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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Off the Wheel.
Change is a tough thing. Or, maybe it isn’t for everyone? It is for me. So the biggies can be truly brutal. Picking new colors for the rooms of my house, took forever. Not a biggie in the biggie picture, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Mothers, Musings, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged blog, finding your groove, procrastination, writing, writing a book
11 Comments
The Middle- My Jewish Identity Crisis
L’Shana Tovah! It means (simply) Happy New Year, in Hebrew. Tonight at sundown marks the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and for me brings to focus the identity crisis I’ve been in for just over a year. … Continue reading
Posted in Mothers, Musings, Parenting, Women's issues
Tagged identity, parenting, thoughts, Jewish, religion, Rosh Hashanah, Irael
17 Comments
It’s a Tribal Thing… Winning point Books.
Last week, I was reading a book on my Kindle. That statement, in itself, seems all wrong to me: reading a BOOK on my Kindle. I don’t use my Kindle for all my reading, but I got it because I … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Humor, Musings, Parenting, travel
Tagged Books, Kindle, reading, Sherman Alexie
11 Comments
The Middle, Soundbites From The UN
Note: Even though I just posted yesterday, my goal is to post Mon, Wed. and late Fri., from now on. Two longer ones and one short one on Wed. called The Middle. I want to stick with that plan. … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Humor, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Teens
Tagged blog, China, Denmark, exchange students, Food, International relations, Math, Snow
4 Comments
The Zen of going from Snarky to Bliss…
Pinch me, but this looks like a good day! Strangely, it didn’t start out that way, but it’s turned around in the blink of an eye (two hours to be specific). When my alarm went off at the unGodly hour … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Daily Observations, Musings, My world, Parenting, Women's issues, Yoga
Tagged Bliss, blog, China, Denmark, kids, teenage boys, thoughts, Zen
2 Comments
Ode to Birthdays Missed…
(September 16th) Today is my mother’s 68th Birthday. She lives in a nursing home near me and is in the final, agonizing stages of Huntington’s Disease. When I called her, to wish her happy birthday, she was really happy. She … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Mothers, Musings, Parenting, Women's issues
Tagged aging, Aging Prarents, birthdays, family, Huntington's Disease, loss, love, mothers, parenting, relationships, Tales from the Motherland
13 Comments
The Middle: Head To Your First Period Class!
Note: I’ve gotten numerous requests for more posts (a positive thing, and thanks to those who’ve asked), but I’ve been trying to figure out how to best make that happen and not lose my mojo here. As I’ve said before: … Continue reading
Me, in the Chord of…
Play me a song, and I’ll sing it back for you. I remember songs, lyrics, tunes… they haunt me, chase me, comfort and exalt me, they define me. As a little girl, I would sing the songs I heard on … Continue reading
Posted in 9/11, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Musings, My world, Parenting
Tagged 9/11, aging, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Deathcab for Cutie, grief, Howie Day, Jim Croce, lyrics/singing, Michael Jackson, music, Musings, Peter Gabriel, Peter Paul & Mary, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Talking Heads, the Cure
15 Comments
Om, Om, Omygod! (Or, one crazy day on the mat!)
Note: Once again, I must warn my kids to not read this one. I just don’t think kids and their parents’ sexuality works. You’ll have the heebies for days! Frankly, some of my friends shouldn’t read this. Maybe, only my … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Observations, Humor, Musings, Parenting, Women's issues, Yoga
Tagged Google, Humor, melanoma, Musings, Om, sexy, Yoga
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