Author Archives: Michael Shapira

So this will be the first post submitted and published using the wireless internet connection at Earthdance! Woohoo ! I am so happy to be here. This morning i was feeling almost nostalgic, remembering how things and places looked the last time i was here, in the summer. Now i feel safe, well placed and quite organizedContinue reading “Earth”

This is one of the hi tech highlights of my life, sitting with my laptop in my lap (aha ! so that’s why…) and blogging using the wi fi net at Arlanda airport. It makes me thing of the future and TV commercials. I had an extremely effective day in Stockholm yesterday and ran all across theContinue reading “Arlanda”

The Israeli Contact Festival is still going on but for my part it is over for now. The four days I spent in Misgav where the Greenhouse took place were very intensive. I feel that it’s easy to lose direction and also lose a lot of energy without really knowing where it went in suchContinue reading “After the festival”

Today is Ner Rishon, the first day of Hanucka. I stood next to mom & dad and we did the little ceremony of lighting the candle and saying the blessings. The best thing about Hanucka is that it’s not Christmass. In fact, the absence of Christmass here in the unholy parts of Israel (Tel Aviv,Continue reading “Ner Rishon”