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Category Archives: Life
The Middle… Read Me.
I’ve had this post sitting on ice for a while, thinking that I’d finish a few more books before summer’s end, only to realize that school starts in two days and while summer technically ends in a few weeks, the … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Musings, My world, Writing
Tagged Book lists, Books, Erin Morgenstern, Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, J. R.R. Tolkien, reading, Sue Monk Kidd, Summer reads, Tales from the Motherland, The Good Earth, The Night Circus
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Finally a Diagnosis! (Living as an Ernie in a Bert world)
A friend posted a wonderful article today that really touched a chord for me. Finally, some answers. And be sure to click on some of these links for some real Muppet high jinx and fun. After years of trying to … Continue reading
Nursing My Broken Heart…
If you’ve read this blog long enough, you know I’m unstable. You would have predicted this post, and you can now gloat. It was inevitable. I am supposed to be shopping: enjoying a solo day in the city, time to … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, blogs, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Personal change, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Inter-faith families, Israel, Jewish conversion, Judaism, Letting go of our children, loss, Musings, Orthodox Judaism, Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, parenting, personal change, self-awareness, Tales from the Motherland
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The Middle (is back!): The Art of the Micro-Vacation
The Middle is back! If you noticed it was missing, thanks for being part of the small group of readers that stuck with me through the summer, when stats dropped waaay off. I’ve worried that I’ve lost my groove (still … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Beautiful places, Beauty, Blog, Daily Observations, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, Nature, travel, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged Beauty, Bellingham, Bellingham Farmer's Market, Cycling, Deception Pass, Lummi Island, Mt Baker, travel, vacations, Washington state, Woods Coffee
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Is That a Snake? Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
From the comfort of home, it’s especially hard to believe we were in the Amazon this summer. None of the documentaries, none of the things I read beforehand, nothing prepared me for the shear wonder and sensory shift I’d feel … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Aging, Awareness, Beautiful places, Beauty, Blog, blogs, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, Nature, Parenting, Sarcasm, Summer, travel, Women, Writing
Tagged Adventure, Explorama, ExplorNapo, Family Vacation, Fears, Humor, Peru, Snakes, Tales from the Motherland, Tarantulas, the Amazon, travel
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A is for Amazing Amazon! (S is for Snakes)
When we left off, before a couple of detour posts that called out to be written, our band of adventurers (AKA: my family) were leaving the wedding of our dear friend and guide extraordinaire, Edgard. They hoped to get a … Continue reading
Weddings and Animal Parts, in Peru
(<– Yes, but can you pronounce it?) Back to Peru folks. We left off finishing in the Sacred Valley. At the end of the day, we headed back to Cuzco, a city I came to really love, where said goodbye … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Beautiful places, Beauty, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, summer vacation, travel, Writing
Tagged Quechua, weaving
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30,000: Arrogance Abounds, and That Should Be At Least A Bronze!
Another detour, not because I’m tired of blogging about Peru, but because I miss blogging about other things, and hitting 30,000 hits on my blog today is well worth celebrating! Last night I almost posted something about hitting 30,000, but … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, blogs, Daily Observations, Ego, Foreign exchange students, Freshly Pressed, getting published, Honest observations on many things, how blogs work, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Personal change, Sarcasm, Wonderful Things, Writing
Tagged 30000, blogging, Blogging on WordPress, Ego, Freshly Pressed, Humor, Tales from the Motherland, WordPress, writing
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TALES FROM THE MOTHERLAND 