The dusty sand pink of the sunset rises from behind the mountains as we make our way home from Tzfas. The color is the same as our living room walls. The Kinneret is dusk blue.
“Bring blue into the living room” I make a note as I’m in the middle of creating my home’s landscape. Remember the outside reflects the inside.
As we turn a steep mountain an amazing unusual sight juts out from the landscape. A lone olive tree growing sideways out of the mountain. Its thick trunk and full leaves bend and reach completely sideways.
Something about the tree sums up the trip to Tzfas. Though I hardly had a minute to daven in all the places I had hoped you never know what comes home with you from holy places. I know something must have happened there as there’s no trip that doesn’t change us.
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