozart
12 Comments
The Flowers of Autumn
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
Posted in Archaeology, History, Nature, Photography, Tourism, Uncategorized
Tagged Birdlife, Dor-Habonim Beach, Israel, Israeli wildflowers, Nachal Taninim, seascapes, sunsets, Yad Ben Zvi
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