Posted in Family, Fun, Holidays on September 24th, 2007 1 Comment »
Now that the difficult fast of Yom Kippur is over… well, let’s be clear about one thing first. The fasting is actually not so bad. Going without food and water for 26 hours? Not so difficult, as it turns out. Going without caffeine for 26 hours? Ye gods, please just run me over with a [...]
Posted in Family, Holidays on January 6th, 2007 1 Comment »
It is So.
Damn.
Good.
To be home.
Sorry about the radio silence, folks. The jet-lag has hit all of us a lot harder in this direction, and we’re basically just coming up for air. It was wonderful to see friends and family, but I have to say I vastly prefer the CA surroundings. Crisp but [...]
Posted in Fun, Holidays, Jacob on December 16th, 2006 1 Comment »
And not returning until January 2nd! Traveling this long with a toddler presents a packing challenge. Wish us luck with that. I don’t yet know whether I’ll be taking the laptop and blogging from the road, but in either case, Happy Hannukkah to those of you who celebrate it.
Last weekend we attended a holiday [...]
Posted in Holidays, Jacob, Navel-gazing on November 25th, 2006 2 Comments »
I am thankful for so very many things. But at the top of the list, I’m thankful we’ve gone from here:
To here:
With no major illnesses, catastrophes, or even seriously hard times. We’ve had a wonderful year, and I’m so grateful we’re all still here.
I’m thankful, too, for curiosity.
And wonderful friends to [...]
Posted in Family, Fun, Holidays, Jacob on November 3rd, 2006 No Comments »
Of course we had a lot of fun with Jacob’s second Halloween. Trick-or-treating still seemed like too much for him, but on Saturday we had a great party with lots of other families, old friends and new. Adults were supposed to dress up as tv characters. Jon was Jamie from the show Mythbusters, and I [...]
Posted in Fun, Holidays, Jacob on October 11th, 2006 No Comments »
We’re smack dab in the middle of the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. Formal practice of this 8 day holiday includes building a “fragile hut” in one’s yard and “dwelling” in it, and waving around a collection of greenery called a lulav and smelling the citrusy scent of an etrog. (Informally, one simply spends 8 [...]
Posted in Family, Holidays on September 23rd, 2006 1 Comment »
Bizarre artifact of Mom’s death #37: I pretty much can’t listen to a Jim Croce song without tearing up. I have no idea why. They just all remind me of her in a very sad way.
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It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. This is a joyous and thoughtful holiday, as we prepare for Yom [...]