In the beginning, there was Blogger. Blogger was very, very good to a nervous newbie. Everything was provided, the themes were pretty, the interface was reasonably quick and easy to learn. But as time went on, the little blogger grew up and got impatient with the limitations of the sandbox. So, because I'd been listening … Continue reading In the Beginning …
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Responsibility – #BlogElul 28
Taking responsibility has got to be one of the hardest lessons we ever learn. It's what the Bar or Bat Mitzvah ceremony is really about - taking on adult responsibilities, even if in our modern society they are "only" ritual ones, and we don't really expect a 13 year-old to be responsible for their own … Continue reading Responsibility – #BlogElul 28
Awakening – #BlogElul23
Ooh, a tough one this time, Rabbi Sommer. I feel like I am in a dialogue with you, even though I've never met you or even corresponded with you. I do hope you are reading these blog posts - I think you are. It's funny how some of these little contributions just flow out of … Continue reading Awakening – #BlogElul23
Excuses – #BlogElul 13
Another day, another blog post about Elul. I hope I don't bore you guys to tears before the month is done. Wouldn't that be a great excuse not to write them through to the end?We are so great at making excuses. If we put a fraction of the energy we put into inventing excuses into … Continue reading Excuses – #BlogElul 13
Why Blog?
So I've been going on about these women bloggers I've been hanging out with on FB. One of them asked us why we blog, what benefit we accrue from blogging, what keeps us going.I gave some kind of flippant answer, but in truth, now that I've been doing this for a while (almost exactly a … Continue reading Why Blog?
I’m a Shabbat Guest!
My new friend Miriam Steinberg-Egeth has got one of the coolest Jewish blogs you are going to see anywhere. Last year she blogged each of her Shabbat experiences for the entire year. This year, she's getting her friends to do it for her, clever girl. Getting 52 friends to blog for you can be a … Continue reading I’m a Shabbat Guest!
More on Chinese workers
My friend the writer Holly Jahangiri introduced me to a fascinating man named Peter Wright. You need to read Peter's life story to really appreciate his point of view - he was a farmer in Zimbabwe at the time that Mugabe's thugs took over, and has gone on from there. He now lives in Canada. … Continue reading More on Chinese workers