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Kindergarten, interrupted
Well, we were going along so well, with Days One and Two successfully completed, and no major meltdowns. We were enjoying a lovely evening at home yesterday, with both boys playing so nicely together, and painting lovely pictures. We were getting dinner started, and J climbed into my lap and said, “My head hurts.” I…
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First day of school – the afternoon
So getting on the bus in the morning went surprisingly well, and i had promised J that I would pick him up early from day care. I approached the multipurpose room with some trepidation, half expecting an exhausted and upset little boy. To my delight, all the kids were seated together at the far end…
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Jazz – it’s all about balancing on the edge
I have played music, or sung (same thing, just using the voice as one’s instrument), from the time I was about 6 years old, maybe earlier. I remember hearing music from my earliest memories. Both my parents played music, in very different ways, and music was never always something to listen to only, but something…
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Fast days…
At sundown tonight, we broke our fast. The fast was in observance of Tisha B’Av, the 9th of the Hebrew month called Av, which “commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel.” (from Wikipedia). Traditionally, all the other incidents of Jewish persecution – the Crusades, the Pogroms, the…
