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Category Archives: Family
Indiana recap
For those of you who don’t see all the random photos I post on Facebook, we’ve spent the last 10 days in Indiana on my parent’s farm. It’s always a good time. Last year they had a crippling … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Photography, Travel, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged bikes, elephant ears, fair, family, flowers, Indiana, kitten, life learning, paint war, parenting, photos, play, potato launcher, rain, summer, sunsets, unschooling
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40 Minutes
Recently the Pilates studio I’ve been going to every week for the past 14 years moved from their location on 23rd Street in Chelsea to a building on 3rd Avenue between 55th and 56th St. My Pilates commute had always … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning
Tagged Carnegie Hall, East Side, Hearst, LaGuardia High School, life learning, Lincoln Center, pilates, Rue 57, Tourneau
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The people that you meet when you’re walking down the street…
Recently a friend of Joshua’s asked him how many celebrities we’ve seen over the years, living in Manhattan. We started thinking about it. Then we started writing down names. Then I decided to add a short description of where the … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Movies
Tagged Celebrities, family, neighborhood, NYC
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Like no other place in the world
The Dead Sea. Nestled amid the stark beauty of the Judean Desert, this is my favorite place in Israel, bar none. Not just for the sea itself, which for people like me who don’t float (really – it’s not … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Travel
Tagged En Gedi, family, float, Judean Desert, kibbutz, life learning, minerals, The Dead Sea, travel, wander the desert
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Jerusalem Addendum
I feel compelled to write a quick addendum to last night’s post on Jerusalem. I’m not completely sure it was clear that the rude behavior we encountered was not just a cultural difference (as is found in other parts of … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Learning, Life Learning, Socialization, Travel
Tagged addendum, cultural differences, dead sea, devout, family, israel, Jerusalem, life learning, old city, religious, travel, unschooling
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Jerusalem
Ever since we returned from Israel, I’ve been wanting to write about Jerusalem but have been struggling to find the right words to accurately describe the experience. This may not be perfect, but it’s the best I can do. Jerusalem … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Parenting, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged Damascus Gate, Jerusalem, Judean Desert, Mercy Gate, Mount of Olives, old city, St. Anns
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Summer in the city
And then seemingly overnight….it’s summer. Last night we traipsed across Central Park to the Summerstage to see Maya’s favorite band, Marina & the Diamonds, in concert (as part of her birthday, which is tomorrow. She’s turning THIRTEEN!!! But more on … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning
Tagged Annie, Birthday, Broadway Show League, Central Park, family, life learning, Marina & the Diamonds, Once
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Two weeks among the sabras.
A few years ago when Joshua’s sister and brother-in-law were visiting us from Israel, we took a late afternoon walk through Central Park, winding up outside Lasker Pool just before 7pm. Precisely at 7, the lifeguards all started to … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged family, israel, learning, life learning, lines, sabras, travel, unschooling, waiting in line
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It’s May!
The relief is palpable. For some reason this year it felt like Spring was forever just around the corner. But now it’s May and we can all relax. Temperatures are still cool at night but the sun … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Socialization, blogging, holidays
Tagged cherry blossoms, daffodil, family, flowers, life learning, May Day, may tradition, riot of color, Spring, tulips, unschooling
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Practicing empathy & compassion
I hesitate to say it, given the depth of the tragedies that took place in Boston & Texas (and some would say in the Senate) these past few days, but what has happened to our empathy and compassion? We have … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Life Learning, Safety, blogging
Tagged bombings, Boston, compassion, dalai lama, education, empathy, family, life learning, parenting, senate, texas, tsarnaev, unschooling, victims
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