Tel Aviv Street Scenes
Since I'm still preoccupied with my daughter being in Israel, I thought I'd share some of my photos taken while walking around or sitting in cafés in Tel Aviv, providing a snapshot of everyday life. Here, somebody's junk simply sat on the sidewalk, including a sofa. I did peek behind a fence to snap this construction site; I found it [...]
Tel Aviv Bauhaus
Tel Aviv is on my mind right now as my daughter is enlisting in the Israeli Defense Forces today. When this post appears, she is already in her uniform. I've shared the experience of living with air raids in Tel Aviv this summer, but I haven't yet shared some of the nicer aspects of the "White City," such as the [...]
Bella Grace Blog Hop: Recipe for a Perfect Day on the Porch
The capturing of this recipe was inspired by Bella Grace and is my contribution to the Bella Grace Blog Hop. Essential: 1 porch 1 summer day, temperatures in the 70s, preferably 1 deck chair, a lounge chair or a hammock will also do, basically anything will do that allows you to put your feet up Optional: side table notebook pen [...]
My First Interview as an Author
It's official: I'm a writer. The cat is out of the bag in my neighborhood. The local newspaper, the Hyde Park Herald, did an author interview with me due to me becoming the Hemingway writer-in-residence. They even sent a photographer and ran it on the first page. A few people have stopped my husband on the street and told him [...]
Mining your Dreams for Writing (2)
"Thanks to my dreams [and NaNoWriMo], November is one of my favorite and most amusing times," says novelist Shirley Letcher. Following up on last Monday's post, here's installment two of her guest blog on how to use dreams as a writing tool: Mining Your Dreams for Writing by Shirley Letcher Dream diaries are a great source of material for any [...]
Manaus Journal (3) – The Ideal State of Being – a Hammock
On our two-day Amazon adventure in between attending World Cup games in Manaus, Brazil, we stayed overnight in a floating lodge, the Tauari Inn. I will share more photos from that trip next week, but since the weekend is upon us, I thought I'd share what I discovered as the ideal state of being in the relentless heat of the Amazon [...]