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Peripatetic:
the walker in apathy
or is it apostasy?
it's all in the patter
of feet, where they lead
and the apo of my strofe;
i may be turning downstream
but it's kata-strofe, and the current's with me.

my wonderful brother turns 16!!!

Today in greek i learned that 'I am the alpha and omega, the first and the last...' could mean the ruler and the one at a distance. Things lost in translation!

yum, msg.

I made one of my favorite dinners tonight with a different brand of noodles than I usually do. After looking at the label and wondering what the second ingredient on the list was, I went online. On the package it was called monosodium glutamate, but on google it is most commonly known as MSG. Then, wondering what all the hype about MSG was, I did some research.

Woah.

I won't go into details, but it reminds me of the frustrating relationship I have with food. We are more receptive to the foods we eat than we think; it affects us in more ways than we realize; and how can what we eat NOT play a huge role in our lives when it gets us from day to day?

Lent is over, but I'm not ready to give up on giving up. I want to maintain a healthy diet year-round. I want to be more closely in-tune with what I chose to eat, keeping in mind where it's come from and what it will do for my body, and not just for my tastebuds or food cravings.

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Holy Rant

I am overwhelmed by how much my family has delved into the little details of the upcoming holiday, such as the necessity of having the right butter-lamb and a specific type of ham. This is not really a break from the ordinary; I am more surprised at how much I seem to have gotten swirled up into it, taking on more responsibility for a brunch than taking time to think about the magnitudes of meaning behind the holiday.

On a more hopeful note. I went - for the first time - to Mary's wednesday group. It seems like I couldn't have picked a better week to start going. As a wonderful group of women teach me how to leave baggage at the cross, I'm coming to better understand Easter, and more so - what it means to wear the dust of my Rabbi.

A stroke of insight...

Today, a video reminded me of how much of a gift the brain really is. This woman's story is touching and so beautiful:

Snow! I hope this means we'll get a weather swing for a beautiful Easter :)

more than just me

as inspired by steve, tamy, and mary, this blog will now have two authors...

:D

My favorite holiday...

...is april fools day only because of google's sense of humor. This is at least the third year they've done this :)