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Love, love, love cross-cultural exchange!
Maybe it’s because I’m a “blended” person. But I really love hearing when two or more cultures come in contact/clash with each other, and the outcome is something greater. This weekend, my synagogue is celebrating the culture, history, craft, and, most importantly, the FOOD, of Turkey!! (check out the program here, and, if you’re in…
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Weekend project
A challenge to blogging daily for a month is Friday and Saturday, since from 18 minutes before sunset on Friday until after sunset on Saturday we don’t write or use technology. How did you do it, Father Goof??? So I’m cheating a bit, with an image of the pile of clothes that need to be…
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NaBloPoMo – yes, really!
Oh, what have I done! My dear friend, who blogs at For Fathers Only, did the NaBloPoMo challenge last year, and I remember reading his posts and thinking “I’ll never get myself committed to that!” But, then, an email came through my inbox today, inviting/challenging me to go for it, and, almost without thinking (although…
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The Future of Marriage with David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch | On Being
The Future of Marriage with David Blankenhorn and Jonathan Rauch | On Being. I’m recommending this program/podcast to everyone I know. I’ve listened to it twice now, and, whether you care about the definition of marriage, or gay marriage, (or straight marriage, for that matter), I think this program really epitomizes what I would hope…
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An Education with Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio
I learned about Collodi’s original version of Pinocchio about a year or more ago, when I mentioned on Facebook that we watched the Disney version with our kids, and my very well-read cousin (yes, you, R) told me of the “real” version. I love this version so much more than the Disney-fied, saccharine story. I…
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So much going on!
As often happens, I find weeks go by and I slack off on contributions here. It’s not that there isn’t plenty to write about – to the contrary, I’ve been writing blog posts in my head, but had no time to type them here. A few notable updates: – J is finally pretty confidently and…
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A new blog home…
I have moved my blog here – the move is due to a variety of reasons, but at the core, I began to feel that “World Citizen” was less representative of me, but having lots of sides, or facets, was more to the point. Also, I decided that I was too exposed with my actual…
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Oops!
Passover got in the way of a lot of life this year. I wasn’t ready for it (not that I ever am, but this year I was particularly unready). My discomfiture was compounded by a lot of things going on at work, and resulted in just my bring completely overwhelmed. No time for reflection, despite…
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Terrible Twos? Or Therrible Threes?
My friend Robin posted about her experience with “terrible” vs “terrific” twos encounter. You should really go to her blog and read her description, as her voice is vivid in her writing, and I could never do her story justice! Suffice it to say, she expressed frustration at the insensitivity of some folks to the…
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Just came across an interesting science blog…
Interesting blog that I just learned about…my eye was caught by this title: Level of HIV virus in the blood is major determinant of sexual transmission | Science Speaks: HIV & TB News. although it doesn’t really say much that’s new; as we knew already from other studies – “Simply put, the higher the level…