I am a Hexagon

Swing

It Don't Mean a Thing if you Ain't Got That Swing - Duke Ellington

Hunger pains

Isn't it annoying
when you get hungry and it's hard
to decide what to eat? I'll stand in front of the fridge
for a good 3 minutes.
open it.
close it. walk away.
walk back. open it. nope.
close it.
open it.
Ah fine, ok, I'll make some toast.

Nooott snoooooott!!!!!

The other day while I was sitting with my back against the door that separates the kids by "younger two" and "older two", I heard a mischievous knock against the glass, a giggle and then "mora fira! looook!" I turned around to see what was going on - when to my horrible surprise I saw this face gleaming at me.

This is probably the oddest post in the world, but I have to say that wiping noses all day long has become a very tiresome act. Especially when you find snot on your clothes from kids hugging you. Enough is enough! when will this horrid season of wiping end!?

Transformation

Rise above. Be greatness.

Wait.

I'm waiting for the walk sign to turn on and all the red lights to change green.

this picture was taken in Los Angeles - for a change

www.futureplanner.com

And the stress begins.....

How do I do it? Where do I start?

Woah...

You've caught me on a stump. I have nothing to write about. Actually, my thoughts are pretty one track minded. No - make it 3 tracks. Work. School. Israel. 

From Life is dandy

The sun was even brighter than this. When I saw it, all I said was "woah.." I wanted to get a picture of the guys davening to the left, but this was taken on my first bus ride in israel and I was still "camera shy".

I'm now an official student of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online.

wanna do a mitzvah?

I'm applying to the Art Institute and I need some scholarships... Please, if you could just take a minute of your time and vote for my picture (and if it wins I could get some $$$).... THANKS!

Planet Beautiful Brickfish

I Stand By Israel

My eyes look up to the sky, searching

 into the crowds, asking

into the valley, wondering

what will be tomorrow?

I Think I Have A Fear of Hics

Chattanooga and Memphis, Tennessee

Lovers leap

Fat mans squeeze  (yeah, I made it through!)
 

The greyhound bus station - not a fun place to be

The king

The Hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot

The Mississippi river

Say wah?

Ixnay on the ottenray

One of the best time killers for the kids is blowing bubbles. I really get a kick watching them stare down the floating bubbles, trying to grab them, some of them even space out.... Anyway their reaction reminded me how the monster in young frankenstein acts when "frau blucha" plays the violin..

Havdallah In Beirav, Tsfat

Dang. How do I get back ?

building up for the future :)

Falling All Around...

T. T. O. "Row Row Your Boat"
leaves leaves
falling down
falling on the ground
red, yellow, green and brown
falling on the ground

The grass is always greener on the other side

From Israel Travels

The real challenge is when you were on the green side and then knowingly stepped over to the brown. Not because you desired it but  - what had to be done....had to be done.

I saved some seeds from the old garden and I'm using those to replenish the one I've moved in to - and I have to be careful to not forget to water them.

Doug - the class fish

From Georgia

Always discovering 

Just noticing

Driving on the road in Israel, you might encounter...this...

And in America, you will find this....

On a side note, I've noticed that everyone in the south insists on smiling to strangers and it tends to really throw me off guard...

Exit Right

My last morning in Israel.

I had that overwhelming feeling of - that overused word- bittersweet. There was this tug to the right, new things lay ahead. Then a pull to the left, I love it here...My mind went blank (which was more of a relief because its always abnormally busy with thoughts). And I just stood there, watching the rising sun, listening to the birds, cars, wind in trees. Maybe I even prayed a little that what comes next will be just as positive and fulfilling.