Quirky thoughts from an old man.
“It is surely no coincidence that everyone in Britain drinks tea, and everyone there dies.”
Theodore Dalrymple, Mass Lysteria 1988
Subtitle “The Meaning of Health Scares”
This is a not so subtle illustration of the often ignored truth that correlation does not prove causation.
Peripatetic
Peripatetic, Adjective; A life style of moving around. Itinerant.
Example: “Many young people are peripatetic but usually they settle down.”
Photo is of a Bighorn Sheep from the same 2004 Grand Canyon Expedition as last weeks WSS with Western River Expeditions, Highly recommended.
We have had a few nice Hanukkah celebrations this week. But it has been a little bittersweet. In recent years we, at least part of the time, had been focused on including Oma. This year she is gone and there is definitely a hole. Next post from Bend. With family photos.
Giving gifts at Hanukkah is a fairly new tradition. In the past small coins were given to children, they played dreidel with them and the winner was expected to give some of the money to Sedakah. This evolved over time into Hanukkah gelt. Almost certainly the gifts evolved to make this Jewish holiday that falls so close to Christmas a contender. Continue reading “Hanukkah (The Last Night)”
On Hanukkah we eat fried food suvganyot, latkes etc to commemorate the miracle of the oil. One day’s oil lasted eight days. Continue reading “Hanukkah (Day Six)”
Simon
If you have a smart phone here are a few easy things you can do to with it to improve the holidays:
“Thanks Aunt Sally.”
