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Tag Archives: life learning
The market bag
A few weeks ago I re-organized my sewing area and discovered a pattern I purchased at least two years ago that had been collecting dust in a drawer. With all due respect to Yoyomama Designs, part of the reason I … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning
Tagged create, life learning, market bag, marketing, Maya, pucci, pucci print, sewing, yoyomama designs
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Because of the heat
First I’d like to start with a big Thank You! to Willis Carrier, who invented modern air-conditioning. Honestly I don’t know how people survived NYC summers before A/C. It is just too damn hot. Because of this we must … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Writing, blogging, books
Tagged A/C, air conditioning, beach read, books, Elizabeth George, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, In the Wood, Jenna Blum, Jonathan Evison, life learning, Paul Auster, reading, Siri Hustvedt, tana french, The Edge of Nowhere, The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving, The Summer Without Men, Those Who Save Us, Willis Carrier, writing
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That weird moment when…
…you are reading a murder mystery and during the reveal of the sociopath behind the evil doings you realize it sounds an awful lot like someone with whom you are acquainted. And so, then what? This actually happened to me … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Health, Writing, blogging
Tagged books, family, in the woods, life learning, lightbulb moment, murder mystery, reading, sociopath, tana french
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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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Photo shoot – 90 degrees
So it’s officially summer. 90 degrees yesterday, today, tomorrow…. But! I got a new and wonderful camera for my birthday on Saturday, so heat be damned, I was going out to take some photos. The resolution on this camera … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Photography, Writing
Tagged Birthday, life learning, ninety degrees, photos, tree, unschooling, water hookup
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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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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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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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