Palm Leaves

May 18, 2007

As the palm leaves grow and unfurl, thin fibrous strips from the edges of the leaves peel back and curl and twist around.

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Trees in Jerusalem after a few hours rain in May

May 17, 2007
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Man in Lottery Booth in Jerusalem

May 15, 2007
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.. as one who was born in Jerusalem

May 13, 2007

IN honour of the coming week to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem, there is this quote. Shmuel Yoseph Agnon, in his acceptance speech on receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966, said ” through an historical catastrophe – the destruction of Jerusalem by the Emperor of Rome – I was [...]

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The hole in the city wall by Jaffa Gate

May 12, 2007

There is a wide entrance just by Jaffa Gate breached through the 16th century city walls that surround the Old City. I read today that this section of the wall was knocked down and the opening made on the order of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II, so that his visitor, Kaiser Wilhelm II could arrive [...]

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The lessons of History

May 12, 2007

I read that the Wingograd Committee has concluded that the army played too big a part in the decision-making at the political level during what is called the Second Lebanese War last Summer. The Committee says this problem was compounded by the Government’s lack of military experience. It so happens that I am near the [...]

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Lightroom and Aperture

February 26, 2007

I have been using Apple computers since the early eighties. I had an an Apple 2e and then a 2c and then, a lot later, we had (still have) a green G3 iMac. And now a G5 iMac and an intel Macbook Pro. I have also been using PCs for about the same length of [...]

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Cat in a trough

February 15, 2007

This cat was sitting sunning itself in a small flower trough on top of a wall facing onto a residential street. It is a fine example of how relaxed many of the cats here are. As to why they are relaxed might best be left for a political analyst, a psychologist or a social anthropologist.

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