yetzer ha-tov and the yetzer ha-ra
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On Sunday, following dinner, I settled in the living room. My wife and I were undecided whether to watch a film or a television show. We recently became hooked on a French detective program, “Le détective de la montagne” (The Mountain Detective). The Mountain Detective is a series about Alex Hugo, a policeman who leaves
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And now the autumn season waits, In mellowing forms of fruitage. – Stephen Henry Thayer (1839-1919) Autumn for me is a time of renewal. A time to reflect. This season, with all its radiance, is a period when nature reminds me of my mortality, that I am a finite being standing before eternity. The 18th-century poet
Charles van Heck's Woodhull Journal 