“Feminism: a clever design for men. I believe that feminism was a male initiative. Together with bra burning it is doubly good” (both the load being shared and the bras being burned); my beloved’s noteworthy words to share this week.
Some more morsels around the same subject: “You were once a feminist. In your youth, when I first met you, you were very, very, very feministic: in a very outspoken manner I would say.”
Do you recall what I wrote regarding my motor?
My motor has two speeds: neutral and fifth gear! Throughout the years I have tooted the banner for many a cause. My voice has passionately rallied support for many an “ism”: Americanism, Feminism, Socialism, Zionism and of late, “Healthism”. I always find it wholeheartedly necessary to share my zealous thoughts with anyone within my radar!
Lately,
Together with my complete and total white out hair,
I've found it prudent (strike that),
Wise,
To turn down the volume…
Speak softly.
But carry a radiant glow!
I am certain that you cannot help but hear me coming, but, please, take note, that I am making concerted efforts!
May I inspire
By the luminosity of my wake,
Not by
The heat of my sermon...
This week my daughter, Sivan, adds her two cents to the continuing saga on the home front.
"Ema has to go all the way with everything. So, naturally, her journey towards healthy nutrition was uncompromising! Mom did not just change the food but her whole lifestyle:
Forget about perfumed laundry,
From now only ecological laundry detergent.
Cosmetics?
No way!
Just natural cosmetics! And these are just a few examples. Naturally we all expressed strong opposition. Even I, advocating a healthy lifestyle, thought that it was exaggerated. Life as we knew it changed radically. Suddenly the whole refrigerator was green. There was nothing appetizing to eat except when Aba would buy ice cream on the sly. Foreign devices, such as a food dehydrator, began to appear in our home along with equally strange foods, such as chia, which we had never heard of.
Ema is not only extreme but she is also a perfectionist…
Very quickly the bizarre foods became delicacies;
The laundry fragrant,
And Mom?
She never looked so good!
I think that I can safely say that my mother has never been more happy. Truthfully? Not just Ema, but Aba is radiant, Joel loses his temper less when confronted by the strange food, Naava drinks a green smoothie daily and me? I went with Mom to study raw food.
Do not, for one moment, entertain the thought that it was a picnic!
Mom would awake three hours before we needed to leave. When I would finally awake, she would be waiting for me outside the apartment door. Despite the military discipline, it was an amazing experience. Six hours a day, every day, five days a week for a whole month. Together, Mom and I, "cooked" raw food. In the end I learned to live with the strict regimen (“Ema, go and I will follow you momentarily”). I only regret that it was a month too late… "
