you lamplighter you

hi there fellow earthlings

a supremely happy chanuka to you
and you
and every single Jew



and don't forget

a little light chases away a lot of darkness

so

light up the night my fellow darkness slayers.

no need to try
to hide
just open up
its all inside

shine on little neshamaleh

love

c

Menu

Coming right up:

Serious wackattack to any and all amalekite thoughts, feelings or actions
Beginning of lamplighters anonymous therapy group
Just healthy good fun

Dinner at 7:00
Be there
or be a loser

a new year.

a new blog

oh but i must post something this yud tes kislev


but i am so hungry i must go eat something


and rochel and dalia are coming to learn some 7 minutes ago
i better put on the heat...it's cold in here


be right back

bubaluba

i was walking down rosewood
on my way to shul

passing all the blossoming fall trees that never change their colors

did you know that la is beautiful?
i never knew


so a few blocks from my house i notice two trucks coming up the street.

one a garbage truck.

the other a fedex delivery truck.

stopping by the different homes.

two
trucks.

on the same block.

...

mind wanders
around the block and back




we are all like trucks in this world.




we can deliver important packages.

.
.
.
.


or go around collecting everybody's garbage...

lots of L's

illustration by linda solovic



little girl,
life is full of lessons
every day is like a lifetime.


we live and learn

and laugh at ourselves




if we're lucky.

A kosher un freilichen Lag B'omer

painting by hufreesh dumasia



to all my dear sisters and brothers
from near, from far, from everywhere.



may you be bencht
with a lichtigen yar



where the bonfires in your hearts glow all day and all night
with joy and passion and love for your fellow





in the merit of all the great tzaddikim





upon whose shoulders we stand




.

a lovely day to you too

life continues to fascinate
and surprise

it humbles us up the hills
and tests us in the valleys

but the best is when it showers us with delicious rains of blessing

around the bends
of life's journey



here's wishing you bucket loads of revealed brachos every moment of every day.

i couldn't resist

BOOOOOOOOM shakalaka

I have a new rule.
No computer before davvening.

Rule broken yet again.
Dang-a-ma-wang it.

Well, all I want to say is hey have a great day and look the sun even came out now my bananas will ripen and we can make banana almond rice milk smoothies yummeroo.

K.
I'm off.

the rhino and the elephant

funny felt animals by koko
how delicious are these guys? man. talent people. this is it.


Rhino and elephant were on a boat.
Who was left?

the story of a little egg

illustration by hannah konola

i'm sitting on the platform next to all the other thomas trains.
engines steaming, whistles blowing.
waiting, waiting, waiting...
twiddling my thumbs, knitting a scarf, reading a book, whittling away at time.

just waiting for the conductor to wave the flag...

...
...
...
...
...
...

till i finally realize the conductor is me.

oops.


GO you little dimwit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cloudy day in la

painting by laura fayer

Relief

Every moment is a whole new world.

Phew.

d.b.

it is 3:00

the laundry is cleaned and folded
the shopping is put away
dinner is on my mind
summer is on its way


i would invite you for tea

but alas we have no couch

where have you gone

illustration by lauren nassef

whenever i see your pictures on facebook
it makes me want to crawl back into bed

and hide
there

and then
when i'm safe and sound
from under my blanket
i wanna call you up
and invite you over


for a play date



just to play



no talk
no world
no peers
no pressures
no preconceived notions
no cynicism

.
.
.

just me and you



and a box of lincoln logs

Silver and Gold

so you're going along, minding your own business...
ladadee ladada...
same old same old, every day routine old...
when suddenly

BOOM

life sends you a whole new script.

so you start rolling along with the new things that come with new things...
running running
running
no more thinking
running

shopping, buying, choices.
white gold, rose gold, yellow gold?
princess cut, tiffany setting?
full skirt, lace, no lace?

new
new
new
everything new

so new
for a moment you forget the old.


~~~


then one day things settle for a moment and you have a chance to go and read a word of inspiration.

so you check in to chabad.org


and read a simple baal shem tov story.






all the sudden everything comes settling down around you like the snow inderoysen.




life simplifies.

again.

peace reigns.

you start to remember who you are and what you are and where you're going.



and the old and the new come together like old friends.


B"H




how lucky are we that we were blessed with the tools and means to reconnect with our source, anytime, anywhere.

In Case You Were Wondering...

trust in Hashem
and you will surely know
Hashem will help you
wherever you may go

~~

but there's so much to learn rebbie
all the sforim in the library
it'll take so long to learn every one
i'm afraid i'll never be a talmud chacham

~~

so when your heart gets heavy
let me tell something true
it will help if you remember
that you are a chosen jew

and moshiach is coming soon
to melt away our pain
just like a candle melted
by its burning flame

~~~

why am i writing songs in the middle of the night, you ask? hmmmm.
dunno. that's what's running through my head...

~~~

the clouds will part
the rays shine through
six thousand suns
will raise anew

(that is such a beautiful song.
wow.
i wish i knew the real words.)

~~

must go to bed.
let's talk again another time, eh?
as life awaits us on the other side of morning.

wishing you all pleasant dreams and only good things.
:)

love
chani