The Path in the Valley
Bandy legs, arms bent at his side, pumping backwards and forwards like the pistons of a heavy truck, I see him wobbling up the hill, as I...
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leon gork tour guide
Apr 7, 20232 min
Grilled Fish
I was just saying to Ettie as we drove towards Tel Aviv that I’m not going to any expensive restaurants. We get better food and more of...
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leon gork tour guide
Dec 10, 20223 min
Portable Keyboard
I like to carry around, wherever I go, a portable keyboard. Who knows? A moment may arise, as moments are wont to do when I’ll be alone...
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 11, 20223 min
Insult can bring understanding
Once again an insult brought me self-understanding, the most important achievement of a human being. I had handed my iPhone with the...
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leon gork tour guide
Oct 20, 20215 min
Winelands of South Africa and Israel
Leon's No News Bulletin 137 S. Africa is a vast country by any standards; 1,221,000 km2, approx 50,000,000 people and about the same...
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leon gork tour guide
Sep 25, 20212 min
The Tree
For man is a tree of the field. I walked away from my apartment, in the predawn darkness. I could pat myself on the back, because I had...
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leon gork tour guide
Aug 9, 20214 min
Embattled Egos
The daily order of events took an ominously different turn after I began walking, my knapsack on my back, I’d left out my task of...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 8, 20214 min
Jerusalem a city of many worlds
The two young girls stood inside the gate, awaiting my arrival. I had promised to meet Chloe, who my cousin Margot, who lives in America,...
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leon gork tour guide
Jun 27, 20212 min
Litterbugs attack our park
Tens of tall apartment blocks had recently been built on the northern crest of the Tzofim Valley. Their white limestone facades looked...
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leon gork tour guide
Dec 5, 20205 min
Covid Days 1
I wanted to be a writer but constant pressure to make a living, left me without any time to become one. Covid 19 changed that situation. Now
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 21, 20205 min
Petah Tikvah Memorial Park
Bring me Cappuccino (hafuch in Hebrew). He lowered his mask, put the opening of the cover to his lips, no coffee came out.
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 16, 20205 min
Rendezvous with Noga
Dying of starvation, at 12 Ettie asked, am I hungry. The midday meal would be ready in another hour.
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 14, 20204 min
Tel Aviv journey
Etti lowered her feet from the bed to the floor, slowly as usual. I was in the kitchen, following my routine
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 12, 20204 min
Janiculum Hill
Panting and puffing Luke peered into the darkness enshrouding the eternal city far below him.
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
Oct 6, 20173 min
Yesodot Walk
7 O'clock in the morning, we're off again, my friend Avraham and I, to catch the bus to the central bus station and from there to catch...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
Sep 17, 20173 min
Leon’s No Newsletter 242 Happy New Year 5778
A message for the coming year should give guidelines to behavior that will bring positive results. For example if I was an economist I...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
Jul 1, 20171 min
Hechtsee Bicycle Ride
#kufstein #stadthotel #bicycleride #hechtsee #breakfast
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
Jun 29, 20171 min
Eshtaol Forest on a hot day
#tarom #eshtaol #forest #kerenkayemet #treenursery
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 23, 20165 min
Leon's No News-Letter 239 My Visit to Barcelona
A Postcard from My Aunty Mona of guards outside Buckingham Palace 1950 (for the reverse side, see below) Two weeks ago Ettie and I...
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 12, 20165 min
Leon's No Newsletter 234
Being forever short of time The tourists have left me in the lurch again and I’ve had to find new ways of amusing myself. I’m rushing...
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