The weirdness continues
About 3 minutes ago, there was an earthquake. In about 3 days, it will snow again. (Oh, Israel… you so crazy!) ETA: Turns out the epicentre was in Lebanon, a magnitude of 5.0 – 5.3 (depending on your...
View ArticlePesach Plumage
So here I am in Seattle, cleaning, kashering, and cooking. The kitchen is pristine. The rest of the house… not my domain. Because I’m not the one who will be eating in this house post-Passover, I’m...
View ArticleBC travels
I spent four lovely nights in Victoria, visiting my home, my friends, remnants of my plants. It was great to relax, fully embrace my dorkiness, play a lot of Scrabble, and fall back into a comfortable...
View ArticleZigging, zagging, and filling in the blanks
It’s been a hectic week or two. There was the lead up to ‘tute and the week of Summer Institute itself. It was busy, genderful, discussionful, friendful, cuddleful, teachful, and learnful. A few of us...
View ArticleGlam God (and now for something completely different)
Dear VH1, My roommate and I were in foul moods tonight, stressed, tired, and cranky. We stumbled upon Glam God by total accident and ended up watching for an unbelievably long hour. We couldn’t help it...
View ArticleHow To Avoid Dying (and other mishegas)
First, cross-posted from Jewschool is a short piece on the power of prayer: “A study published by researchers at Yeshiva University and its medical school, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, strongly...
View Article1000 words x 2
Caught up on my photo-uploading. There are now albums from the crazed NY-Mtl-NY move, and autumn in New York. Crazy quick road trip and moving. Driving up to Montreal, enjoying the local foods...
View ArticleIsrael bound
I want to write a post about how I’m going to Israel tomorrow, for work. But each time I’ve tried to start this post, the verb I’ve used hasn’t set the right tone. So I will not strive for poetics....
View ArticleOn a snowy day…
Over on Jewschool, there are some great reactions to World Wide Wrap (the tefillin wrapping rap video). Highlight of the day? Having the cute baby fall asleep on my chest. Lowlight of the day?...
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