My pain is acting up from too much typing so I have to make this briefer than I’d like but longer than I should. 🙂 Yesterday, as everyday, I had to push myself to go to the gym and run errands but I was terribly exhausted after having overdone it the day before at the… Continue reading How My Writing Changed Someone Else’s Life
When I started to “become religious” (as in Jewish), I stopped writing God and started substituting that with G-d instead. And no, not because of any mispeling vyrus I caught from reading too many Thursday Next novels in quick succession. Many of my friends as you can imagine were perplexed, especially since I was an English… Continue reading No, really, I can spell!
Sorry, dear readers. I haven’t felt up to writing very much and I find, that amazingly, I have very little to say. My health keeps me much too preoccupied so aside from my little updates on books, articles, TV and film I’m keeping up with, I don’t have much going on. I don’t know if… Continue reading Are you reading my husband’s blog?
Parshat Behar from G-dcast.comMore Torah cartoons at http://www.g-dcast.com And be sure to scoot on over to my husband’s blog for more thoughts on this week’s Parsha Behar: You Shall Dwell Securely.”
I had to post this beautiful trailer for the film, “The First Grader.” http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/sites/video/swf/ngplayer_syndicated.swf
A friend emailed this to me. “The 11 most absurd instances of accidental racism” Should we laugh or cry or perhaps, a little of both?
Lady Gaga is partnering with Robin Hood, New York City’s largest poverty fighting organization, to give away $1 million. 100% of the money will help teens living in poverty. One organization, Lawyers for Children, that is very dear to my heart is in the running. So far, they have only 7% of the votes. The… Continue reading Vote for Lawyer’s for Children! They saved my sister’s life!
Rabbi Marc Angel answers: Is it permissible to study cultures where people traditionally are not dressed according to our standards of modesty e.g. various tribes in Africa, aborigines, peoples of tropical cultures? Like this video? Check out IDEALS: Institute for Jewish Ideas and Ideals and sign up to receive their amazing print journal, “Conversations”. The website… Continue reading Naked? Not Naked?
For too many people, all they think when they hear Planned Parenthood is “abortions.” But I’ve been to Planned Parenthood many times since my 18th birthday to utilize their gynecological services, especially when I was uninsured and I could count on their sliding scale or free services. The first time I went, I was 18… Continue reading Why Planned Parenthood Gets a Bad Rap
“Come on ladies, it’s almost bikini season!” my Aqua Aerobics teacher likes to yell whenever she reminds us to “engage our core muscles” during our weekly class. [My doctor makes me go to these water aerobics classes because they’re very good for my joint hypermobility syndrome (HMS) and my fibromyalgia (FMS) . Before I knew… Continue reading It’s Almost Bikini Season…or Not.
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