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Following cowgrrl's suggestion, earlier this week I decided to eliminate dairy from my diet, and so far I feel less lethargic and my mucus/phlegm is thinner; a simple step that makes me feel much better.

Today Shoshana has off from work and went museum and gallery hopping in Manhattan (activities that involve too much standing for me to participate). I'm planning to prune our mulberry tree later today.
Tomorrow after shul we're having lunch with a friend who used to be Allen Ginsberg's secretary.

To see the accompanying video for the poems in the previous two posts click here: http://thecommonpeople.blogspot.com/

A house painter is supposed to come by tommorow morning to give us an estimate on painting our apartment. It really needs to get done--we last painted 11 years ago when we first moved here. If the estimate is too expensive we may have to attempt it ourselves (we have 14' ceilings). We'll see if we make it to synagogue afterward. Tomorrow afternoon is one of Shoshana's openings (the other gallery is later this week), and we'll probably eat out tomorrow evening. Sunday Shosh hopes to paint, which she hasn't been able to do the past couple of weeks because of family obligations.

We'll be away this weekend, & we're not shlepping the laptop, so I'll try to catch up with LJ sometime next week. We're going to Hartford for our autistic niece's bat-mitvah; it should be interesting to see how much of the ritual she is willing & able to perform. The rabbi wisely planned it for Sunday, which is the beginning of a new month (Elul) on the Jewish calendar, rather than Saturday when there is a longer service attended by more people. We'll drive up tomorrow, attend a family dinner in honor of our niece Saturday evening, and then the service and a large catered kiddush (post-service social hour) Sunday. We should be back Sunday evening.