My pregnancy with the Little One wasn’t easy by any stretch of the imagination. Once we managed to get past the genetic issues (though until he was actually born and shown to be defect-free, my suspicions never fully abated), I was hit with a number of other problems. There was never any escaping from the fact that my pregnancy was high-risk. All of my prenatal testing...
I’ve been following the latest brouhaha in the Anglo-Israeli blogosphere with some interest. Nefesh B’Nefesh (NBN) is sponsoring the upcoming International Jewish Bloggers Convention, due to take place next Wednesday in Jerusalem, and debates are raging about everything from the convention’s target audience to the list of scheduled panelists. Adding fuel to...
I’ve been a very bad blogger lately. Work issues have been sapping up all of my time and energy, and stringing scintillating sentences together for pleasure has been forced to take a back seat to the currently unfolding drama that I have yet to resolve. Until I manage to get my groove back (which will hopefully be soon), I invite you to take a look at the posts...
In an ongoing effort to update and improve the blog, I’ve created a new page of favorite posts. It’s still a work in progress, as it takes a long time to go through more than three years of posts. So far, I’ve included political posts such as this one, current events rants like this one, personal posts such as this one, and humorous posts such as this one. As...
Israel mourns the deaths of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, and cries for the Goldwasser and Regev families. Regular citizens are slowly making their way to the homes of the families, gathering quietly and lighting memorial candles. I sit at my desk, unable to concentrate, feeling a mixture of sadness and relief. At least the waiting is over, waiting and not knowing for more...
Oh dear, the twins were at it again. Those bratty, preteen girls (potentially the most dangerous and merciless of all living creatures, of course), standing less than 50 feet away, whispering to their bratty little friends, simultaneously casting furtive glances in my direction, smiling, laughing, and continuing to whisper. This little activity had been going on sporadically...
After years of whining about debating whether to take the plunge into writing, an opportunity has presented itself, an opportunity that will allow me to test the waters in a relatively safe manner, guaranteeing a relatively steady income , while at the same time leaving me with enough hours on the side to take on other projects and try to sell stories. For the time being...
I’ve fallen into freelance writing in much the same way that I fell into technical writing. While the writing itself comes easily, I sometimes rely on my more experienced writer friends for information about various technical aspects of freelancing, especially the all-important query/pitch. Today’s question was addressed to Lisa, who gets an A+ for creativity, if...
George Carlin May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008 And suddenly, the world is a little less funny… [youtube=] Tweet
He pushed for months. He knew it was something that I’d enjoyed before, and that it was something I hadn’t had time to even think about since the Little One was born. And, if I was really being honest with myself, I knew it was something that I’d like to do again. I was worried about the time commitment, and told him so. “You’d only have to do it...