A week to go

   It's Thursday, a week before I leave, and I'm "practicing," that is, practicing doing this blog.  As a cyber caveman, I have been directed to post another blog, so here it is.
   I talked with Khitam today.  She's in East Jerusalem, and I'll be staying with her and Ahmad, her man, soon to be husband.  I'm eager to see her at her work and to do some work myself; also, to connect with some people in Jenin, to visit The Freedom Theatre there; to visit Duha in Ramallah, and Haneen; and, insha'allah, to get to Bethlehem and connect with some people there.  In all of these places, I'll be doing workshops when there is an opportunity, and talking with people, learning what is happening and how people are living and coping.  The last time I was there, 1998, there was no wall and there was hope for some sort of agreement, but it came to naught.
   The next entry will be from Palestine or from Krakow, Poland, where I'm stopping to visit friends, "on the way."