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Jewish Heritage Night at the ballpark

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I took a screen shot of the Ducks’ social media Tuesday night: It’s the night where  Hatikvah  is sung before the national anthem.   The team wears special jerseys, which are later auctioned off.  It’s also fireworks night, which means a show after the game, but also red rockets during the national anthem, a small display during the 7th inning stretch, and a brief burst every time a player from the home team hits a home run (we saw that more than once!) It was a really important game for the Ducks.  The start of a six game home stand against York Revolution. The Ducks started the night in 2nd place, 4.5 games behind York. And if you recall what I said in June about the  cretins from York , I bought a special shirt to wear to the game. The Hebrew reads “V’ahavta l’reiacha kamocha”.  Leviticus 19:18. Quoted in Mark 12:31. You’ll find similar thoughts in the Quran, in Buddhist and Hindu teachings… No one really mentioned the shirt, but I felt good wearing...
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Celestial happenings

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 Solar eclipse this afternoon — here in NY we’ll have a mere 10% totality, hardly noticeable.  Total eclipse will be over Iceland.   And the Perseus meteor shower peaks tonight. On a new moon, so no light interference. 
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Oh wow, Sir Rod

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 That “minor medical procedure” turned out to be placement of a coronary stent.  He has canceled the rest of this year’s concerts. We knew he looked a bit haggard when we saw his concert last month. He blamed it on a torn meniscus. He’s 81 and this was his farewell tour.  I don’t know if he’ll reschedule.  Glad we got to see him at the beach,
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The North Fork

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This is a map of Long Island.  Lots of people compare the shape of the island to a fish, with its head nestled against NYC and its tail in the Atlantic.   If you look at the East End of the island, you see that the “tail” branches out, there are distinct “forks”.   The South Fork contains all the glamour and glitz of the Hamptons and Montauk. But the North Fork … well, the North Fork has always been more …agricultural.  Traditionally that meant farms and farm stands (I used to take my children apple picking  in Cutchogue or Baiting Hollow) but more recently has included vineyards.  Yes, the North Fork of Long Island is wine country.  And most of the vineyards have wine tasting rooms, So it was time for the annual summer visit to the North Fork.  Our first stop was South Shore Market and Farms for locally grown produce. Then it was on to  Harbes Family Farm  for preserves and fruit butters.  Then it was down Bridge Street, a single l...
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Oh wow — Rod Stewart

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 So we saw Rod Stewart in concert July 31. He was supposed to perform in Cincinnati yesterday. He had to postpone b3cause of “a minor medical procedure “.
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Music Monday

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 July 31, 2026 .  Our destination: (Northwell is a huge medical corporation that runs multiple hospitals.  When I used my debit card for food, my bank labeled the purchase as “doctor visit”. Well, music does have medicinal qualities…) We used to go several times every summer, but lately there haven’t been any shows we wanted to see. Until now, of course. They’ve done a lot of renovations since the last time we were here.  Now the first thing you see in the “lobby” is a picnic area with artificial grass, tables and chairs, and a DJ — he was playing the best of the 70’s and 80’s. We grabbed a table and bought dinner.  Drew got a burger and fries.  I got … sushi! The tube in the side of the container is soy sauce.  You open the top of the container and add the  sauce, then insert the tube into a hole in the bottom and use it like a push pop. The gluten free girl didn’t use any soy sauce (it’s made with wheat), but I did enjoy the spicy tuna and avoca...
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