Jerusalem, August 11, 2006
Dear Readers of the Daisyima Blog
You will have noticed that in the last few days, less and less material has been put on this blog. Not because there isn't any material, but because I have reached the point in my professional life where I must return to the business of providing my clients (one of whom has been called up and is up North, together with one of our lawyers...) with the work that they have entrusted to me.
Although putting material on a blog is not a particularly time-consuming activity, it does take a while, and I will therefore not be doing much of it for a while.
Which in a sense is a good thing - it shows that life is going on.
But unfortunately, so is the war.
And whatever the final outcome, what is clear is that both the Lebanese and the Israeli peoples are definitely losers in this local version of the global struggle between different outlooks or Weltanschauungen.
As has been said famously, after war, war comes jaw, jaw.
And often it would have been better to pass on the first part.
So for the moment, as the Katyushas in the North (and doubtless the Qassams in the South) continue to fall, Daisy Ima is going back to work.
With one important update:
Daisy had her nails clipped on Tuesday. They were clipped by Sandy, whom Daisy doesn't know (well, she didn't till then). We walked over to Beit Hakerem, via Gan Sacher and the Rose Garden, and we handed Daisy over to Sandy at the vet's where she works on Tuesdays, and then David and I went outside. About five minutes later, Daisy was done - and no fuss, no shrieks, no hassle.
And all for 10 shekels.
The walk was lovely, the nails are great, and our dog is adorable.
Some things are going well in the country.
Daisy's nails have been done without any hassle.
David and Ruth, aka Daisyima, are indeed privileged.
May the suffering of those residents of this country directly and less directly affected by this still-more-or-less-undeclared (!) war come to an end.
This is not a war that should have been started; this is not a war that can be won. This may be a just war, but as they say in Hebrew:
Don't be right - be smart...
(Incidentally, do you know that apparently President Bush has not spoken once to Prime Minister Olmert since this began?!)
