Though I'm a little late to the party, I want to tell you that I love your answers to the four questions, dear Susie. As always, so thoughtfully and beautifully expressed.
Happy Passover. May the robins chirp and flowers grow and may we all break free from whatever--real and imagined--that keeps us chained in place and miserable.
I'm with you. The sun is out today. Chilly but promising. One of the aspects of Minnesota life I really appreciate is the emphasis on parks and lakes that are public spaces. People have a real devotion to the common good.
Thanks, Rosemarie. I do find pesach inspiring. It's so evocative personally, politically, and ritually. And...it has the added benefit of taking place at home where people feel more comfortable than they tend to in synagogue.
Where are you at with AI? This conversation with my son over lunch was the first time I'd given it any real thought. It feels like it's coming at me at breakneck speed. So I was entirely unprepared for his comment. I'll try to follow up.
I am basically nowhere with AI - know next to nothing about it or in what situations it's valuable. Apparently there are people who write poetry and fiction using AI and it's rapidly becoming a new bane of editors' existence. What's the point of doing "creative" writing that you don't write? It can't be for the money... not with poetry or literary fiction.
I like your revisions to the answers to the four questions. They reframe them in a way that makes it unlikely to dismiss the recitation as “for the children” and more thought provoking for all. Thank you.
Thank you. My feeling is that children absorb the feel of ritual...the aroma, the sound, but not the content when they're small. And that's fine. It becomes part of their memory bank and grows with their consciousness as they get older.
Though I'm a little late to the party, I want to tell you that I love your answers to the four questions, dear Susie. As always, so thoughtfully and beautifully expressed.
Never too late! Hope your Pesach was sweet....
I've always wanted to visit Minneapolis, Duluth, and Lake Superior our sister lake, the biggest of the 5.
If I ever make it, I'll let you know. It would be fun to see you and Frank.
I would love that! Lake Superior is ocean size. But we have sweet, manageable lakes right here in the Twin Cities that are lovely to walk around.
I’ve heard. You are in the state of a thousand lakes.
Happy Passover. May the robins chirp and flowers grow and may we all break free from whatever--real and imagined--that keeps us chained in place and miserable.
I'm with you. The sun is out today. Chilly but promising. One of the aspects of Minnesota life I really appreciate is the emphasis on parks and lakes that are public spaces. People have a real devotion to the common good.
Excellent piece of writing. Bravo!
Thanks, Rosemarie. I do find pesach inspiring. It's so evocative personally, politically, and ritually. And...it has the added benefit of taking place at home where people feel more comfortable than they tend to in synagogue.
Yeah, what kind of a question is that? If he explains it, let us know. Or at least let ME know.
Where are you at with AI? This conversation with my son over lunch was the first time I'd given it any real thought. It feels like it's coming at me at breakneck speed. So I was entirely unprepared for his comment. I'll try to follow up.
I am basically nowhere with AI - know next to nothing about it or in what situations it's valuable. Apparently there are people who write poetry and fiction using AI and it's rapidly becoming a new bane of editors' existence. What's the point of doing "creative" writing that you don't write? It can't be for the money... not with poetry or literary fiction.
I like your revisions to the answers to the four questions. They reframe them in a way that makes it unlikely to dismiss the recitation as “for the children” and more thought provoking for all. Thank you.
Thank you. My feeling is that children absorb the feel of ritual...the aroma, the sound, but not the content when they're small. And that's fine. It becomes part of their memory bank and grows with their consciousness as they get older.
These are excellent and timely reflections.
Wishing you good soup and deep conversation.