The rain yesterday seems to be cooling things down a bit which is nice. I finally went out and bought a bathing suit over the weekend. Now I may go to the beach dressed appropriately (!) and not look like a bag lady in old shorts and tees. My daughters still don't think I'll wear it. I hadn't bought a bathing suit in years. Never had a reason for one but now I do. And it was marked down 60%!

Yesterday the German Lit class was cancelled. Imagine that. A teacher not able to show up. Actually, I was glad because it was raining pretty hard and that class has got the longest walk. So I had an extra hour to read up on my German. I will need it on Wednesday because the professor assigned us all dialogues that we have to memorize and say in class. I only have 5 lines to remember but it is not as easy as it sounds. That class has dwindled down quite a bit since it began.

In poetry class we watched a Youtube interview of Yehuda Amichai, an Orthodox Jew from Southern Germany. As a young boy he moved to Palestine and later fought with the British during WWII. He was one of Israel's greatest modern poets.

In the interview, he spoke of how he believed everyone is born a poet and how you should just write about things you are passionate about. He loved words and writing. Things he was passionate about were war, love and peace. Those three topics alone amassed his huge body of work.

Just listening to him speak was mesmerizing. He brought his words to life with his readings. We had done some of his work in class but hearing them from the author's own voice brought them a whole different meaning.

I think poetry is a forgotten part of our culture. Go to your library and check out a poetry book. Bring it home and read it to a loved one. I'm sure you both will be glad you did.