Mid-Autumn Festival

Last night's full moon
over the City Walls

2nd Day of Sukkoth and the nights saw running battles in the neighbourhood behind my house. This morning going out to Herod's Gate I saw the street ("Herod's Gate Ascent" of course) with rocks and broken bottles strewn everywhere and the street reeking with tear gas. Strangely during the day it's very peaceful ... and it's in the Territories that riots break out, like the violent one today in Ramallah. http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Clashes-erupt-in-West-Bank-following-Temple-Mount-confrontations-419394

Empty piglet baskets and
a pot of chinese tea

I don't have much time to follow these riots, though I'd love to ... because I have lots of work to do. Instead today I was at the Media Centre where I once was the director, to edit a news clip. Have lost touch with the editing process ... The present director told me that I have to come back and work one day a week because I produce and direct very good programmes. Maybe I will .... if I have free time.

The Mid-Autumn Festival passed quietly ... I think I was the only one to celebrate it .... there's a chinese sister next door and a korean sister further down the road but I don't think they celebrated anything. I had piglet cookies and chinese tea. Hmmmm forgot to invite the 2 sisters over.

The moon was still full yesterday and quite lovely. The night wind was cool, about 23 degrees. Sitting out on the terrace was pleasant ... except for the rioting downstairs between arab youths and Israeli police. There were lots of fireworks and firecrackers ... which could be joyful on such an occasion ... if they were not used as weapons against the police.