It's sad to see the disappointment when an athlete doesn't score well. And a triumph when an athlete exceeds his/her past best performances. The beauty and grace of the human body, a well cared-for, disciplined, developed, healthy body are a tribute to the potential of a human being.
I watched a lot of the swimming, too, but missed the diving. Maybe there'll be some re-runs.
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I've started transliterating the Hebrew prayers into English letters. I find it easier to read the Hebrew words after I've transliterated. I'm beginning to recognize certain words and know their meanings. No way am I anywhere near being a conversationalist. But I do think this exercise will make it easier for me to say my prayers in Hebrew. Somehow it just feels right.
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Daughter and granddaughter came over to see the scrapbooks. They were much amused by some of the greeting cards. My husband had a wicked sense of humor. They'll return another day to finish going through my Mother's scrapbook of postal card greetings.
Some of those cards are absolutely beautiful. Postals are nowhere near that pretty nowadays. It used to be the custom of young ladies to send greetings to each other and then save the cards in scrapbooks. My niece is doing a genealogy search, and I'm thinking some of the cards will help her in her search for a branch of the family of whom we know very little. Perhaps she can even get to Baltimore and search the immigration records for the arrival of Mother's grandparents. But on the other hand, they might have entered through Ellis Island, then settled in Baltimore. Speculation. All I know for sure is that my grandmother was born in Baltimore.
Now about my Father's side of the family...there's a great gap in information.
I need to get to the scrapbook store and see if they can give me any help about releasing pasted on cards without destroying the card or the page. Maybe I should just re-place the cards in a new album, as the pages of the old one are very fragile. Well, I'll act on the advice of the people in the scrapbook store.
I think I need to go make some lunch. My tummy is grumbling.
Shalom
PS: I miss Yetzirah. I hope her self-imposed absence from cyberspace won't last much longer!