One is not allowed to count people, because that awakens the appetite of the Evil One. So we always counted people by saying ‘not one,’ ‘not two,’ ‘not three.’ If i count the people who aren’t sick I can do it on one not-hand. Swine-flu, shmein-flu – we’ve got colds, bronchitis, strep, and it’s still not cold enough to heat the house. They better invent something to take the place of antibiotics soon because otherwise we’re lost.
Tel Aviv Diary: Karen Alkalay-Gut
Begun in April 2002, this diary has been charting one woman's view of the city
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