The weather reports claim that it will be warmer today, but it doesn't feel that way. Last night it was really chilly, and now the sky is white, not like the icon on the weather site. I haven't felt this chilled for a couple of weeks. Maybe it's the "spring sandstorm."
Years ago, I tried to improve my Hebrew by taking a course in the "People's University" of the City of Jerusalem. The teacher was a very experienced, and not young, ulpan teacher of the generation that succeeded in really teaching Hebrew. One of the things I'll never forget is that she mocked Hebrew poetry concerning its depiction of spring. The poets, who had been born in Europe and influenced by its weather and literature, described the seasons here, as if we were Europe.
We shouldn't ignore that spring here includes more than the blooming of flowers. There are horrendous sand storms, thunder storms and strange muddy rain. Summer is parched, and the green and colored gardens dry out and turn an ugly brown.
Now, will today be sunny like the weathermen say? At least it's not raining. My students are on a school hike, and being a female teacher in an all-boy school, I don't have to accompany school trips.
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