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Ralph and I built my sukkah today. (He had asked if he could help, which sounded like a fine idea to me.) He used to be a "knot geek", as he described it, so he taught me some simple lashings and stuff. (My sukkah is tied together, not nailed or bolted. I like it that way, and it doesn't require tools.) I didn't really know anything about knots before today; my previous model had been that a sufficiently large quantity of rope will hold anything together and square knots are functional.
I bought a new s'chach (roof) mat this year; cruising the neighborhood with hede clippers in hand was getting tedious. This is, essentially, thin strips of bamboo tied together sort of the way venetian blinds are, except that there's no need to "draw" them. It makes a nice roof, and at the end of Sukkot I can roll it up easily and store it for next year.
Ruth Reilly has a huge pile of bamboo she's trying to get rid of. The Levinsons (next door) apparently took a bunch for their roof, but I already had my mat. (And anyway, the mat is easier to store.) Too bad she didn't start asking around a couple weeks earlier.
The holiday starts tomorrow night. We're having Gail over tomorrow for dinner and Ralph and Lori Tuesday. Wednesday is D&D. I haven't planned beyond that yet. Maybe we should invite the Tuckers later in the week, as they aren't really capable of building their own. That way they'll get to eat in a sukkah at least once. (I try to provide the opportunity for Jewish friends who will care and who don't have their own.)
I bought a new s'chach (roof) mat this year; cruising the neighborhood with hede clippers in hand was getting tedious. This is, essentially, thin strips of bamboo tied together sort of the way venetian blinds are, except that there's no need to "draw" them. It makes a nice roof, and at the end of Sukkot I can roll it up easily and store it for next year.
Ruth Reilly has a huge pile of bamboo she's trying to get rid of. The Levinsons (next door) apparently took a bunch for their roof, but I already had my mat. (And anyway, the mat is easier to store.) Too bad she didn't start asking around a couple weeks earlier.
The holiday starts tomorrow night. We're having Gail over tomorrow for dinner and Ralph and Lori Tuesday. Wednesday is D&D. I haven't planned beyond that yet. Maybe we should invite the Tuckers later in the week, as they aren't really capable of building their own. That way they'll get to eat in a sukkah at least once. (I try to provide the opportunity for Jewish friends who will care and who don't have their own.)
