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Category Archives: Blog
When God Spoke To Me, On The Banzai Pipeline… (Or, A Fall Down the Rabbit Hole)
Note: If know me, or have followed this blog, then you may know that I am not a religious person, that our family is Jewish, and that I am neither Christian nor Jewish. You should also know that I am … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Awareness, Beautiful places, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, Parenting, road trip, Tales From the Motherland, travel, Writing
Tagged #WPLongform, God, Haleiwa, Hawaii, music, Oahu, Religious experience, Ron Artis, Ron Artis Family Band, Ron Artis Family Gallery, Tales From the Motherlaland, travel
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Moments of Magnificence…
Every day I have a moment of magnificence, that stops my mind from spinning— stops the what if’s; the why didn’t I’s; the I’ve got to’s. Quiets the the he said/she said’s, and the what I wish I’d said’s. The … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, Writing
Tagged Anxiety, appreciation, Beauty, Depression, Joy, Magnificence, nature, Pacific Northwest, parenting, solitude, Tales from the Motherland
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End Of An Era, Cookie.
This week I had a gulp moment, that blindsided me a little. Frankly, the fact that two of my kids are grown up and mostly out the door (one is way out the door, the other still has dirty laundry … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Writing
Tagged aging, Girl Scout cookies, Girl Scouts, Grown up kids, Life changes, mothers, Musings, parenting, Samoas, Tales from the Motherland, Thin mints
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Awards, Challenges and an Announcement
At writing group this week, the writing prompt was “If you could change one thing about the way you were raised, what would you change?” We are given 5 minutes to write a response. The Writing Goddesses in my group … Continue reading
The Middle: Teens, Are You In?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the pressures on modern teens: to be “All in” for everything, and make it look easy. Back in the day, we did our school work and we maybe did a sport, or some other … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Education, High School, Honest observations on many things, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, Teens, Writing
Tagged Getting into college, high school, High school sports, parenting, Pressure on teens, Tales from the Motherland, Teens
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This Mother’s Heart Stretches and Grows…
In the past two months, the fact that two of my three kids have flown the coop has really been settling on me. It’s happened in ripples, and kicks, and sputters and tsunami waves of emotion and adjustment, over the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Aging, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Israel, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Adult children, aging, China, college age kids, Israel, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, Transition
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And The Award Goes To…
“For most tired and Oscar’ed out, Dawn at Tales From the Motherland!” Roaring applause please, and hopefully I don’t stumble on my way up to accept my statue, as Jennifer Lawrence (in Silver Linings Play Book) did, when she went to … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, News, Tales From the Motherland, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Academy Awards, Anne Hathaway, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Best Picture, Django Unchained, Effie Trinket, Life of Pi, Lincoln, nipples, Oscar party, Silver Linings Play book, Stacy Jaxx, Tales from the Motherland, The Oscars, Zero Dark Thirty
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It’s Good To Share, So I’m Sharing.
Originally posted on LifeRevelation:
http://newvision2012.weebly.com/-10-countries-with-female-soldiers.html I am traveling today. Which means I was up way before the sun, shaved, showered, downed some quick breakfast, loved on the Gang of 5, kissed Susie goodbye, checked seventy three times to insure I…
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things
Tagged inspiration, Kindness, LifeRevelations, Military, sharing, US Soldiers
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The Middle: Hail The Oscars! Here Are The 100 Best Movies. Ever.
I was recently challenged by another blogger I follow, to put together a list of my 100 favorite movies of all time. Given that the Oscars (probably one of my favorite nights all year!) are just days away, the timing … Continue reading
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