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Category Archives: Life Learning
Name calling in the name of science
Yesterday someone on Facebook accused me of murder. Yes, you read that right. Murder. I am a murderer because I didn’t get a flu shot. In refusing flu shots, I am killing someone with a compromised immune system by exposing … Continue reading
Posted in Drugs, Family, Health, Life Learning, Unschooling, blogging
Tagged anti-vaxxers, education, family, health, health care, vaccine alternatives, vaccines
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Time to lay aside the blame and work for peace
When things go wrong, Joshua has a saying. ”You can blame, or you can learn.” Most of the world seems hell bent on blaming Israel for what is going on in Gaza. All perspective seems to be lost, and attempts … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Life Learning, Writing
Tagged All for peace radio, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, creativity for peace, david broza, Gaza, Geneva initiative, israel, learning, life learning, long term peace, peace
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Just tryin’ to get us some peace
Once again, the bombs are flying over Israel and Gaza. On Facebook and Twitter, I see posts from friends weighing in. Some feel Israel is to blame because of the living conditions and strong restrictions placed on the Palestinian territories. … Continue reading
Talking to strangers
I have never understood parents who tell their kids not to talk to strangers. Since 99.9% of the people you will encounter in life are strangers, this seems like really bad advice. Rather than teaching kids to fear strangers, … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Parenting, Safety
Tagged birthday cake, instincts, life learning, NYC, photography, photos, port authority, stranger danger
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Little wonders
Many of the wonders in New York City are hard to miss – Grand Central Station, Rockefeller Center, Central Park, the Intrepid, the Statue of Liberty, the Freedom Tower. Others go virtually unnoticed unless you know where to look. For … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning
Tagged life learning, little wonders, music, NYC, photography, Stradivarius, violin
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Why we should care about the sale of spray paint
Last week Maya and I were at Michael’s craft supply store in Manhattan, and standing at the checkout we saw a display of spray paint with a sign taped over it: Turns out that this law was one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Life Learning, Safety, Writing
Tagged 1986, berlin, East Berlin, freedom, gdr, informant, Mayor Bloomberg, spray paint laws, Stasi
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The treasures of travel are often invisible to others
This time, there was the running joke: “Wer ist gestorben?” (Who died?) Or the Vine that spawned many rounds of “Oooh, you touched my tra-la-la.” (Somehow this is much funnier and slightly less off-putting when being bantered about by … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Learning, Life Learning, Travel, Unschooling
Tagged family, friends, germany, humor, jokes, learning, life learning, memories, Spain, travel, unschooling
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March 25 photo of the day
I probably should have saved yesterday’s firefighter photo for March 31, because how do you follow that? Minimally, that’s how. In this case with a photo I took at night in Union Square. The building whose brick looks red … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Photography, Writing, blogging
Tagged cafe, create, everyman, neon, photo of the day, photography, photos, union square
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March 22 photo of the day
It is officially Spring, and today it even felt like it. The birds in Central Park have been singing up a storm for the last week or so, letting us know that it won’t be long until we’re all able … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Photography, Writing, blogging
Tagged bird, Central Park, photo of the day, photography, photos, Spring
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March 8 photo of the day
I’m working my way up to photographing random people. Fabulous strangers on the street. I so admire photographers like Amy Arbus and more recently Brandon Stanton, better known as “HONY” (Humans of New York) for their ability to do this. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Photography, blogging
Tagged create, march 8, minnie mouse, photo of the day, photography, photos
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