tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post6482816966837821001..comments2023-10-11T03:49:53.934-04:00Comments on The Gold Puppy: Back to the drawing boardReya Mellickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-9795880957567957752012-08-29T02:12:58.099-04:002012-08-29T02:12:58.099-04:00On a purely practical level, maybe it would be wor...On a purely practical level, maybe it would be worthwhile to explore other temples that are closer to you and more accessible. My grandmother used to be the organist at Temple Sinai in northwest Washington -- don't know what branch of Judaism it is or exactly where it is, but she always praised it.<br /><br />I wouldn't start dating just to find a shabbat partner. Surely there are easier ways. :)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-46526288361795126572012-08-26T15:52:44.690-04:002012-08-26T15:52:44.690-04:00Entertaining at home really is hard work, and can ...Entertaining at home really is hard work, and can be expensive too. I've often wished for more family members to help, and have missed all my life having sisters who I imagined would be close and funny.<br />Most religions really do seem to be a product of their times don't they, with their fair share of wives and concubines thrown in for good measure. More to do the cooking, entertaining and fetching water from the well I suppose!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-11048280985187816072012-08-26T09:50:00.184-04:002012-08-26T09:50:00.184-04:00Ellen I love your brilliant mind, and yours too Ki...Ellen I love your brilliant mind, and yours too Kim. <br /><br />I love pho. Maybe I'll take it in that direction.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-29661562741342656432012-08-26T09:46:59.047-04:002012-08-26T09:46:59.047-04:00I love your ambition, and hurling yourself into th...I love your ambition, and hurling yourself into things in such a grand way! I've always been intrigued by Shabbat, even though I am Presbyterian-turned-Episcopalian-turned-Eclectic Pagan...the idea of a pause, a peaceful meal shared with loved ones at sunset on a Friday is so very beautiful. <br /><br />I have tried, this past year, to just make sure I have something nice to eat on Friday evenings, have cleared off my dining room table (no mean feat, this) and lit candles. No huge effort of dinner if I'm not feeling it, but something lovely. And wine. <br /><br />Failing that, I go out for pho, on the principle that if I can't get it together to feed myself, I need some healing, and pho is medicine. kbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10563224602453410284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-45297731225775343322012-08-26T09:37:17.805-04:002012-08-26T09:37:17.805-04:00it's a conundrum. especially in this modern li...it's a conundrum. especially in this modern life. back when these things started no one lived alone. especially not women. this being rooted in a culture that doesn't exist anymore is one of the reasons I don't care for any religion. there are things about being human that are timeless that religion is supposed to address I suppose, but it does it in a rigid unchanging way that eventually, for me anyway, divorces itself from the evolving human culture. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.com