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Tag Archives: travel
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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A not so great loss, and remembering
Two days ago the unthinkable happened. I lost 4 months of photos. Everything from July 30th of this year on. Which means the trips to California, Vermont & St. Louis, not to mention our day at Coney Island and … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Parenting, Photography, Travel, Unschooling, holidays
Tagged backup, Bahamas, family, Indiana, ireland, israel, italy, life learning, london, loss, Michigan, photography, photos, remembering, travel
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Symmetry
One of the most difficult things to achieve (at least for me) in photos is symmetry. Sometimes this is due to circumstances beyond my control – a stray leaf, a break in a facade, etc. But often it is … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life Learning, Photography, Travel
Tagged brick church, church, life learning, photos, symmetry, travel, vermont
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Let’s get real
As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized some things about myself that were kind of shocking in that they stood in direct opposition to the image I’d always held of myself in my brain; an image born of years of cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Homeschooling, Learning, Life Learning, Parenting, School, blogging
Tagged academics, california, education, english, family, german, hate school, homeschooling, learning, life learning, minecraft, travel, unschooling, vidcon
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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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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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Tips on travel
A few days ago I read an older post from Penelope Trunk titled “4 Reasons traveling is a waste of time”. In it, she mentions that, as a kid, her parents “took her all over Europe and the Caribbean” … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Family, Parenting, Travel
Tagged camping, couchsurfing.org, domestic, expedia, family travel, foreign language, great reasons to travel, homeexchange.com, international, kayak, life learning, parenting, penelope trunk, travel, travel personality, waste of time, why travel is a waste of time
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Cures for the blues
The weather kind of sucks right now in New York. It can’t decide whether to be warm and rain, or cold and snow, so it kind of hovers back and forth between the two. Add to that the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Life Learning, Travel, blogging
Tagged autistic ballplayer, cure for the blues, family, flu season, god, hugs for free, israel, John Lennon, life learning, rain and snow, travel, winter
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Family and friends
I love Christmas. It has long been my favorite holiday, ever since I was a kid and thought I might explode from excitement in the days leading up to Santa’s visit, to the times I would lay with my head … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Life Learning, Parenting, Socialization, holidays
Tagged breakfast, Christmas, family, friends, life learning, relax, santa, tradition, travel
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