A new year has come and gone, and with it I hope the sorrows of the past. This time of year always brings with it a flood of emotions, but none are more potent than my joy mingled with grief. Last year was probably one of the most painful of my life. Even now, as I write, I’m still grieving; hoping, praying it will be fully released by the end of Yom Kippur next Monday evening, so that I may enter this new year fully revived and content. And yet, though there has been great pain, there has ...
New Year
New Year Reflections
We spend so much time reflecting in preparation for the High Holy Days, I often found myself reflecting throughout the celebrations. Rosh Hashanah came and went without a major glitch, which isn't difficult to do. Often the problem is making sure I get all the food cooked in time whilst making sure I’m still maintaining some sense of the looming New Year approaching in a few hours, that I might greet it with the reverence it deserves. It was on Yom Kippur, though, I noticed the greatest ...
Musings before the New Year
As I'm sitting here at home on this lovely rainy, September day, sick with who knows what, I'm grateful for this bit of quiet in my recently much noisy life, a life which keeps me from this, what I love most. It reminds me what this season is all about, of preparing one's soul for the coming New Year on Rosh Hashanah as we enter the courts of our King and ask Him to pardon us from all sins, iniquities, and unrighteousness from the past year. How? I have books to write reviews for, ...
Star Wars: Generation Musings
I have no idea where this is going to go, nor if I'll be coherent and make a point. Part of that dilemma is probably, mostly due to the fact it's after 2 AM, I'm more tired than I want to admit, but I'm avoiding sleeping because I dread returning to work tomorrow. (Ick.) That said, I've been meaning to write this since I first saw the *ahem* BRILLIANT new Star Wars film, The Last Jedi. This thought I had is actually something which initially came to mind during my first viewing of the ...
Hope for the New Year
I’m realising this will be my last post before the New Year on Wednesday, and it might be a few weeks before I post again thanks to the craziness of this holiday season. Now for me, part of getting ready for the New Year includes a much needed haircut because usually I let my tresses go too long without a proper trim, letting it become this unruly mess of wavy curls and subsequent frizz. Unfortunately, my friend and stylist was out of town indefinitely, (probably for a show since he’s ...
