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We had a nice weekend in Baltimore/DC. Shabbat in Pikesville (Baltimore-ish); W was being the guest rabbinical presence.
a) So much green! and flowers! and balmy breezes! and space! rabbits! birds! I was HAPPY.
b) Nice Orthodox shul. I was the only woman wearing a tallit (I'm used to this), and after the service a woman came up to me and said "Can I ask you a personal question?" Here we go, I thought, it's the tallit questioning. So I said "Sure," like the nice role-model I am, and she said "Where did you get your pants?"
Hurrah!
A shul where people were more interested in the funkiness of my trousers than my tallit! Oh, I was happy.
c) W gave some talks. I am increasingly proud of him; he is very good at what he does, and he does good things with it. He is very special indeed.
d) There was a cute DOG at our hosts' house. A Lassie dog.
We got a ride to DC with a shul member and some of his children.
a) It was Girl #2's first time ever on a train, so I got to point out things like the electric rail, and she was so cute and excited
b) She grilled me about being a sofer, and she got that sort of look on her face which told me that if I'd had tools handy, she would've been having a go at calligraphy in about two seconds. Maybe if they invite us back I can do a Sunday morning workshop.
We were in DC for the Darfur rally.
a) I couldn't hear a thing, but there were lots of people there I hadn't seen in a while, and we got to hang out under some nice shady trees and have a nice picnic
b) There were about a million billion Jews there. Seriously lots and lots and lots. I don't know who mobilised the Jewish community or how they did it, but it was very fine to see so many Jewish groups there.
a) So much green! and flowers! and balmy breezes! and space! rabbits! birds! I was HAPPY.
b) Nice Orthodox shul. I was the only woman wearing a tallit (I'm used to this), and after the service a woman came up to me and said "Can I ask you a personal question?" Here we go, I thought, it's the tallit questioning. So I said "Sure," like the nice role-model I am, and she said "Where did you get your pants?"
Hurrah!
A shul where people were more interested in the funkiness of my trousers than my tallit! Oh, I was happy.
c) W gave some talks. I am increasingly proud of him; he is very good at what he does, and he does good things with it. He is very special indeed.
d) There was a cute DOG at our hosts' house. A Lassie dog.
We got a ride to DC with a shul member and some of his children.
a) It was Girl #2's first time ever on a train, so I got to point out things like the electric rail, and she was so cute and excited
b) She grilled me about being a sofer, and she got that sort of look on her face which told me that if I'd had tools handy, she would've been having a go at calligraphy in about two seconds. Maybe if they invite us back I can do a Sunday morning workshop.
We were in DC for the Darfur rally.
a) I couldn't hear a thing, but there were lots of people there I hadn't seen in a while, and we got to hang out under some nice shady trees and have a nice picnic
b) There were about a million billion Jews there. Seriously lots and lots and lots. I don't know who mobilised the Jewish community or how they did it, but it was very fine to see so many Jewish groups there.