The title of this post comes from Garrison Keillor's daily Writer's Almanac. He signs off with it after reading a poem. So here's one.
Today is, for all intents and purposes, the final day of our Israel/Greece excursion.
Tomorrow is a travel day.
We'll arrive home tanned, rested, and (I think) smarter and wiser.
With a bit more perspective.
We've enjoyed each other's company.
We'll also be ready for a little less togetherness.
In a couple of weeks, the kids will be back in school.
The Jewish High Holidays will soon be upon us.
And, before we know it, October 2 will have arrived.
Sam's bar mitzvah day.
The bar mitzvah was the original impetus for this vacation
But it has turned into something much more than that.
I'm not able to put it into words.
Except to say that I love my family truly, madly, and deeply.
We have wonderful, generous old friends.
And some wonderful, generous new ones.
Oh, what lucky little people we are!
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| Athens city center |
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| Looking toward the Acropolis |
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| They still stage opera here, 2,500 years after.... |
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| Samuelis enters the gate |
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| Acropoli columnus |
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| Ditto |
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| Perspiring Jewboy Meets Athena at Her Temple. Film at 11. |
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| Oedipus Wrecks? |
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| Morgane and Ella...and friends. |
I had a most excellent time joining you on your summer vacation. Literally in Israel and virtually through your blog. I appreciate your dedication and effort to keep this up while travelling. Mazel tov!
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