Wow, life has been going forward full throttle lately. I can't keep up with my Goodreads account, let alone the chronicling of my life's goals and aspirations on this blog. Ever since becoming inflamed with the Hunger Games trilogy, I have been reading young adult fiction almost exclusively. For those of you who have kept up with my reading life over the years, you know that it is my habit to be reading 4 or 5 books at a time, engaging by Kindle, Audible, print, bathroom paperback, and iPhone all at once. I intend to make some method out of all this madness and do a giant best young adult literature of the oughts post. So, stay tuned.
I had a beautiful lunch with my friend Jenny this week; we ate at Pomelo and I told her all about Israel and Jordan. She asked me questions that no one else had, asked me to surmise what the women who live in that culture really think about the lifestyle that they have chosen/have been expected to lead. While I can't know, and am sure that the Orthodox expat female population are happy in their homes, I don't think I could ever live a life that was circumscribed by thousands of years of tradition and patriarchy. Rules are meant to be living and breathing boundaries. Life, and culture, can shift from one instant to the next, and traditions should grow and change--and be allowed to grow and change--over time to reflect that.
Honey lemonade. :-)
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