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Hummus or Hamas, They’re Not the Same Thing
For the record, humus and Hamas are not the same thing. That may seem obvious: one is a yummy chickpea-tahini spread, that is on or served with practically everything in Israel, and the other is an Islamic fundamentalist group … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Beautiful places, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Israel, Jewish, Judaism, Life, Musings, My world, Tales From the Motherland, travel, Writing
Tagged Ethnic food, Food, Hummus, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish, Jews, Mother-daughter, parenting, Sabich, Shukshuka, Tales from the Motherland, travel
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A Broken System…
Today I met once again with the powers that be at my son’s school. I can’t tell you how many of these meetings we’ve been called to or requested, but somewhere in the vicinity of 7 in three years. They … Continue reading
Posted in Activist, Awareness, Blog, Daily Observations, Education, High School, Honest observations on many things, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, Teens, Writing
Tagged ADHD, Education, Educational challenges, Getting help for your child, high school, parenting, Special Education, Tales from the Motherland, teaching
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86 That! Hail Festivus!
I get that generation after generation has felt like I do: some of this newfangled stuff is just doodoo. So I’m an old lady. Bah! If you ever worked in a restaurant, which I did for nearly 15 years (from age 14 … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Musings, My world, News, Parenting, Sarcasm, Writing
Tagged Cell phone etiquette, Cell phone usage, Cell phone usage in the car, fashion, Festivus, Musings, parenting, Seinfeld, Tales from the Motherland, Talking on cell phone in bathroom
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The Middle: Gratzi, Tak, Xie-xie, Mercí, Gracias, Dunca Shein, Thank You!
Like so may people, it is easy to get swept up in the little things that annoy me, or make me roll my eyes back into my head: the wet weather, keeping up with meals and household chores, dogs that … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Death of parent, Foreign exchange students, Honest observations on many things, Mothers, Musings, My world, Natural beauty, News, Parenting, Tales From the Motherland, travel
Tagged children, exchange students, family, Gratitude, Israel, Musings, Palestine, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, Thanks, Thanksgiving
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Step Away From the Fritos™
Holy bags of greasy, sweet, fried, crunchy, salty, gassy, fattening, foods Batman! I am out of control and I’m not sure what the cure is. Self control? Nada. Exercise? Limited. Awareness? Enough to know I’m in trouble here. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, NaNoWriMo, News, Parenting, Sarcasm, Tales From the Motherland, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged Binge Eating, Fritos™, grief, Israel, Musings, NaNoWriMo, parenting, Tales from the Motherland, writing
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Sirens in Israel, Make Me Grind My Teeth.
Let me be very clear at the outset of this post: I refuse to get into the politics of this situation. This is a tale from the Mother land, not a story of sides. It’s hard to discuss Israel and … Continue reading
Raising a Feral Child, Surrounded By June Cleavers
I’ll start by telling you who June Cleaver is, because the fact that I used her name is a clue to just how old I am. Too old for parenting properly anymore, apparently, and old enough that when I say … Continue reading
Posted in Aging, Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, NaNoWriMo, Parenting, Personal change, Teens, Women, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged aging, June Cleaver, Martha Stewart, mothers, older kids, parenting, raising teens, Tales from the Motherland
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The Middle: Famous Last Words.
It’s one thing to get the last word, but then there are famous last words. And you can quote me: I only need to get a couple of things at Costco– This is not possible; I’ve tried! There are no … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Blogging, Daily Observations, Honest observations on many things, Humor, Life, Musings, My world, Writing
Tagged Costco, Famous last words, Musings, parenting, Quotes, Tales from the Motherland
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Homecoming or Coming Home?
All last week, it seemed that every parent I ran into, who has a high school student, asked the same question: “Is Little Man going to Homecoming?” That answer changed throughout the week. Surprisingly, for a kid who is young … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Blog, Blogging, Education, Humor, Life, Mothers, Musings, My world, Tales From the Motherland, Teens, Women's issues, Writing
Tagged high school, Homecoming, Homecoming Dance, parenting, Peer pressure, Tales from the Motherland, Teens
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