Hi Folks;
I guess it’s time for me to say a few things again.
I’ve had a lot of Private Messages asking me to send New Moon sighting and photos to specific email addresses. I do not maintain a mailing list. If I’ve seen a New Moon I will always share the information to this group. When I receive the report from the Israeli New Moon Soc. I always share it to this group. Sorry, but I cannot commit to sending anyone a monthly email at this point. Maybe one day someone who is good with those things will volunteer to do that work, but I myself can’t devote that kind of time to producing such a product.
I’ve had a lot of Private Messages asking me: ‘how is the barley doing’. I’ve shared everything with you that I have seen. I cannot make a commitment to anything until after the inspections coming up in March. There are seven different regions with seven different climates here in Israel. There are wild fields that have been observed for years that are known to be areas where the barley ripen more quickly than others. All of these need to be inspected. The grains themselves need to be extracted and examined and then a decision make. Any comment or commitment before this event is just stupidity on my part.
Another thing. You must understand I can come off as direct and blunt, or irritate or offended when I post or chat sometimes. I’m not. I really don’t like typing so much so my responses are brief and direct. Also I have been out of the US for more than 10 years. First in Latin America. In the process of learning Spanish I had to think about what I was saying and form simple sentences in the briefest more direct way to be understood. Ever learned a new language when it doesn’t come easily? I never became fluent in speech, however I could understand the written much better than I could form an oral sentence. Now the same process is happening in Hebrew. I have to form simple direct sentences. After more than 10 years of this brain process it has translated itself into my written words even in English. Moreover I think in root words these days and when I write in English you will notice I drop the ‘s’ a lot. Or ”examine’ instead of ‘examined’, etc. If you ask me a question and I give you a blunt short answer. I’m not mad or irritated and you are not wasting my time. Ask anyone who has met me I am a very loving and kind person face to face. On paper I look differently.Updated Mar 1, 2018, 3:47 PM
