Carly (Ketzirah) on April 28th, 2008

My husband entitled this photograph of me holding our bounty of wild harvested morel mushrooms, “Thanks be to the Heart of the Forest.” He couldn’t have chosen a better name. Each time I found and then cut one of these delicious little treasures, I said a blessing of thanks. Finding them is just magic. You [...]

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Carly (Ketzirah) on April 20th, 2008

Photo by Argenberg (c) Creative Commons Attribution Hmm….after last night’s meal I could use a 49-day trek, or at least a good walk. Tonight many of us will embark on a second seder and, of course, the counting of the omer. The whole “omer” thing was a total mystery to me until about 2 years [...]

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Carly (Ketzirah) on April 18th, 2008

There will be one additional candle on my seder table this year. Thanks to the Velveteen Rabbi for bringing this to my attention. May you all have a blessed Shabbat and a wonderful, joyful Pesach that liberates you from whatever keeps in bondage. We are the guardians of the fire. We pass the flame to [...]

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