Thanks For The Mammaries

Thanks For The Mammaries

I’m on my way to get an ultrasound. Of my boobs. I am trying to stay cool and collected, and remember the doc’s emphasis about this being a “precautionary measure just to confirm that everything is fine,” but my heart has gone rogue and abandoned rationale in favor of...
Arabs, Jews And The Open Road

Arabs, Jews And The Open Road

I love to drive. Preferably alone. I pick up travelers from time to time, but given a choice, I go solo. Driving is my peace, it is my prayer, and it is a sacred experience for me – it always has been. It’s a time for me to just listen, to just think without...
Making Out With G-d

Making Out With G-d

I learned early on that prayer is primarily about communication. l learned this first from watching Harold and Maude, then years later in a Torah class. For the most part, my M.O. as far as prayer is concerned has been to simply talk to G-d, kind of like I would to a...
Dimmer Switches and Stillness

Dimmer Switches and Stillness

I’m a doer by nature. I make bread and cake and babies. I work, I clean things, I push hard. I often see myself on a journey for the dimmer switch in my life, trying to find the balance between the side of me that approaches life with the energy and productivity of a...
Slow Champ

Slow Champ

It’s been several months since my first attempt at running and finally, I don’t feel as if I’m going to die each time. That’s progress people. Major progress. I am currently running 3.25 K (or 25 mins straight), a bit past the half way mark to my goal of “couch to  5...