I had been out shopping and stopped to rest and have a Coke. I was sitting at a sidewalk table watching the people go by when I heard a scraping noise. Running toward me, at top speed, came a dog dragging a leash and at the end of the leash was a black plastic chair. Bonk, scrape, bounce, the chair did not slow him down in the least. Behind him a woman was running and shouting something that I couldn't understand and behind her a man was running too. I sat there a while finishing my Coke, hoping that the group (dog, women, man) would come back. They didn't show up while I was there..........I wonder if they ever caught the dog????
Eli has started digging again at the Gihon Spring. Since Don hasn't a lot to do (the semester is all but over), we went down to the spring and were helping Eli. Don was washing shards and I was putting numbers on them. This is an Arab area and the Arab children were curious and wanting to help. We weren't letting them help, so they started playing a "marble" game with little round pieces of candy. One generous little boy pulled a round candy out of his pocket and offered it to me. I said "Thank you, I'll eat it after my lunch". I lied. No telling where that candy been before it got to my hands, when the boys left, I threw it away.
The day spent helping the ladies (and two men) make necklaces, was great success. Some of them only have use of one hand and yet they struggled with one hand and finished their necklace. Others had sight problems, we would show them where the hole in the bead was and they did the rest. I was very proud of them all, they worked so hard and were so proud of what they had accomplished. By the way, the men did a great job, their wives will be happy with their present.
Shalom.................Bernice