At the Farmer’s Market this January, I stood looking westward. There, I witnessed the apocalyptic mushroom-like cloud hovering over the Pacific Palisades’ wildfire. The eclectic Los Angeles Market was safely located twenty miles from the disaster zone.
I was one of the fortunate to not be impacted. As a result of power outages, however, I spent two week out of the house. The market served as a place to get some food and exercise.
This departure derailed blogging. Mornings of writing were no more. Rather, I just went to work. With some clients in the affected areas, handling their matters made more sense. Mentally, the long work hours were taxing; blogging time went away.
After finally getting back home, I got into one of the typical conversations with my neighbors. For some reason, I got unhinged and was completely out of character. A politically adjacent topic got me riled. Perhaps it was the exhaustion that wore down my filter. My emotions made the best of me. While I was both logical and honest, my meshuga comment were brutal and uncompromising.
Crazy times challenge one’s creative spirit. Sometimes, engagement in the real world takes priority of the world of opinion, imagination and proposition. In the real world, there are no filters. Matters are raw. Writing is so much better. Matters can be put away until one’s filter is in better shape. There is nothing multiple revisions to make something more palatable.
January Posts
The “Project 2025” presidential campaign propaganda phrase was catchy. So, I thought it would make a cool blog post title. The post’s concept was to lay out the blog’s yearlong agenda. Not only was this well received, it also helped to frame this year’s content.
Serendipitous moments are always awesome. Having viewed videos of Michael Walzer speak, I happened to come across his book at a library book sale. While Exodus and Revolution covers topics adjacent to the blog, it turned out to be a thought-provoking book. A dollar well spent!
In ancient society, words mattered. Sentences or word patterns required exactitude. In modernity, however, these actions would be viewed as obsessive compulsive behavior. In scripture, words and word forms matter.
This post artistically is the some in which I embraced the Anime feature with the AI Image generator.
In the Torah, there are many themes. Collectivism is one of them. People, when viewed as a group, have characteristics. To capture these group characteristics, one may have to see the forest before seeing any trees. In other words, perspective must be applied to capture the collective’s mindset.
The Torah frequently addresses the death of loved ones. From scripture, burials are a time of sanctity and getting together in peace to mourn a passing. These tales aptly provide reference to the happenings at President Jimmy Carter’s State funeral.
Throughout the Hebrew Bible, listening is a value. Without people listening, deals cannot be done.
The TCP’s Project 2025 included a survey of the Hebrew Bible’s Writings. This is the Bible’s third section. The review is to find Ten Commandments’ matters. While Daniel is a troubling text for scholars, it made for interesting Ten Commandments’ blog material.
Biblical literacy enhances one’s scriptural readings. The Portion Bo is one of the seeds for the Passover Haggadah’s content.
Be well!!
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