Since I’m hopping all over the globe, I thought I might as well hop in topics, as well. In this jet-lag induced state, I won’t notice any lack of continuity, and therefore, you shouldn’t, as well. I’ll come back to Israel, don’t worry. It was while we were engaged in archaology on Virginia’s Eastern Shore…
It used to be that I cared. Not that I don’t care, but maybe I’m letting myself go, in more ways than one. Well, I definitely am, but the point is, I used to be concerned about that. Maybe I’m just too far gone to care. Perhaps if I made the effort once again, the…
Sashenka, our 12-1/2-year-old, was walking the dogs in the large backyard at the dacha. She returned with a pocket full of posies… for me. Her older sister was having another massively manic meltdown and it touched me that Sashenka would think of some kindness to share at this particular moment. I slipped them in my…
A number of the things we all buy happen to be manufactured in China. This is semi-unavoidable. However, I recently made the mistake of my life by buying mail-order items from China. What possessed me, I cannot say. Perhaps the low prices (90% off!), or the knock-off designer looks. I don’t have a lot of…
I could never be on those Survivor-like reality shows, you know, the dirty hair, the tattered clothes, the lack of niceties and amenities…. In actuality, I’ve been cast in real life for the upcoming archaeological field school and the similarities are striking. My biggest question: how to blend in? This last year I focused on…
I headed to the doctor’s office, a sobering situation for even the most buff. Although I do a fair amount of running around, it never seems to benefit in the same way that running itself might do. And since winter has been upon us, I’ve been in hibernation. It wasn’t this way last year. During…
Depending on where you are in the world, your family might be making snowmen or taking a stroll on the beach. Along with renewed activities and vigors comes the opportunity for disaster, often disasters that may be prevented with a bit of forethought. In a neighboring community not from our dacha, fire likely caused by…
So I told you about the shmucky kid who liked to cheat. Before that match, our son played another young man. He appeared mildly delayed, not really the tennis pro physique, and a possible pushover. But appearances can be deceiving. He had a few things going for him, one of which was consistency. He did…
You’ve no doubt heard about the elderly woman at the independent living facility in Bakersfield, California, who was not given cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a nurse there after the resident collapsed and had trouble breathing? It was not their “policy” to help, simply to call 911. The emergency calls records the fire department dispatch pleading with…
This is the final installment of our son’s six-month acne regimen on Isotretinoin. I left you hanging a couple of months ago when he received a lab diagnosis that his triglycerides were elevated and that he should stop the medication. Well, there’s more to the story…. Turns out that when he and my husband were…
