Lizrael Update: babbling about the expat life since 2004
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5 metaphors that describe my working motherhood right now
Just for fun, because I just finished working and it’s after 10pm, here are five metaphoric-idiomic examples I can think of off the top of my head that describe my experience right now as a fairly career-driven, family-driven, career driven, family driven, career and family driven working mom. I’m on a roller coaster that in…
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Nettles update: fifteen months
She will cut you. But she’ll also massage you. But really she was just scheming and will probably actually cut you. And then she’ll laugh about it as she refuses to let you feed her. And that’s Nettles this month.
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Fifty-Two Frames: Dress Up
Week 25: Dress Up Little dressies.
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Fifty-Two Frames: Transportation
Week 24: Transportation Arrived.
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Fifty-Two Frames: Focus
Week 23: Focus Room reflection Tried something – to show the emotion of the girl based on the scene, and to use the lack of focus in a way that it actually evokes the feeling as opposed to the anonymous girl, who is in focus. What do you think?
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Fifty-Two Frames: Advertisement
Week 22: Advertisement True story… So every summer there’s a new kiddie themed ice cream for sale, with a trendy toy inside. Hello Kitty… SuperStrika… Spiderman… this time my kids bought an ’emoji’ themed ice cream. And the toy emoji they got was… [Commercialism is weird.]
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Fifty-Two Frames: Architecture
Week 21: Architecture Edge life. It’s not beautiful but it’s home. Tried a muted look.
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Nettles update: fourteen months
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of… …in your weird outdated genderized dreams. This little girl is made of naughty grins, cunning eyes, plans to hatch, to get a rise. A hand over here, a hand over there, another fistful of big sister’s hair. You want to be big,…
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Working mom chronicles: 4 skills I’ve proudly mastered
Good evening, fellow working parents! Are you relaxed after a long day of <fill in various blanks>? Let’s not focus on the negative. Sure, being a full time working parent of multiple children, equipped with the partnership of a similarly full time working parent is, well, rough. But there are perks! I’ve picked up new…
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Fifty-Two Frames: Single Light Source
Week 20: Single Light Source Curiosity Face A flashlight and a baby.
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Fifty-Two Frames: A New Technique
Week 19: A New Technique Moving day. Whatever you’re into… move it.
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Fifty-Two Frames: Behind the Scenes
Week 18: Behind the Scenes Kitchen Underworld. It’s a messy life.
Questions? Comments? Advice?