Month: July 2012

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Natural.

    I wanted to put some effort into this but I’m so surrounded by nature here that I didn’t know where to start. So I took Koala out, promising him a nature walk. He wanted to stay near our building and watch a moving truck get loaded. I suppose that’s only… natural. But I got him…

  • Where was your daughter born?

    So while initially, after giving birth to my daughter, I was asked very often ‘where did you give birth?’ that question has definitely waned in the last 15 months. It just becomes the sort of question doctors ask you at initial check ups, I guess. And so, oddly, despite everything, I kinda forgot where my…

  • Where I am religiously. Part 2.

    So – did you smile? I guess I’m feeling a bit philosophical lately because today alone I managed to get myself into a gun control debate that, ahem, triggered… well… no resolutions for me… as well as a different thread about religious observance, pride, and – yeah – Rashi. Basically, a friend posted the above…

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Technology.

    I love how the week’s theme tends to occupy my perspective between Sundays. It started with a truck, fascinating Koala, Bebe and I down the block from our building. It was a one-armed truck pulling giant bags of sand over a fence. It ended with me sweating under the summer sun, arranging a bouquet of gadgets in…

  • Four reasons to hug your kids tonight.

    Been a long day. There are four pieces of news/experiences swirling in my head. The most recent is the terror (they say female suicide) bombing in Burgas airport, Bulgaria, where a bus carrying Israeli tourists exploded, killing at least seven and injuring dozens more. At least ten firetrucks were trying to control the blaze and…

  • Marissa Mayer: CEO-to-be, mom-to-be, and, one hopes, game-changer-to-be.

    Marissa Mayer: CEO-to-be, mom-to-be, and, one hopes, game-changer-to-be.

    Marissa, I really have respect for you ever since I heard you speak at GarageGeeks in June 2010. I was working for Answers.com back then, in an office of 60 and a company of 90. It was a year since having my first child and I was lucky to be involved in a family-friendly company…

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Fire.

    Had a bit of an existential crisis this week. I ended up writing to our Fifty-Two Frames organizer about how I wonder if it’s better to just end it rather than keep going at such a lower level than the professionals in the group. But no, I’m not a professional, and it’s not even about…

  • Shabbat away, everyone plays: the Dan Jerusalem hotel review.

    Living in Israel with no close family around to take your kids for a few hours… or a weekend… can be rough on two married adults. But the next best thing is getting ‘away from it all’ even if it’s as a family. Last year we went to Shoresh, and this year we decided to…

  • Kid fun with a box, part two.

    Today we turned a generous gift from the huz – a giant box – into a firetruck. Sort of. Point is, I do <3 boxes.

  • American expat voters in Israel: a breakdown, and Ari Fleischer speaks again.

    I was invited to attend a blogger press conference with former White House spokesperson (and fellow Jew) Ari Fleischer, who is on tour with iVoteIsrael (non partisan) and the Republican Jewish Coalition to encourage American citizens living in Israel to participate in Election 2012. And, of course, from Fleischer’s point of view – choose Mitt Romney.…

  • How do you take your Hebrew? Heavily-accented.

    Anglo self-hate. Nothing wins more comments on the Times of Israel than that. The latest? This piece by Noga Martin: Why can’t the Anglos learn to speak? The author made aliyah at 19 with no background in Hebrew. She managed to learn it and speak it fluently, as well as develop an Israeli accent in doing…

  • Fifty-Two Frames: Water.

    Good album all around… Click to check it out. Week 27: Water And yet, we still take this transparent magic for granted.