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roga @roga.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Chapter 7: Homeward Bound
At last the hobbits had their faces turned towards home. They were eager
now to see the Shire again; but at first they rode only slowly, for Frodo had
been ill at ease. When they came to the Ford of Bruinen, he had halted, and
seemed loth to ride into the stream; and they noted that for a while his eyes
appeared not to see them or things about him. All that day he was silent. It
was the sixth of October.
‘Are you in pain, Frodo?’ said Gandalf quietly as he rode by Frodo’s
side.
‘Well, yes I am,’ said Frodo. ‘It is my shoulder. The wound aches, and
the memory of darkness is heavy on me. It was a year ago today.’
‘Alas! there are some wounds that cannot be wholly cured,’ said
Gandalf.
‘I fear it may be so with mine,’ said Frodo. ‘There is no real going back.
Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not
be the same. I am wounded with knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden.
Where shall I find rest?’
Gandalf did not answer.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This reminds me of that KinnPorsche fic but also: took this pic on a rooftop dexk today, how utterly gorgeous, I love this tree
A branch of yellow flowers hanging from a Golden Shower tree, framed by trees and bushes
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It was recced in the rec center newsletter! In case you weren't aware :)
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A festive start to the day (I knew today would be full of unknowns and definitely expected these throughout the day and the seder this evening but just let me sleep in a little longer)
screenshot of this morning's alarms, avoiding keywords to avoid random replies sorry
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Was JUST texting a friend about it looking like we were gonna get a nice sunset when we got yet another alarm - today has certainly been the most I've experienced so far, they've been relentless today. Tldr by the time I got out: missed the sunset alasssss
Screenshot of text chat:
17:40: Looks like there'll be a pretty sunset today
17:43: string of cursing emojis
17:43: This better not make me miss the sunset
17:44: pic of pinkish clouds over rooftopsText chat cont:
18:02: pic of gray clouds over rooftops, post sunset
Nooooo
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Spring plus muezzin sounds from the neighbouring town across the valley (and across the border)
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Took a stroll around hometown today and while I've been pretty much indoors for the past two weeks, spring is so very much happening outside
Do not love the fact that this is called Judas-tree in English! Will stick with klil hachoresh or crown of the forest, whose bloom always signifies spring. In the photo: the beginning of pink blossoms on the bare tree
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I left Tel Aviv for the slightly quieter suburbs on Saturday, have been wfh in between visits to my aunt's (aka my source of amazing home cooked lunches), not really going out so I can be close enough to shelters. Today I discovered there's a small walking path behind her house and it was magical.
Dirt path wandering between trees, pink red wildflowers dotting the grass, sunset peeking through Pink cyclamens scattered across a green, stony hill, a walking path barely visible in the grass
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
More m/m hockey romances keeping me company along with twenty neighbors at the building shelter. This is my LAST BOOK by this author and then I will need more recs! (After Rachel Reid, KD Casey and now Ari Baran)
Hockey romance on a kindle on a shelter floor, background feet of neighbours in PJMore neighbors' feet on the shelter floor including 1 four-legged buddy
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Bridgerton watch party part the second! This time with some Purim snack representation. It was a fun watch but I'm glad the season of the boringest Bridgerton is over and hopefully a million years from now we can move on to some interesting sisters.
Sweets including berry hamentaschen and domino mask cookies.Finger sandwiches, sliced vegetables, brioches and jam.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Omg I'm sorry I'm not in the loop is this Canadian skater dressed up as Jonathan Toews
Canadian rhythm dance skating pair, dude with a #19 sports like short
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
More good things from today: almond trees blooming just in time for Tu Bishvat and winter wildflowers coming out! I hope it rains so they'll last a little longer. A really beautiful day today.
Red anemone flowers dotting hills covered by grass and brush Almond tree in full pinkish-white bloom on a grassy hillPicnic in the shade of an almond tree, fruits and vegetables and muffins Red anemone in the forefront of yet another grassy hill with bushes and almond trees in the background
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
My sister once made biscuits for Ted Lasso and now we've upgraded to scones & finger sandwiches for Bridgerton S4 and I don't know if I can top if off for the second half of the season but it was great great fun (I gotta remove crusts more often, come on self, spoil yourself)
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Danggg time sure goes by huh. Signed up and posted about voting for the first time - I had just turned 18 in time to vote that month
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It is once again the beginning of real winter aka the actual prettiest time of year ❤️
Picnic in the finally green hills of the center - fruits and vegetables and pastries against a lot of green and skyRed anemones blooming on a green hillRed anemones, pink cyclamens, yellow wildflowers on a rocky green hill Cyclamens in a forest near sunset
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Omg apparently Jacob Tierney was in Slings and Arrows S2 as one of the interns! More exciting crossovers
Jacob Tierney in Slings and Arrows S2 episode 2
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Out in the woods today stumbled across a piece of bark eerily similar to baby Groot
Piece of bark resting on pine needles next to a tree trunk
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Ran into a very Alice in Wonderland scene today when out looking for some nature. (We do not have wild rabbits here, I have never seen one in my life before today, can only imagine it burrowed here from some other dimension)
Photo of foreground cat and background rabbit sitting on grass in a park with some picnic tables and trees.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
I've hardly seen any Christmas this year so I went to Jerusalem in search for an abroad vibe and boy did it deliver.
Buildings starting to be lit up in the Old City in Jerusalem, by Jaffa Gate Poodle standing in front of, presumably, Santa's vintage twinkle-lit vintage red carChocolate snowman with a view of a blurred out Old CityRooftop view of the Notre Dame of Jerusalem, and Christmas tree in its courtyard
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I'm using up my last 2025 time off. It's early winter and apparently outside of the city, the country's turned green; went up north for a hike with my sister yes, and god the relief of green nature and crisp air.
Muddy post-rain dirt roads in between green fields, blue skies aboveSun dappling across grazing cows in the woodsWild daffodils in the woods not far from Megiddo (=Armageddon) View overlooking low green hills dotted with trees
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
First candle with some latkes & sufganiot, hot cocoa, and Wake Up Dead Man, so counting blessings overall. Hanukkah started off awful with the news from Australia; sending ❤️ and wishing safe holidays for everyone.
Hanukkiah with 1 lit candle (plus shamash) and a completely unrelated random candle, by the window Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man on TV, hot cocoa in the foreground
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Day 792. It's hard to believe, but there's only 1 single (deceased) hostage left to return. His family decided that instead of continuing the Saturday night rallies, they prefer to switch to kabbalat shabbat gatherings at the square on Friday afternoons, so here I am, home on a Saturday night.
Pic from a gallery visited today; relaxed nature landscape painted over an old book cover titled 'Tomorrow will be better'. Photo from last week's very last (hopefully) Sat night rally at the Hostages Square, with raised signs of Sudthisak Rinthalak (returned this week) and Ran Gvili (last one there).
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It also brings the most photogenic skies
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Day 764. Five hostages left, none of them alive. So close to what can be an ending, which cannot get here fast enough. Not much to do at this point but try to support the families.
Family members on stage at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv during tonight's rally
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
It looks windy, but it's such a lovely, gentle breeze. Walking around with a sundress today. Climate change continues to be a tragedy but it continues to create such good weather* *any time but summer
Windswept palm trees and a beach sunset
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Went to see Eli Sharabi speak at a local rec center tonight, and I've read his book but truly, truly, what an absolute inspiring man. (@excited.bsky.social obvs I was thinking of you!)
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Still going to rallies to support the families... from tonight: Lishay Miran-Lavi is an absolutely incredible woman and a gifted, fierce, passionate speaker, and today she started her speech with: "I can't believe I'm saying this, but Omri is at home watching the girls tonight" <3
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
What can I say. Fucking chag sameach 🎉💛
Day 738 counter on a skyscraper along with US/IL flag + THANK YOU Yellow flag waving against blue sky & sign showing Israel/Peace snipped from a larger 'Shalom al Israel'
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Day 739. All living hostages have crossed over back home 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
🥹
Vans with the first 7 hostages released crossing into Israel
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Went to the square again this evening; close to midnight, there's no protest, just spontaneous hordes of people, press, a rush of excitement. Painting welcome signs, hanging notes, singing. I sat in the sukkah there, for the first time this holiday, and talked to a stranger. Everything is surreal.
Handwritten signs hanging from yellow ribbons hanging all over the Hostages Square. Painting welcome signs on the floor of the square. 736 says counter ((tody), many more handwriting notes. Crowds singing by Alon Ohel'a piano that everyone is so, so ready for him to come and play on.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Nice job buds
Clouds in blue skies over the rooftops, glowing close to sunset
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Very pleased with the cloud quality
Cloudy grey sky over rooftops
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
There are clouds in the skyyyyy and the weather is so fucking nice. Autumn's coming, winds are changing, first rain (yoreh) was the day they signed and I cannot wait for next. Winter candle scents, here I come.
Sliver of blue morning sky with clouds, which are terribly lacking in the summer.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
news sources, but: huge, huge cheers for Witkoff, US delegation and the US president; huge boos for our PM to a degree that was (for me) mildly embarrassing; hoping for things to go smoothly and more joy amennn in the next 2 days.
Massive crowds at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv; yellow balloons, US/IL flags, and the counting sign showing day 736 and countingSigns at the rally thanking Trump and the US (and blaming Bibi for not getting a deal done sooner) My torso in a "bring them home now" t-shirt please god let this be the last time I wear this, I want to burn it so badKeith Siegal, Naama Levi, Karina Ariev and Daniella Gilboa, all released after 500+ days and all of whom met Matan Angrest at some point during captivity, after sending him a message that they're waiting for him.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Day 735. A blessed, blessed sunrise. I'm tearing up. Good morning 💛
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Shana tova 🌸🌸🌸🤞🤞🤞🎗️ Please let this be a better, brighter, sweeter one than the previous two on a national level, and a good one on a personal level to all. Very grateful to family for an A+ holiday dinner table, samples attached
Seven species decorated plate (wheat barley fig date olive grape pomegranate), gefilte fish, fig salad Same as prev plus: chopped liver, apple with honey, horseradish Sister's homemade apple strudel
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Day 716. Pic is of the HOPE statue on the left hand side of the stage. Idk what to say anymore (and haven't for a very long time)
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Lol I feel like an absolute baby next to some of these numbers! I'm 505
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Day 687 (Sat), day 690 (this evening), someday dates will just be dates again instead of being a count. It's heartening to see how many people are showing up, but heartening doesn't help, we need decisionmakers to make the right decisions, gah
Sat evening protest Tonight's protest; a pretty massive amount of people Tonight's protest; "Hold up your phone lights"
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Day 673. Tu b'Av (local version of Valentine's). Paper said there were 60k people, I hope there were actually more, deal please not war ty
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Worked until way too late today, but took an hour to walk outside near sunset and was captivated by this bird on the river which was just listening and waiting. Stalked it until it caught a tiny little fish!
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Weekend included a little too much work and too little chill, but I did squeeze in some early morning beach for the first time this summer.
Flip flopped feet against bird-print covered sandFeet against the sea, horizon, waves, skies, 1 frolicking dog
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
666. Tisha b'Av. More people showed up today, dozens of thousands. Evyatar David's siblings spoke, after the video of him that was released this weekend. Omer Wenkert spoke, and every time I hear him speak I'm utterly awed by his strength. Please, let's there be a deal already.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
659 fun as usual
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
This tree was dropping so many fruits at first I thought it was raining, but then I looked up and remembered fruit bats are a thing, and I don't think I've *ever* seen this many in one tree before. Is this because I've started reading DCU again.
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Day 652 protest was a march to the US embassy with a plea. I hate it but if it has any chance of working
~50k people marching through the streets of Tel Aviv from Hostages Square, waving Israel, US and yellow flags. Holding up an 'End the war, Seal the deal' sign in front of the US embassy Giant sign on the beach at night: 'Save the hostages and the war' 'One big beautiful hostage deal'
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Day 645. Really don't know what to say anymore.
Sunset at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, right before the start of this week's protest Counter with 644 days and counting, next to the stage where Matan Angrest's mom is speaking Okay someone brought a dog in a bag to the protest and I weirdly almost felt bad having a hot dog for lunch
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Day 638, still🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
Counter at Hostages Square; 638 daysDemonstration at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv Televised screen at demonstration + Everyone Now text projected against the library's Pride banner
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roga @roga.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Good morning from Tiberias
Sun rising over the eastern side of the Kinneret/Sea of Galilee
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