Friday, 8 April 2016

I got up very early this morning, just after 5:00. I make a rule not to let myself get up before that. I went out almost immediately for a long walk. I took Sheshet HaYamim all the way to its southwestern end, and then I walked up the nearly-completed Nakhal Garuf tayelet to Harim Road. I rested there and enjoyed petting a friendly black cat (I think he's the same one I've seen previously in that area). Then I came back via Harim Road, stopping at the bakery to buy challah on the way. I was back at about 7:00. Here's today's pic of the day, of the sun rising over the Jordanian mountains, which I took from Harim Road just north of the highway 12 kikar:

I taught just one 2-unit Berlitz lesson today: 9:30-11:00.

I did all the weekly cleaning tasks today before lunch.

For lunch, I had beans (mostly white in tomato sauce but with some added brown ones in Mexican-style sauce) and weenies (vegetarian, of course).

In the afternoon, I did about half of this week's work for my machine learning class. I should be able to do the rest tomorrow, and Sunday if necessary.

As the light of the day was about to fade from our beautiful, hot valley, I lit candles, drank a bit of sweet red wine (a new bottle this week), and ate a little challah (giving a small piece to Pascal, as well) to welcome another Shabbat of peace and refreshment.

Afterwards, I took another short walk around the area north of here (the Tze'elim neighborhood).

I walked a total of 9.04 kilometers today.

I share this verse from Psalm 19, about the sun, with you today, in honor of the pic of the day:

מקצה השמים מוצאו ותקופתו על-קצותם ואין נסתר מחמתו

From the end of the heavens is its going out, and its circuit at their end, and nothing is hid from its heat.