But...back to the friend on a more personal level. We met in shul (that's where I meet most of the people I know), sat together at a lecture by a visiting rabbi, and just sort of clicked from there on. The rabbi is from Australia, and L said it was so good to hear her language spoken. I had to laugh a little at that. It may not be the Queen's English, but we do speak English...with many accents.
Anyway...I wander. L came by after shul on Saturday because I wasn't there. She wanted to make sure I was OK, which I wasn't, but that's another story. She brought some food from the kiddush, which ended up being two meals for me. Then there was a pre-Purim party at the rebbetzin's home on Sunday, which I declined to attend. So L stopped by again to tell me all about it. She brought some henna and created a design on my forearm. It's almost the color of some of my freckles (c'mon, Toots, age spots. Admit it.) I hope it lasts long enough to show Megan, who has a real tattoo.
Purim starts Friday night, and Thursday evening is a big costume party with much gaiety: dancing, singing, drinking, eating hamantashen. I'm going to go in costume for the first time. As a geisha. L is going dressed in an (east) Indian dress, red with gold-braid design all over it. I'm hoping to find a wig, but we have an alternate plan if a wig isn't available.
L is an artist, so that's a common interest (among several, as we discovered). When she came over Sunday evening it was supposed to have been a run in and run out sort of visit. I expected about an hour at the most. But we got to talking about all kinds of things, and eventually, in shocked voice she said to me "Do you realize what time it is?" I had to turn around and look at the clock. Four hours!! I hope for several repetitions.
L is married to an American who is currently a law student. He was invited to be part of a moot court to take place back East (New York?), and has taken this opportunity to visit his family who lives there. So I haven't met him yet. Moot court is not something just *any* law student is invited to participate in, so I'm impressed.
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I haven't written for awhile, even though I promised myself I would write something every day, but I've had the moody blues lately and just couldn't convince myself to sit here and complain. I'm sure y'all are grateful for that.
When I logged on this morning I discovered that about four pages of mail had been deleted overnight. I had 12 messages this morning. Thank you ATT. So, some diaries didn't get read, and some comments didn't get made. And I probably lost some newsletters that I hadn't gotten around to reading. (Hey! the world is still whirling around the sun, so don't get your knickers in a twist!)
So, that's it for tonight.
Shalom