Back in the US of A
Color, Cascades, Captivating Sunrays on Mt. Rainier Fall Colors (click to enlarge) Wednesday 29th The big fellow approached us with a bottle in his hand. Although we were apprehensive, we were not afraid. We had experience in matters of men and bottles of liquor. He made a gesture with the Vodka and we looked him directly in the eyes and said, “Nyet”. Instead, our editor picked up her own bottle and poured us each a glass of diet Coke. We were at shul in Bellevue for Simchat Torah. Just before Hakafot time, their custom is to stop for Kiddush and a ‘L’Chaim’, the latter a euphemism for a few drinks or more. The new language learned in Israel proved to be useful as 50% of the shul’s members are Russian, the rest Israelis, and a mix of others. Now that we are back in the United States, we look forward to meeting some Americans at shul, too. We worry that since Switzerland and Israel, our English is becoming rusty. Falling for Autumn Back in the USA. Okay, that’s not origina...