Was My Grandmother Right?

July 16, 2012

LIke many, many kids growing up in Southern California, I spent several formative years working at Disneyland. When I was first hired, I had the following conversation with my grandmother, z”l: Grandma: Do they know? Me: Do they know what, Grandma? Grandma: Do they know that…you’re Jewish? Ridiculous, I thought. It’s been years since “Uncle […]

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What I’m Reading: Road to Valor

July 15, 2012

Sitting on my bookshelf, glaring at me, was a book that I was sent to review. Glaring because it was several books down in my never-shrinking pile. And then glaring at me when it reached the front of the queue because I didn’t rush to start it upon finishing what was ahead of it. Why? […]

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Hello Mudda, Hello Fadda

July 12, 2012

Two weeks ago, Ben was safely delivered to camp by Warren with very little fanfare. It was, according to Warren, a very calm and successful experience. Ben is still there AND is having a fantastic time. We think. Because in the past fortnight, we have not heard one single word from him. Not a letter. […]

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One of Those Days…but with a better ending

July 11, 2012

Eight outfits. You read that right. Eight different outfits before selecting the one I ended up wearing. I’m not normally this indecisive. But I had a meeting yesterday. My first real meeting since stepping off the career track. And I was so anxious that I could NOT decide what to wear. Crazy, no? So distracted […]

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Being Adventurous

July 9, 2012

Having entered the month of July, it occurred to me that summer is going to keep right on moving. And I refuse to get to the end of summer without having had some adventures. (My actual list can be found here.) So with an entire weekend in front of us, we headed to Philadelphia to […]

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