tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post8469562977153432441..comments2023-02-11T22:25:56.011-08:00Comments on After the Jug Was Broken: Sleigh Bells and Ink Wells Blog HopLeah Shelledahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06242948937763810261noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-26565117952905083122011-12-18T17:05:39.242-08:002011-12-18T17:05:39.242-08:00The tree looks great. The commentary is fun and th...The tree looks great. The commentary is fun and thoughtful.Chris Fultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00937378881807723465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-14547023823318017932011-12-17T12:12:10.139-08:002011-12-17T12:12:10.139-08:00David thanks for lovely comment. Looking forward t...David thanks for lovely comment. Looking forward to tomorrow!Leah Shelledahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242948937763810261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-59726704081676471832011-12-17T11:43:11.340-08:002011-12-17T11:43:11.340-08:00Leah, I enjoyed your blog. I am continually surpr...Leah, I enjoyed your blog. I am continually surprised by the multiple talents of my step mom! Looking forward to celebrating some of our family tradition tomorrow with you. DavidDavidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-68825773005900695002011-12-17T10:48:06.870-08:002011-12-17T10:48:06.870-08:00Thank you for bringing the light - your light and ...Thank you for bringing the light - your light and ours - on this brilliantly sunny morning when we know, nevertheless, that the days are still getting shorter. In Holland they build bonfires at street intersections, people coming out to throw more on the fires, even old furniture. And that reminds me of the smells of fire - the delicious smell of my father's bonfire of raked leaves, at the curbside in Detroit, which you surely remember too. Probably bad for air quality, but such a lovely smell. You bring back the light in your blog, and may it shine even on our blind friend.Dan Slobinhttp://ihd.berkeley.edu/slobin.htmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-26333353237842495842011-12-16T23:23:42.275-08:002011-12-16T23:23:42.275-08:00I love the Irving Stone quote. Nice hearing from y...I love the Irving Stone quote. Nice hearing from you, the Light Man!Leah Shelledahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242948937763810261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-48592429297910007482011-12-16T23:20:49.070-08:002011-12-16T23:20:49.070-08:00Oh Laurie, Have Menorah Will Travel! I love it.Oh Laurie, Have Menorah Will Travel! I love it.Leah Shelledahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242948937763810261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-60232021493709403042011-12-16T23:18:00.566-08:002011-12-16T23:18:00.566-08:00T.K.,
I will check out the poem on your web site. ...T.K.,<br />I will check out the poem on your web site. Always lovely to meet another Jewish Christmas tree lover!Leah Shelledahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242948937763810261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-6613830401538490372011-12-16T21:36:51.688-08:002011-12-16T21:36:51.688-08:00Great to see a fellow poet on the blog hop! Happy ...Great to see a fellow poet on the blog hop! Happy Holidays!Collin Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03777180960376039699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-10082289181304813932011-12-16T20:07:20.681-08:002011-12-16T20:07:20.681-08:00A beautiful post and I love the poem! (You might ...A beautiful post and I love the poem! (You might enjoy my prose-poem "Ballooning over Cappadocia" on my blog.) I too was a Jewish girl (guess I still am-lol) who loved Christmas trees. I would climb behind them and play with the ornaments in my fantasy world. Look forward to reading more of your work.T.K. Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608840749337554040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-59108065642509228102011-12-16T17:42:22.960-08:002011-12-16T17:42:22.960-08:00Yes, it's that time of year. How many of us su...Yes, it's that time of year. How many of us suffer from S.A.D.? <br /><br />Brings to mind:<br /><br /> "Do not go gentle into that good night,<br /> Old age should burn and rave at close of day;<br /> Rage, rage against the dying of the light."<br /> <br />AND. . .<br /><br />Life is a fountain<br />Forever leaping<br />Upward to catch the golden sunlight<br />Upward to reach the azure heaven<br />Failing, falling,<br />Ever returning,<br />To kiss the earth that the flower may live.<br />— Eugene O’Neill (The Fountain)<br /><br />In Greece the light was not something external, that one looked at. It seeped through the pores of one’s body and brain until it existed as a shining, pulsating force within the human citadel, an interior illumination, peculiar to each person, making life not only good but meaningful.<br />Irving Stone, The Greek Treasure 1975 ISBN 0-385-07309-7 p66Mark Cohennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-70732068915321205392011-12-16T16:27:22.127-08:002011-12-16T16:27:22.127-08:00Oh, Leah, what resonance between our posts today, ...Oh, Leah, what resonance between our posts today, how exquisitely you tell the story of multiple strands of light-illuminating-and-warming-the-dark as you weave them through your life. Tracing your lineage back, so accurately, to "the great synagogue of Prague, to Sepharad, where Jews, Muslims & Christians created a great culture together" - I just love this! Someday, woman, we've just got to meet up somewhere!Sharon Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144173112537615909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-72948780028164550232011-12-16T16:14:35.132-08:002011-12-16T16:14:35.132-08:00Leah,
As a regular subscriber to your blog, I enj...Leah, <br />As a regular subscriber to your blog, I enjoy each one... both from a poetic and artistic standpoint. The irony of this particular blog, is that today I am packing for our trip to Hawaii, and I've tucked my menorah and candles into my suitcase. Although it is already warm and light on the island, I'm compelled to bring this spiritual tradition on my journey... surely the only jews in Wainae!Laurienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-13886387394019885192011-12-16T09:50:41.120-08:002011-12-16T09:50:41.120-08:00Thanks all for lovely comments. Smoky, I do soulst...Thanks all for lovely comments. Smoky, I do soulstice also, but you may be the Queen of blended households!Leah Shelledahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06242948937763810261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-39929937211677030822011-12-16T09:00:26.200-08:002011-12-16T09:00:26.200-08:00What a beautiful poem, Leah! In my home, we have a...What a beautiful poem, Leah! In my home, we have a Buddhist (my husband), a Jew (my daughter, who converted two years ago), and a pagan. We put up a small tree in a pot, which we can plant at the new year. It is decorated with blue and white Channukah lights, and ornaments that mostly reflect nature. Whether you are celebrating Solstice (the return of the sun), Channukah (the light) or Christmas, (the birth of a son), isn't it all the same? In our house, it is!Smokyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166485867757482746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-45759084796292051162011-12-16T08:28:14.617-08:002011-12-16T08:28:14.617-08:00Leah, your posting dreams me into light and dark, ...Leah, your posting dreams me into light and dark, the contrast, the mystery, the commonality of what is sacred, like a rock of light.Patricia Dameryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481347503843741295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-70796370320245204062011-12-16T08:24:29.864-08:002011-12-16T08:24:29.864-08:00Leah, Thanks for this great inspirational blog pos...Leah, Thanks for this great inspirational blog post! I find your references to seeking and creating light in the darkest part of the year both informative and comforting. So glad to meet you here on the Blog Hop!Ramey Channellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03340802949382192661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-16701512065768690452011-12-16T08:07:53.758-08:002011-12-16T08:07:53.758-08:00What a beautiful blog you have -- and what an insp...What a beautiful blog you have -- and what an inspiring post. Light is, indeed, magical during this season of darkness, and your post "highlighted" the importance of light traditions so well!Debrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04461118873891208168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-40232150435207884572011-12-16T07:27:50.374-08:002011-12-16T07:27:50.374-08:00What a beautiful post! Love the way you've bl...What a beautiful post! Love the way you've blended the traditions and found a common meaning at the core.<br />MelindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-10797630186560706622011-12-16T06:10:21.554-08:002011-12-16T06:10:21.554-08:00I read your book with great pleasure and when I wa...I read your book with great pleasure and when I was done I wanted more. Here it is today on your blog, a rainbow of light and some haunting words and pictures for the continuing journey.<br /><br />MalcolmMalcolm R. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840134761199335243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2766562373419953615.post-40325632711858351702011-12-16T05:33:58.724-08:002011-12-16T05:33:58.724-08:00What an inspiring post and poem, Leah. I joined yo...What an inspiring post and poem, Leah. I joined you when you sat before the candles and stared into the light. The cold and darkness of the season was diminished. Thank you, and happy holidays!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com