Cold

Cold sunshine

 4th day into the New Year and the temp continues to plummet. Forecast is 5 degrees next Monday. There'll be no rain though. This morning saw an hour of drizzle but nothing heavier. Morning fog over the Mt. of Olives is quite dense but it quickly dissipates when the sun rises.

Yesterday I tried to open a bottle of sauce. My thumb and index finger immediately bruised from the pressure. Capillaries burst and internal bleeding spread to the back of my hand. That's the result of the double blood-thinners that I have to take for at least a year. This is making normal life difficult. Bashing my foot last week and having the blood flow for 4 hours without stopping ... the hazards just seem to be building up. I might as well live in a bubble.

Meantime local news is fluttering a storm regarding the new hardline govt revamping the judicial courts so it stays in line with govt policy .... and hence relinquish judicial independence. Likewise the communications minister wants to stop funding or is it close down (?) the 3rd largest media corp because it is critical of the govt. It looks like freedoms will soon be curbed and voices silenced ... starting tomorrow. I guess sooner or later visas for non-jews will also be reduced. News say 70% of secular jews feel threatened by the new govt. But as I see it, each of the extreme coalition members are seeking only to forward its own agenda. The coalition will collapse ... even as it begins, cracks are being covered by diplomatic scotch-tape. An implosion is a matter of time.