Let’s start with what you can’t. Here in the Galilee, you can’t count on the rain. You know, or at least you hope, that after what feels like an interminable, hot dry summer, eventually, the seasonal rains will make their dramatic appearance. And usually, by mid-October or early November, they comply. This year, our faith … Read More »
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No Rain, No Luf
It is dry here. So dry. By this time of year, we could have expected several serious bouts of rain, and at least a stirring of growth in the brown earth. Instead we get the vaguest of clouds and downpours of thirty seconds that barely darken the sidewalk. On a walk last weekend in the … Read More »
Long-lost Relations
Last week I got a call that was entirely unexpected, from a man inquiring about a culinary tour. Nothing unusual about that. But then he went on to explain that we are, in fact, related – that my mother’s grandmother and his father’s grandmother were sisters. My mother does not have a large family, and … Read More »
Gone Gleaning
Leket (or the verb Likut) is the Biblical Hebrew word for gleaning. Leket Israel is a non-profit that collects produce and food that would otherwise go to waste from farms, restaurants, stores and caterers, and distributes it to those in need. The organization contacted me recently in connection with a new project they have initiated– … Read More »
Green or Black?
Living by Galilee Seasonality is full of ritual – with the same tasks carried out year after year under a delightfully never-exhausted series of circumstances. Now, after the drenching of our first substantial rain, it is time to harvest olives. The first green olives are for curing, and later on, when the fruit ripens and … Read More »