Chanukah is almost over... WAAAH!

I love Chanukah! Well, I love every holiday for a special reason. Chanukah - lighting the candles, winter, vacation, presents, activities and vacation (yes, I wrote vacation twice). It is now 7:09am, I'm listening to blasting music on my iTouch, checking my email and writing this. I LOVE VACATION!

Last night was the first time I actually felt the winter coldness! I was wearing a long sleeved shirt, a sweater, a long skirt, leggings, socks and boots - and I was still cold!!!! I now declare it is officially winter!!! Now that it's official, we need to remember that WE NEED RAIN! I am asking everybody (if you want), to get a sefer Tehillim (Psalms) and read perek (chapter) 149 for the rain.

The fire is now over, but 41 people  burned to death, not including a 16 year old boy who volunteered with the firefighters, who was killed too. Hundreds of people are hurt and are in hospital, thousands of people evacuated from their homes, 250 acres ruined, forestland now in ruins. Experts say the forest will be back to be like before the fire in 40 years. Please take a minute in memory for the 42 people who died in this tragedy, for the health of all these hurt civilians and firefighters and for the other people who had different job and for the safety of everybody up north. Even though it seems far away from me, but I have friends who have family in Haifa and in that area.

Last night, I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1, or as you can say HP7.1. WOW! Very well done, definitely the best of the series!

I wish everybody a Happy Chanukah, and may all news be good news!

Opinions and Seminars

Hello! How are you? I am good but tired, thank god. I was looking at my post, and decided that my last post was a little too random, so I am using this post to show you my real seriousness. Oh, who am I kidding??!!

Last night I went to a overnight seminar that my school organized for my grade, which means 130 screaming 12 year old girls at 4am. I must say that it was a great night! I went to sleep only at 2am and woke up at 5:30am by my screaming roommate neighbors. I heard from some people that they were interested in knowing how my grade fit into my school... Well, friends and family, I don't want to scare you, but I slept in the bathroom. JOKING! 2 out of 5 building in my school are dorms and cafeteria. In my room there were three bunk-beds with hard mattresses, a spacious shower (with no cockroaches!) and bathroom. It wasn't a 5 start hotel, but definitely fine for 130 screaming 12 year old girls. The caterers were OK, I guess, meaning that the food was edible, but last night, I'll say that whoever is dieting couldn't eat anything... The morning food was worse - there was leftover salad and this cereal that I've ever heard of... Other than the food  and that the light fixture broke because of girls being wild it was an AWESOME night! Last night I was walking with my camera taking pictures of my friends - and let me tell you, some of the came out quite weird...

The schoolwork is a lot of work, but that is expected - no? I spent an hour and a half studying for a Torah test Saturday night and, then my teacher tells me the next day that it is pushed off! I could of done other stuff than studying then, and the day after she remembers to tell me that the test is pushed off! I could of actually checked y email or something like that!!!
Now it is time for me to go - so happy Chaunkah! Bye!

Chanukkah is here, so that means 1,000,000 extra calories!

Well, not for me! Did you know that I am making an experiment for a WEEK to not eat any junk food, fast food and anything that you would call unhealthy. Can I tell you something? My best friend and I went out to do some errands together, and we were both planning on stopping at the bakery and getting a Sufganiyah (doughnut with filling), but we went on the day I was not eating any junk food - and that is definitely junk food!!! Do you know how much inner strength I needed? Everybody had at least 2 Sufganiyot, and I had 0!! 0!! I mean, how could Hashem bring into this world something SOOOOOOOOOO unhealthy and SOOOOOOOOO fattening and SOOOOOOOOO good? Seriously....

Now that I have finished complaining, I will go on into good news, bad news, and worse news. I'll start with the good: the good news is that I have totally gone C-R-A-Z-Y!! Moving on to.... the bad news: The bad news is that: I haven't cleaned my room yet! The worse news: I DON'T HAVE ANY! Well, actually, if you count that I am sick right now, than I do have worse news...Most of the dancers in the show looked skinny, but not too skinnym if you know what I mean, except for one who looked anorexic. They were all smiling except for this blond haired one, and as always it was just MAHvelous!

I know that I haven't posted in a while so... PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE forgive me. So while I was sick yesterday, Abba told me to watch the movie called Prince of Persia. Now, I have to say - the plot was just STUPID! The fighting was too scary, the romance was too BLAHHY, but overall I enjoyed it even though I was hoping for some comedy it was like: "We must protect the sand!" "I am innocent!" and "Nazam was the one who killed father" and everybody had British accents, even though it was in Persia.

I have to leave now because my mother wants to go on her facebook!

You are now talking to a WINNER!!!!!!! (A loud scream included)

Hello people of earth, mars and Beit-Shemesh!
I am extremely energetic, if you haven't noticed! there is so much to write about that I don't know how to start!!!!! Okay, I have decided that I will start with.... (drums, please...) my special Science program!!! (Loud clapping). Thank you, thank you, thank you. You know that I am a prodigy in school, and that I know more than all of you here. Sooooooooooooo, that qualifies me into THE SCIENCE PROGRAM! Now, I have a VERY hard question for you: What does you learn in this program? EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHH! Wrong! I am learning Math (logic), Computers (Animations) AND Physics, which means you are HALF WRONG. Anyway, the program is great! Even though I STINK in logic, and I'd rather learn Robotics than computers, I am soooooooo happy that I am in this program!

Second, even more exciting.................................. THE RACE! (Look at the person nearest you with an impressed impression). That's right, I have run THE race of 3.6 kilometers (IN YOUR FACE), AND, AND I have won a medal (now you are wishing that you NEVER said no to Adina and that you should of asked for her autograph last time you saw her)!!!! I have won 1ST PLACE IN THE 11-12 GIRLS 3.6 KILOMETER COMPETITION! (Now you are running to EVERYBODY you know to tell them that Adina C. Hershberg, age 12 has won the race!). Well, it isn't as glamorous as it seems, because there weren't any other girls ages 11-12 in my group. (Now you are all groaning and looking sad). But not to worry my special friends, you don't know what is going to happen and the future, and I am telling you NOW  that every single person in the WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE will know me as THE GREAT ADINA CHAVA HERSHBERG, AGE 12.

Whoever didn't read this with the right sound effects has to read it again with feelin'! Good Shabbos people!

Succot vacation

Hi all!

I know that it has been a while since I posted, and I think I owe you some new news... Shabbat is coming in in 2 hours, Mommy, Yosef and Ferri are doing yoga, Sara B., getting in their way and Abba trying to catch her. Earlier this afternoon I finished a book called '102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers' by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn in Hebrew. It is definitely a must-read for anyone who wants to learn about 9.11.2001... It was very sad and depressing, along with some scary moments, but I learned so much from it. I never knew so much about 9.11 and the day after 9.11 this year, I found this book in the school library. It gave me such an influence to appreciate the meaning of life, along with the understanding that someones life can end in one second. Recommended for people who can watch PG13 movies. I, personally couldn't eat for a while after I read chapter 8...

On that happy point, I have some good news! The Ministry of Education of Israel has given a special program to 20 schools in all of Israel, and my school has gotten it! The special program is a commitment for 6 years, 7th grade till graduation where they learn this program that includes Science, Technology and Mathematics. It gives me the ability to do 5 matriculation units (Abba's words - not mine!) on my tests in 11th and 12th grade. 25 girls in 7th grade are picked, which is about a sixth of my grade and I have applied to get in! I would have to stay on Thursday for three periods, as well as some classes in the middle of the week.

Other good news - I GOT MY OWN ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For the lucky people here who know around my house, I will tell you that I got the guest room and when a guest come I must share Ferri's and Sara's room...

Have a good Shabbat and may all news be good news!

1st day of 7th grade!

Yes, there is always only one day of in everybody's life that is the first day of 7th grade, unless you have to repeat it again. I know you are all dying from suspense about what happened to me. OK, so here it goes:
Yesterday, about noon, my friends and I went on a bus to Chorev to meet our class and our teacher. My homeroom teacher is Gila Berger, and she teaches me Torah and Navi. I am with the 3 girls I asked to be with - Shira, Batya and Devorah. There are 34 girls in my class, all friendly and cute, plus there is two girls whom made Aliyah., one girl was from America, and the other girl was from Paris, France. YES! There is a french girl in my class and I LOVE her accent!!! She is so sweet and cute!! Sadly, I don't get to pick my classes yet, but the building here has an auditorium!!! The school is HUGE! There are four buildings, one of them a science building. I have separate teachers for each class, and some classes like science and PE and History we have different classrooms. Today was pretty much meeting everyone, along with a stupid science class where we learned what what difference between a chair and a tree, but of course the teacher says that we are going to use that information very importantly in the future. The subjects that I have this year is Torah, Tanakh, Halacha, Navi, Emuna (belief), Science, Technology, History, Geography, PE, Math, Art. I have my friends but hopefully, I will make new friends!!!

Starting 7th grade!!!

My best friend always said that I get brainwashed a huge amount, and very easily... I guess she is right, but only with things that sound crazy to others. For instance, mommy would always put on 70's music like Ben E. King, The Drifters, Aretha Franklin, Al Green and Taj Mahal, and I got into it. While all of my other friends are listening to junk of the 21st century, I am listening to sweet soul music, thanks to successful brainwasher mommy. So now, I am listening to 'Stand By Me' by Ben E. King on my new iPod touch. Truthfully, 'Stand By Me' has a lot to say in it's meaning. Here are the lyrics:
When the night has come, and the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we will see
No, I won't be afraid, oh, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darlin', darlin' stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darlin', darlin' stand by me
Oh stand by me
Whoa stand now, stand by me, stand by me

And darlin', darlin' stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darlin', darlin' stand by me
Oh stand by me
Whoa stand now, stand by me, stand by me
So darlin', darlin' stand by me
Oh stand by me
Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me
Oh stand by me
Whoa stand now, oh stand, stand by me...


Personally, there are a couple of things that aren't perfect about this song, including that Ben E. King sings 'Stand By Me' and 'Darlin'' to much in this song...


Another successful brainwashing story happened to happen about a year and a half ago. As any other girl my age, we were thinking about things a year and a half in advance. So, anyway, a girl who was in 7th grade in Chorev high school, happened to be my friend, and of course I was thinking about which school to go to and how my Bat-Mitzvah was going to look like. Getting onto the point, I was asking her all these questions about Chorev. I admit, I did, I did get brainwashed, but this looked wacky a year and half ago, and now, looks normal. I decided like 12 months ago that I was going to go to Chorev if I got in and if my best-friend would. I know she was just making me nervous about telling me that she is probably not going as a joke, but, I gotta admit, my best-friend shares a lot of unnecessary details to get me scared.

So this post is about different arts, and I have moved onto the subject of 'The Art of Cookery'. A couple of weeks ago, my best-friend and I decided that we would make each other meals. I decided, to bring her to 'Italia en Israele'. When she came, I had a sign put up saying 'Benvenuto en Italia', and as well as jabbering in an Italian accent. We started out with Granita (A failed lemon sorbet), along with minestrone. Afterward, I brought out the Panzanella salad (the great Gramps' idea) which as out of this world or jupiter's world, and as a main dish, Fettuccine Alfredo (along with the great Ruth's advice), the REAL kind, WITHOUT flour. We ended dessert with Italian ice cream, some similar to biscotti and grapes. Of course, there was tons left and my family devoured it. Abba said, whom I take his opinion very seriously (sometimes), that this was good enough to serve Gramps. You understand????????? I HAVE PAST THE TEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last night I made Panzanella salad again (which was out of this world, along with Jupiter and Mars) and spaghetti with pesto. Again, sooooooooooooooooo good! Anyone who is interested in any of the recipes, email me!


I would write more but I promised Ferri I was going to make with her chocolate chip cookies, so adios!

News flashes and more

I have so many things to say that my mind is going crazy, and there will be an explosion, so I better start right now. For all movie classic lovers, I am proud to tell you that I saw Indiana Jones and the Radars of the Lost Ark! As a critic: four and a half star. Well done, well made, well acted. It has drawn me in, as movie should, right amount of suspense, and right amount of drama. I would rate it PG13 for the violence, blood, stupidism, suspense, and drama. Since I am in a phase of mysteries and thrillers, I have to say it was a good choice to watch the last half in the morning. I find the plot made well, but completely stupid and irrational. Well done... How am I as a critic???
Mazel Tov to Bentzi Hershberg for getting engaged with Michal Stavy!!! A couple of things about Michal (not as a critic): A cute, pretty, nice, caring, understanding women, and I definitely need to spend more time with her because I don't know her enough... As I see it, Bentzi is great, so his future wife HAS to be great, and so far I agree with him, that she is AWESOME! Bentzi and Michal, I have a couple of blessings to give you: Bentzi, you were always great with me (I remember sitting on your lap while you reading Harry Potter to me a billion years ago), so I know that you will be great with your children, hopefully. May, both of you, have kids that will give you Nachas, and then they will get married, have kids, and you will have nachas from you're grandchildren too, so on and on and on. That you will never have finance problems, you will have successful marriage, with success. And more to come after you're wedding!!!!!!!
On to the next subject... I am proud to tell you that I have been united with a long lost friend that I only communicated through Apple.com. Yes, I have gotten an iPod touch, 3rd generation, 8GB. It has been great, and I already have 68 apps!!!!!! It has been my new obsession! Whoever has apps to recommend, that are free, are PLEASE welcome to email me...
For all classic book lovers, I have some good news to you too... I will give you an introduction first... I was never to fond of fantasy books, and I found books like Eragon, Pendragon and more unreadable (with an exception for Harry Potter)... But, I have seen the movie 'Prince Caspian' from the Narnia series, and that gave me an inspiration to read the series Narnia. So I have read 'The Magicians Nephew', and even though I don't feel like being a critic now, I have to say that it was a very very good book. I am also reading right now, my dear friends, 'Great Expections' by Charles Dickens.
That is all for now, and may all news, be good news...

Photography Camp

Hello people of earth and beyond,
I am in the United States of America right now, Palo-Alto, California to be exact, and I just wanted to let you know about some things that have been going on. We have been at California right now for a bit more than a week. It was all very nice, and I have to say that the weather here is SOOOOOOOOOOO much better than the east coast, Israel and any other place in the world. I don't know if I ever told you, but since we are going to be in Palo-Alto for two weeks, all the kids over the age of three are going to camp. Yosha-Bear and Ferri are going to the Chabad camp called "Gan Israel" and for short "Gan Izzy". I am going to a Photography camp right now. Yes, it is true!!! Today was the first day, and I have to say bye-bye to Auto because I am never using Auto again. Photography camp is AMAZING! I didn't know six sevenths of what my teacher Tom was saying, and I didn't even know I didn't know them! It is definitely the greatest camp I have ever went to so far... Unfortunately, it is only for three days. So, what we did was, learn almost EVERYTHING known to man about cameras. We didn't take any "amazing" photos, but that will happen tomorrow, when I am going to go outside to the real world and take some award-winning pictures. Amazingly, too, there is Tom my teacher, Nicole, his assistant, me and some other kid. So, in conclusion - each of the campers have their own teacher. Now that is just truly AWESOME! By the end of this camp, I am going to have my own portfolio!!! And now you can call me a camera geek!!! Tom knows everything about everything about everything in photography!!! Now for all camera geeks in the world, I have a test for you:

1. What is Aparture?
2. What is Shutter?

Now if you answer both those questions right, that makes you a nerd, and if you answer one of them right, you are a half nerd. Now, in conclusion, that makes me a nerd and a half!!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!! I am so funny!!!
Have a great summer!

I AM DONE WITH 6TH GRADE!!!!!!!!!!

I know!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!! I am never going back to that school (unless to say hi to my sister next year), and after what happened this year - I am SOO happy to say that. I always need to come up with different things to write about in my posts, but this one I have put a lot of thought (yea, right)...
As you might know or might not know, in 8 hours I am going to be in a taxi on the to the airport, to have a month trip of FUN in the USA. So, I was complaining (I do that a lot) to Abba that there hasn't been such good movies for kids that came out this year, and that means that we'll have terrible movies. But, oh boy, was I wrong!!! Abba went on the US AIR (which we are flying) and found the movies that are going to be on our flight. In total there will be 20 movies. Some of them are movies that I am not allowed to watch but I want to (Awwwwwwww), some of them are movies that I am not allowed to watch but I don't want to (no comment), some of them I am allowed to watch but I want to (YAY!) and some of them I am allowed to watch but I don't want to (no comment)!!!! Did you understand that? If you did, you get an A- and if you didn't you get a B+!!!!!
I have so much to do - but I am SOOOOOOOO not in the mood to do them, especially when I am enjoying the last hours of spending time with this dear computer and this dear house... This is what I have to do: Make muffins, finish thank-you letters, address thank-you letters, send thank-you letters, pack suitcase, pack carry-on, scream and check me email. So far, all I did was pack a little bit, scream and check my email (which I have to do again in 3 hours - remind me).
So, I have been doing some research via my friends and I saw that I have the LARGEST INBOX IN MY EMAIL THAN ANYONE IN MY GRADE!!! Isn't that so cool? I have 2,167 emails in my inbox and 3,670 in my all-mail. Isn't that amazing? And I have to add that I don't get 1,000,000,000 emails a day like Abba or Mommy, but I am using 27% of my space in my email. I know this might sound pointless to you, and it is, but I just thought this was an interesting fact.
I have one good thing about school from the past week - I learned PI!!!!!!!!! IT IS SOOOOOO COOL!!! It is something like 3.14159265 (just google pi)... It is such a mind blowing factor!!!
I'll probably not post for 1,000,000 to toodles for now!! BYE!!! 

Need yo catch up - and fast!!

There is so much to catch up on, and I don't remember if I posted since my Bat-Mitzvah, and if I didn't, I wanted to say thank you to you all who came, and I know that it is sooooooo hard to come... For those who want the translation - email Abba and bug him, because it is not working for me! Abba posted pics of my Bat-Mitzvah on this. If you have a problem with the link - comment, email me or email Abba. Thank you. Autographs when I see you next (no flash!!).
I wish I could write more, but Ferri is waiting for the computer.... :(
C ya later!

My English Project - in 2010

Sometimes it takes me hours to think of a title...

It's true, even if I don't like to admit it. Now a couple of things in mind:
1. I've been thinking: in TextMesaggingLanguage there is LOL - which stands for Laugh out Loud. Now, we like to say it out loud liken the way it looks - lol, and then, you can say it in a Hebrew accent like this Looooooooooooooooool or לול... Now, that spells a chicken coop in Hebrew... Isn't that funny???
2. Mommy got an iphone! LOL!
3. LOL!
4. LOL!
5. People ask me if I'm excited for my Bat-Mitzvah! Of course I'm not excited for my Bat-Mitzvah!!! LOL!
6. LOL!
7. LOL!
8. LOL!
9. I ran 2 kilometers this morning!!!!!! LOL!
10. LOL!
11. LOL!
Had anough LOLs!
Bye!

Countdown... Countdown... Countdown...

There are simple things in life, and there are more complicated ones... For instance - a 2 year old. That's simple. They cry when they're sad and smile when they're happy. For more complicated - How do you get your watch to be on the same exact time as the radio? I've been trying... Anyway, I'll have to do that again in America and back... So if your wondering about the Countdown - it means that you don't know me enough (I'm only joking)! You guessed right - it's my BM (explanation in the bottom)! So here's what's new:
1. Did you know that you should take 6,000 steps to maintain your weight, and 10,000 steps to loose weight? The force of the internet informed me that... It's just that I found that I have a pedometer on my Ipod, and kept me wondering... So we made a deal, that if I take 60,000 steps in a week (Sunday through Friday), then I will get a book. So we tried it one day, and I did only 6,418 steps, and that was including the running that morning. So my mom said that we'll cut it down to 32,000 steps...
2. Grandma Judy and Grandpa Saul are coming from Turkey tomorrow!! YAY!
3. I regret to inform you, that according to law, the Schools must teach their students according to their books and information, but I might add, that my school staff must spend 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 in PRISON (or until they die, if that comes first)!!!! And have their computers taken away... This is what we are learning in Math class: If I draw a picture of a room, which one is bigger - the actual room or the picture? And in Science: What does the heart do? What does the blood do in your body? I know! It will go into my brain and start eating my eyes!
I mean, Teachers are supposed to be SMART for pete's sake!
BM = Bat-Mitzvah
That;s is what's new! What a wonderful day!

Bat Mitzvah Invitations!

Yes, yes, yes, it's true!!!!!!!!! I know!!!! It is SOOOOOOOOOo exciting! Those in Israel should get it today or tomorrow and those in the rest of the universe - later this week. OK, so lets go to news:
1. You might be asking me what's new with the chess. So, what I could say is that I have gotten better, but I am still so bad, that in a game that I played with my friend we both ended up with only a king in each side. Talk about embarrassing!
2. I ran 10 minutes this morning with my trainer!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhh! It was with 2 uphills AND it was a 1.30 kilometers. Which is 0.8 miles, if your wondering.
3. It is sooooooooooooooooo hot, and it's only May!!!!!!
4. I am counting down the days to the upcoming events!
5. I just learned a new word: Splendiferous! It is an awesome word!
6. As you know or as you don't know, I read the Harry Potter series out loud to Yosef. So, in short we are proud to say that we finished the 3rd Harry Potter book and we started the 4th!
7. School is a huge disappointment.... You want to hear a conversation between me, my best friend and my science teacher? (Shira's my best friend)(everything is supposed to be in Hebrew):
Teacher: What school are you going to next year?
Me and Shira: Chorev in Jerusalem
Teacher: Wow! Uch, that means we really need to get going with the work because Chorev has high standards...
(Me and Shira nod)
Teacher: Did you learn about the body (Biology)?
Me and Shira: No....
Teacher: Wait a second, your saying that you didn't learn anything in 4th and 5th grade about the body?
Shira: We learned about the teeth.... With a different teacher...
Me: Yea, it was in 2nd grade. (stiffening a laugh)
Teacher: Oy, Oy, Oy... As you know, it's not my fault, you should have learned it, and we have 10 more weeks of school and we need to finish the subject about light and sound AND do Biology.... Oy, Oy, Oy....
Me: So what are we going to do?
Teacher: Well, I guess I will need to teach you something... We'll start next week Monday...

Monday:

Teacher to class: Where is the Brain? Where is the Heart? What do the Muscles do? How many fingers do we have?

Next week:

Teacher to Class: How do you draw a body? What does the heart do? Give me examples of how almost all of the parts work together...

End!

Seriously..... That was how it was? We could seriously be learning something more interesting and harder!!!!!!

I'm sick............

Yes, that is true, unfortunately, but fortunately I have to tell you about a couple of cool stuff. First things first, I learned how to play Chess. You might ask my why, so there is a couple of answers. First of all, Abba brought a set from America, so I decided there is a chance. Also, I was fed up that Abba would always play with Yosef and I wanted him to play with me. If you want to know what I thing about it - I think it's a great game but WAY TO S........L...........O...........W......... I've played 2 games, which I lost in both, but taking a lot of the opponents pieces with me. I am pretty proud of myself, though I don't know if I want to continue.
Another AWESOME game is called Bananagrams, and it is sort of like scrabble but faster and better. You get 21 tiles, and you have to set them up like in scrabble, but you don't take turns and you can take stuff apart. If you finished all of the tiles - you won, in short. Mommy LOVES this game. So do I.
Bye!
Hugs and Kisses!

Miracles / Walt Whitman

OK, you would think that is a poem, and you happen to be right. This is the whole story: in English class we read the poem Miracles / Walt Whitman which I think is beautiful. Than, my teacher said that we need to write our own "Miracles" poem with the first two lines, plus the last line. So here is Walt Whitman's poem:

Why! who makes much of a miracle?
As to me, I know of nothing else but miracles,
Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan,
Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky,
Or wade with naked feet along the beach, just in the edge of the
water,
Or stand under trees in the woods,
Or talk by day with any one I love,
Or sit at table at dinner with my mother,
Or look at strangers opposite me riding in the car,
Or watch honey-bees busy around the hive, of a summer forenoon,
Or animals feeding in the fields,
Or birds--or the wonderfulness of insects in the air,
Or the wonderfulness of the sun-down--or of stars shining so quiet
and bright,
Or the exquisite, delicate, thin curve of the new moon in spring;
Or whether I go among those I like best, and that like me best--
mechanics, boatmen, farmers,
Or among the savans--or to the soiree--or to the opera,
Or stand a long while looking at the movements of machinery,
Or behold children at their sports,
Or the admirable sight of the perfect old man, or the perfect old
woman,
Or the sick in hospitals, or the dead carried to burial,
Or my own eyes and figure in the glass;
These, with the rest, one and all, are to me miracles,
The whole referring--yet each distinct, and in its place.

To me, every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
Every cubic inch of space is a miracle,
Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the
same,
Every foot of the interior swarms with the same;
Every spear of grass--the frames, limbs, organs, of men and women,
and all that concerns them,
All these to me are unspeakably perfect miracles.

To me the sea is a continual miracle;
The fishes that swim--the rocks--the motion of the waves--the ships,
with men in them,
What stranger miracles are there?

This is mine:
Why! who makes much of a miracle?
As to me I know nothing of miracles.
To see the beach and the sand and the waves,
Or the book and the words,
Or to see feet running.
To laugh at jokes that the others make,
Or flour and water form some bread,
Or mother-daughter love,
Or to make music from the piano.
Or hike the mountains of the world,
Or learn the astronomy of this galaxy.
Or to see people healthier than I,
To feel hatred or love -
For those are miracles.
What stranger miracles are there?

What do you think?

More and more from a day at London!

There are two more posts under this of pictures. It just won't let me post them all at once!