3:20 PM - Mid afternoon, and almost the nighttime, almost Shabbos.  it should be enough time to shower, put up food, get dressed and do other logistical Shabbos prep.  But I live largely in an internal world.  I have a poem I need to enter in a contest. And other writing, thinking, processing, sharing to do...

3:28 PM - Printing a parsha poem I just edited... Printer is warming up...

3:33 PM - Poem submitted to haiku competition:

I had posted it here, then realized there may be a rule that it can't be on a blog...

Parsha poem printed.  And reposted on Facebook.

Rabbi Avraham Aryeh Trugman fully develops Yaakov's wresting match and its consequences.  he stresses maaseh Avot Siman LeBanin and writes:

"No matter how many times we may fall short of the mark, no matter how many times we revert to a lesser spiritual level, the name Israel awaits us, for it is our birthright and destiny."

4:13 PM - Time flies (you can't/they go too fast) (inside reference).  Three minutes to candle lighting. Have a wonderful Shabbos.