Last Saturday afternoon, following a tiring-yet-fulfilling day of wandering around fortresses and waterfalls in the North, I suddenly found myself feeling envious of my blogging pal Benji. Why was I harboring such feelings towards such an upstanding fellow, you ask? Okay. Picture this scene in your mind. You’re sitting in the car with your loved ones, heading home from...
As you have probably gathered by now, I’m a news junkie. It started in my teenage years, when a young Israeli woman (with whom I am still friends) from the town of Arad came to stay with our family for three weeks in the framework of a student exchange. I’ll never forget how impressed I was that this 15 year-old Israeli was discussing politics and current events...
Little One: Mommy, what you doing? Mommy: Going to the bathroom, sweetie. Little One: I want to see! Mommy: You can’t right now, sweetie. Little One: Why? Is your tushy too big? Tweet
I’ve been at my current job for 20 months now, lugging my beloved laptop back and forth everyday, often using my train time as writing time. I’m not a big laptop expert, and am quite happy with my work-provided Dell (though I’m desperately in need of a new battery, which I keep forgetting to remind out IT guys about…). What I’m not happy about is...
Not too long ago, I wrote this post, asking for prayers for a very sick little boy. Sadly, he lost his struggle yesterday afternoon. It is simply incomprehensible to fathom the pain of losing a child, and only a parent who has already been there can understand the sheer magnitude of the hurt. Losing a child who has been ill often provokes mixed feelings. I can remember when we...
I’ve decided to do something a little different with this week’s 80s Music Video Sunday, which is certainly my prerogative, given that I’m the owner of the joint. I’ve been tagged by Life Out East (who is now back in the UK) to do a meme about music, and thinking about it, I realized that I could use the meme as a tie-in to 80s Music Video Sunday. As...
It all began two years ago today with this post, after my former blogging partner convinced me that I needed to start blogging again, following an approximately year-long hiatus brought on by my general inability to get my shit together multi-task on a grand level after the Little One was born. He even agreed to be my partner in crime, figuring that between the two of us, we...
Well, it’s now official. Amir Peretz, aka “The Mustache” is gone. Following nineteen painful months as Labor party leader, Amir Peretz has been voted out. The winner of yesterday’s Labor primaries is military man turned politician turned businessman turned politician Ehud Barak, who, quite frankly, does not make my socks roll up and down. I think I...
I’ve been busy busy busy these days, and it looks like I’m finally taking the freelance writing plunge, without actually giving up the dreary but lucrative technical writing. First, check out the post I’ve uploaded to my newest play area – Israelity. Be sure to let the powers that be know what you think. Feel free to leave comments here and there...
Since moving to our home in the north approximately ten years ago (though in this case “north” is open to interpretation, as some would refer to it as the “Northern Sharon” or simply as part of the ever-expanding boundaries of the “center”), we have done our best to take advantage of our proximity to some of the more beautiful parts of the...