I have been staring at the AISH building in LA for years now and wanting to go in and take some classes. It’s really conveniently located to my LA digs so it just taunts me while I’m in Lala land. I took a Drisha parsha class last week and found out that “multi-level” means know… Continue reading Aish
Today, I’m going to squirrel away some time trying to figure out chapters and topics I want to discuss in THE BOOK. Meanwhile, I guess the best place to start is talking about my mother because it’s all due to her general neglect that I spent most of my childhood “talking” to G-d like other… Continue reading Where do you begin a book?
My mother was a student of Machiavelli who believed it was more important to be feared than loved. Growing up, I thought my mother was the source of all evil. By the time I was an adult, I knew she was. Christianity is about getting to heaven. Judaism is about bringing heaven to Earth.
I guess I survived the interview process if he’s sending me a contract. Hubbie thinks the publisher is underestimating my writing ability, I think Hubbie is overestimating. Now, a case of nerves. I am exhausted. Jetlagged from flying to Berkeley and back for an extended weekend, exhausted from one too many fibromyalgia flare-ups, underexercised and… Continue reading He’s sending me a contract
Everyone is staring at my head!
So, today, I went to my Ouidad hair model appointment. Ouidad is the pre-eminent expert on cutting and styling curly hair. I only agreed to grow my shorn hair (circa 2007) because the hubby said he’d shell out the cash to support the hair. Her hair products are pricey but deliciously wonderful for my hair.… Continue reading Hair Today. Hair Tomorrow.
Notes from The Ten Commandments According to Mom: Ah, so I’m dying to submit my writing for this; THINGS I’D NEVER Tell My Mother. Seeking first-person, nonfiction essays exploring actions, thoughts, or feelings you would never share with your mother. Can be from childhood, adolescence, or adulthood. Humorous to heartbreaking. We especially need humor writing… Continue reading The Ten Commandments According to Mom
Okay, I have fallen behind on blogging. That’s because I’ve been busy. Busy, you say? First things, first here are a couple of tititaling tidbits from the last couple of days. I finally finished the book the publisher, who’s interested in publishing a memoir of my conversion, sent me. If you haven’t been keeping track,… Continue reading Update on Publisher
As I sit here slouched over my computer, I can feel my lovehandles falling over my longjohns and worse, my tummy is sticking out. Ew. I’ve gained 10lbs since I went to LA. Laziness, a side effect of fibromyalgia. I feel like crap but then if you ran around all day, didn’t eat very much,… Continue reading Fat and frustrated
Okay, I’m cheating. I am working on my Daddy’s Little Girl entry now for two writing contests and the hubbie and I are running back and forth between “our offices” to finetune it. This is actually something I wrote for Writing Workshop on 11/12/04 for my ninth grade students to get them writing about their… Continue reading Mothers
Memoirs of a Jewminicana 