באתי לגני אחותי כלה I have come to my garden: my sister, bride. Shir HaShirim (5:1) The midrash explains that my garden is an intimate place. It is private and beautiful. Further, my garden (גני) is translated

Wow! What a crazy 2 weeks it has been! But now I'm back home in Boston, and ready to start sharing this incredible journey with all of you! Welcome to my European adventure! This will be your intro to

7:40am: Put on my thermal shirt, followed by my second thermal, and then a third heavier thermal to finish off my under layers. Gloves, check. Scarf, check. Windbreaker, check. Thermal socks, check. Finish

My wrist vibrates. I slowly come to consciousness as I try to figure out where I am and why I am so tired. I look around and remember I'm just a mile from the amazing Zion National Park and it's 5 in the

11 AM. 2 hours late. On the road. Northern Bound. To the great White Mountains in New Hampshire. The plan is to ascend the Franconia Ridge, which consists of 3 mountains, two 5,000 footers, Mt. Lafayette

So it's been some dreadfully cold weather the last few weeks here in Boston, leading up to this thing called a "Bomb Cyclone". It was a mix of high winds, heavy snow, and extremely high tides