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, 2021
- 2 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, 2021
- 4 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 30, 2021
- 2 min
Dudu (David) the puncturemacher.
Thousands of kilometres and I’d never had a puncture, thanks to Eli. He’d checked my tyres for donkeys years. One day his mother died....
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 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
- Jul 4, 2021
- 2 min
Landscape by Noga
The big room one sees on entering our front door is divided into two, first comes the dining area then the living room. My six year old...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 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
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Covid Insight
Life was slowly returning to normal, after a year of lockdowns, wearing masks, not meeting with large groups of people. Each day Etti was...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 30, 2021
- 1 min
Disappointment
By what right or law do I expect tomorrow to be brighter than today? Where is it written that tomorrow will bring me happiness? Who told...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 2, 2021
- 2 min
Breaking the Rule
My search for shortcuts had begun at a very young age. You may think it absurd, but I think it began already when I was a baby sucking on...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Traffic Jam
The road worker, dressed in an orange protective suit, blocked our way and the way of dozens of other cars behind us. Waving his hands he...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
The Good Pilot
I leaned forward towards the hefty man seated in front of me. He had a big head with spiky dark grey hair around a shiny brown bald patch...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 16, 2021
- 3 min
The Toddler and the Pine Cone
I didn’t think about what the child was planning to do. I was too absorbed in thinking how cute the little guy looked standing at the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 5, 2020
- 5 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 23, 2020
- 1 min
Other Non Alcoholic Intoxication
the truck driver who nearly caused a serious accident on our way to Tel Aviv last wee
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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 16, 2020
- 5 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, 2020
- 4 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
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Plants in the Negev after the rain
Some pictures, I took of plants in the Negev desert and some bits of information about them.
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Mar 16, 2019
- 1 min
Leon's No Newsletter: The Vanishing Valley
One can only appreciate the name, Vanishing Valley, by going there, carefully, because it starts out at the top of the Barkan, one of the...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Oct 6, 2017
- 3 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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