I’m borrowing this one from yesterday, really. But I’ll no doubt be able to experience it again in another half an hour anyway. It’s that final pottering and turning off of lights, closing down the home for another day. And what makes it easier? Low light. If you’re at the tail end of the day, …
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Half way
Not in the month – it’s the 26th November already. If I’m feeling confident, I could say I’m cruising my way to filling the box of delights, and putting the top on. But half way is all about the route to school pick up, and the point that reassures – in lots of ways. The …
Musical chairs
Sometimes it takes something small to set larger things in motion. Anticipating visitors, we do a bit of reorganising of the sitting room. Then we remember that we have a guest over Hogmanay. So we do a bit of moving things round to allow for that too, now we’ve started. Then we remember that we’re …
Doc’ ‘n’ roll
Having confirmed my love of staying in, in yesterday’s post, it’ll come as no surprise that TV is part of the picture. Except. Except. Evenings are actually quite full already. Washing, dishes, prepping for the next day, trying to push back the waves of paper that come into the house. While someone else is working, …
Down tools
Perhaps I should begin with the candles. To light them, to pass my hands over them, and say a blessing. To cover my hair, and to declare ‘Shabbat Shalom’. Because I understand why Friday night is a thing of wonder, a night when rest begins, when time stretches into another day that also has its …