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i am in israel for business. yesterday i went to jerusalem to the see the western wall of the second temple of the jews - two thousand years old. as well as the church of the sepulcher - built upon golgotha where christ was crucified. i touched the stone where the cross was erected as well as the stone upon which his corpse was washed....
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sitting around with antje waiting for her member account to start working!

returning to the Haupstadt later this afternoon....steeling myself for snow and darkness. this brief vacation back in the Great Satan has been enjoyable but emotionally overwhelming...how densely can memories be packed into a single landscape...at times it feels like leaving all over again... i will be glad to get back to the kitties and the obscure simplicity of the mundane

after a few false starts (delayed flights, missed connections) i am back in the USA.... first impression - everything here is so large - the people, the cars, the appetites, the hype... not being a size queen - to me it all seems quite odd and compulsive... but it s nice to see friends and family...hard to believe i haven't seen most of these folks...
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leaving on a jet plane, back to the belly of the beast. to see friends and family in the US...

i am watching tim burton's 'the nightmare before christmas' in german - just to get in the mood for my trip back to the US for the holidays...

Berlin is dark, cold and wet...but thats okay - i spent the day in bed with a friend - dark and warm and wet...