Little One: “Mommy, is Grandpa coming with us to the carnival?” Mommy: “Yes, Sweetie.” Little One: “Why?” Mommy: Why wouldn’t he?” Little One: “Because very old people stay home.” Tweet
Dear Luggage, Having a great time in Florida. Wish you were here. I’m blogging from the beautiful city of Sarasota on Florida’s West Coast, having arrived this morning with the Little One. We flew to the US via Paris, and while we only had 20 minutes there, our luggage was fortunate enough to have spent the night. With any luck, it will reach us some time tomorrow...
“Am I different? Am I a different person from the one I was before we lost our first child?” This is what I asked my best friend recently, the person who probably knows me better than anyone, the person with whom I have shared memories that go back more than twenty years. It was something I’d been meaning to ask her for a while now, a question that had been...
While I don’t often write about the state of my attire (besides, one can only say so much about jeans and black tops…), I’m feeling rather pleased, given that my attire of choice today would definitely have to be Pajamas. Check out the article I wrote about my recent UN coup. Tweet
“Little One, when we fly to the US to visit Pa and Grandma next month, how many planes will we take?” “Three.” “That’s right! Very good! Where will the first plane fly to?” “Parrots.” “Ummm… Sweetie, that would be Paris.” “Ok, Mommy. Parrots.” He giggles. She sighs. Tweet
Late last week, I posted two blog entries about a rather disturbing error on an official UN web site. I mentioned the story to a journalist friend, who agreed with me that it was indeed newsworthy, and promptly wrote an article about the unfolding of these events. The article can be found in Hebrew on the Nana internet portal, and with any luck, I’ll post a translation...
Following yesterday’s post, I’m happy to announce that I received a follow-up email last night from my contact at the United Nations, letting me know that the text in question had been fixed. It now reads, “The Lebanese Republic is a small, mostly mountainous country in the Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria...
Looks like the UN (or, to be more specific, the United Nations Development Programme) are at it once again. According to this link, passed on by friend and commenter Nicole, “The Lebanese Republic is a small, mostly mountainous country in the Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Palestine to the...
Crude (Adjective) Not carefully or expertly made; “managed to make a crude splint”; “a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them”; “rough carpentry” Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; “coarse language”; “a crude joke”; “crude behavior”; “an earthy sense of humor”; “a revoltingly...
A news brief in yesterday’s Haaretz newspaper caught my eye. “WIZO: Increase in firings of pregnant women There was a steep rise last year in the number of women who complained they were fired or had their work conditions significantly worsened because they were pregnant, or after they returned from maternity leave. The numbers were published by WIZO, the...