We took a mini break over the weekend. Well, it's hot and it's been a long year so far. My company closed for what seems the Nth time since I came to Israel and I found myself signing on. It's the first time for me as finding another job always came quickly. Not this time. High tech has hunkered down and is very wary of taking on people.
So, the break. It was hard work, on a Kibbutz near Jerusalem. Well, I say Kibbutz but it's one of the many privatized ones which means it's not really a kibbutz at all, nor a moshav, not a, well anything I can give a name to. Village I suppose would be the best fit though hamlet comes to mind. It was a training course for 10 people on the basics of how to build with earth. Yes, we got muddy, mixed straw with wet earth and plastered a wall with it. Made bricks with straw and a rammed earth bench. There was no air conditioning , no TV, radio, Internet or swimming pool. The showers were outside and the toilets were dry.
Lovely.
