Kesher Talk

Back in Texas. I went back to Austin for Pesach, because my friend who's hosting the seder has both a traditional and innovative Jewish background and experience leading Jewish events, so I expect a really stimulating seder. My contribution will be some new melodies for "Ki Lo Naeh" and "Had Gadya" I learned from Kehilat Hadar folk and a summary of some Talmud study I did in a class with Rabbi Burt Vizotsky (the class wasn't about Pesach but we were using texts about Pesach to illustrate his points about how rabbinic culture developed in post-Roman Palestine). And maybe haroset or my mom's flourless pecan torte (which requires expertise with egg whites that I don't have, but the worst that can happen is that it comes out a really yummy brick instead of a really yummy sponge). (And I volunteered to lead minyan at my Austin shul Tues and Wed morning and chant torah on Monday. I think I bit off too much but what the hell.)

Today was cloudless and 75 degrees, so I went hiking in my shorts and sandals in St. Edward's Park, a small jewel of a wilderness area off Old Spicewood Springs Road which is 5 minutes from where I am staying. I got to wade through a creek, climb a limestone cliff, sit on top of a thin waterfall into a deep green swimming hole. The high point was seeing a great blue heron flap off up the creek and then come back the other way.

posted by Judith @ 4/12/2003 10:10:53 PM