Reviving the Blog

I have intended for some time to begin blogging again. I have not written since March. There has been plenty of things to write about, but no time to actually sit and do it.

I recently returned from a solo trip to New Mexico, the highlight of which was the five days I spent with the Benedictine Brothers of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert (more about this later) in the spectacular Chama Canyon Wilderness. See the photo above.

Right now I am up at Jacobs Camp with Martha and Rachamim for my week on faculty. We arrived yesterday afternoon, but within a few hours I was in the car driving back to Baton Rouge. The synagogue was vandalized some time between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. I wanted to be on hand when the Rayner parents arrived this morning. Windows can be fixed and no one was present when the crime was committed, but it is still sickening to think that anyone would want to deliberately damage our shul.

We have seen all the Baton Rouge kids at camp and they are all having a great time.

Each year there is something new here at Jacobs. This year I am kvelling over the fact that I can get wireless internet in my cabin (Rachamim calls it the “cabinet.” This is different as well. Last year we stayed in a “cabbage”.