This year’s trip to Israel inspired me to write. Maybe it was the way the 6:30am breezes felt like cool sips of water as the sun pierced the sky. Or maybe it’s because I was out of my normal element, away from household tasks that usually capture my time.

Here’s what I did and thought about:

1. Tea with milk
2. Flag Day
3. Rainbow apartheid
4. The game
5. The Hope (Hatikvah)
6. The Dud
7. Desert Rats
8. The Army hurt my baby toes
9. Tel Aviv is like … (Comparisons)
10. The problem with expectations (Dan Caesarea)
11. Sdot Yam
12. Coffee for crows
13. Sirens and wonders
14. Tables
15. Airport irony