Category Archives: Mitzvah
Holiday Mitzvahs
First day of two-week Christmas Holiday – sometimes working for the state pays off. After dropping a friend at Love Field – she was off to spend two weeks at a beach house in California, we spent most of … Continue reading
Mitzvah Hound
Her name is Rebecka. She raced for a year at a track in Florida. Because greyhound blood is universal, she spent the next six years as a blood donor. Considering the fate of many greyhounds who have short careers at the track, she … Continue reading
Mitzvah in the Stands
I was there for this event. I witnessed the team in black execute a fake punt and run in for the winning touchdown in a high school playoff game. So how, you might ask, did I come to spend a long, cold, … Continue reading
I’ll Have That Mitvah with Garlic Please
As I was saying to Bill over a plate of Angelo’s baked cheese ravioli, you have to consider possible consequences before broadcasting your mitzvahs to the world. What if, I asked, I wrote in my post that I had gone … Continue reading
Blooming Mitzvahs
Okay, today I went by a neighbor’s farm in Farm Town today. And she wasn’t there. And all her flowers were, like, all dried and shriveled up. So I lugged my watering can all over her farm and, ya know, a little water … Continue reading
your turn
It’s been a long – as in way long, stressful, and exhausting - day, so I need to ask a mitzvah of you. Do you think you could give me a pass on blogging today? You will? You’re the best! Off to put … Continue reading
It bears repeating…
I went in search of this: Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato and found these: I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any … Continue reading
There is so much to like about the NaBloPoMo challenge this month: perform a mitzvah and report back in your blog. Folks all over planning and executing random acts of kindness – the world awash in compassion will certainly tip the … Continue reading
My Mitzvah’s Got a Hole in It
I bought donuts for the folks in my office. Students were selling them to raise funds for service projects. So….do I get double credit on this one?
Mitzvah Down on the Farm
I’m a farmer. Yes, I am…on a virtual spread up on the north forty of facebook. I harvest, plow and plant seed. My farm has a barn, a stable, a pig sty and a chicken coop. I love my virtual livestock, which includes … Continue reading
