Monthly Archives: April 2011

Walking our cat and listening to retired teachers…

Cosmo went on a walk today.    I put him in his harness and me, Maya, Ben and Greta took him out to a grassy area behind our building.   He is such a funny cat.    He hasn’t spent time outside in … Continue reading

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Learning, naturally

A couple of weeks ago I started keeping a daily log of our activities so that when the next quarterly reports are due, I have something to refer to that will help me remember all the ‘learning’ that went on … Continue reading

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The importance of pop culture

My friend Anna, who is Hungarian, told me once that when she was in school in Hungary, studying English, she took a course on doing business in America.  (Maybe that wasn’t the title, but that was the topic.)    One of  … Continue reading

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Thank the earth for spring!

Finally, finally, Spring seems to be in full control, five weeks in to the official season.   We’ve enjoyed weather in the 70′s for two days in a row, and today we spent the afternoon in Riverside Park which is currently … Continue reading

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Communication involves listening, even to your kids.

We have days in our family when communication breaks down.  Usually this involves an assumption combined with not listening or talking over the other person.    Joshua and I sometimes think we know what the other one would say and act … Continue reading

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Our sleep

One of the great joys of life learning, in my opinion, is the ability to sleep – or not – without worrying about it making you late if you slept too long, or of not being able to focus on … Continue reading

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Easter at All Souls

This morning (after the Easter Bunny made his annual appearance)  my Mom and I attended Easter services at All Souls Unitarian Church here in Manhattan.   If I was going to participate in organized religious services anywhere, it would be at … Continue reading

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As important as anything

Today we went to see “Born to be Wild” with my Mom and the kids.   If you haven’t heard of it, it is a film about two amazing women,  Dame Daphne Sheldrick in Kenya and  Dr. Biruke Galdikas in Borneo.   … Continue reading

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Athiests don’t have no songs….

So funny that I was watching a Tivo’d episode of Letterman today and saw Steve Martin perform “Athiests don’t have no songs” together with the Steep Canyon Rangers.    It is the perfect afterword to my blog post yesterday. My Mom … Continue reading

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Getting beyond the problem of ‘other’

“Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”   (psst.  Unless the others don’t observe the ‘right’ religion – in which case the Golden Rule doesn’t really apply.) That’s my basic problem with religions.   By their very existence … Continue reading

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