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A boy walking down the street

Thu, 01 Sep 2016 07:58:08 +0000

Today was Jonathan’s first day of Kindergarten. On the way home, as the radio played Eli Mohar and Yoni Rechter’s “As Long”, I burst into tears.

While it doesn’t do the original any justice, here’s my attempt to translate the lyrics to English:

A boy walking down the street
On a clear September morning
To the school the children go out again
A man walks behind him
Watches, sees – unseen
And only later he stands there, witnessing

And on that farm he had a hippopotamus!

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:02:24 +0000

I’m not sure what to think of this. Jonathan’s tractor toy has a hippo instead of a pig:

Here’s the original:

When you press the hippo, it still sounds like a pig though.

I guess we got the middle eastern version, pigs being considered impure and all.
I wonder if it’s also the version sold in large Seventh-Day Adventist communities.

Jonathan is one year old today

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 09:59:40 +0000

Time just flies, and the love keeps growing.

Can I be in the photo too?

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:50:46 +0000