The flowers in my yard are blooming! Wow! So much pink! It’s beautiful here. You are going to love it! Tonight was Hebrew School. Only one girl showed up, which happens sometimes. So we had her (I’ll call her Mountain Girl or MG) practice reading Hebrew for a while. We also had a chat with…
There are these days when it just aches to be alive. You hurt so much. Someone broke your heart. You just wanna give up, stay home in bed and eat ice cream. How do you get through days like this? Well, to be honest, sometimes you stay home and eat ice cream. But most days,…
What a great old (grrrr) song. I was about Bea’s age and in high school when the movie, Flashdance, came out. This song is referred to as the Flashdance theme song. The girl in the movie, Alexandra, dreams of being a dancer. But she works in a steel mill. It’s a very hard life and…
I don’t know if I’m right about this, but it will apply today or within the next few weeks. So just replay the music on the real last day of school. Our last day is next Friday. My day was productive. The kids were learning about static electricity so we were rubbing balloons against our…
I know you’ve gotten this song before. This video comes from Katy Perry’s very own YouTube channel. You are getting finished with the school year. And you are getting closer and closer to being all grown up. You’ll find that being a strong girl makes some others want to “take you down.” The gals you…
I saw this on Facebook and immediately thought of you both. It was a good day today. My students got their awards for the third trimester. I’m going out in a bit to get some errands done. My gift registry is all set up for my housewarming party. Now, I just need to get the…
As summer is approaching, I realize I may need to give you some good ideas for how to spend those “crazy, hazy, lazy days of summer.” So, along with Mental Health Awareness month, I thought you might appreciate a few ideas for new hobbies. Hobbies are things you do when you are not studying for…
I know I’ve posted this in the past. A few decades ago, African Aparteid was a major issue. People were dying and Africa needed the people of the world to step up and help them. The major music stars of the day: Michael Jackson, Lionel Ritchie, Tina Turner and many others came forward with this…
When your older brother was very young, he loved the series, Blues Clues. Here is what the TV show was about: A human host welcomes his preschool audience to the “Blue’s Clues” house, where his animated puppy, Blue, helps find three clues to something they are trying to figure out. Viewers are invited to participate,…
Your older brother has unfriended me on Facebook. That hurt. I’m not gonna lie. (Oldest brother is well and continuing to study for bus job – I checked in with him last weekend). Older brother and I talked about parasailing at some point. That would be fun. Perhaps someday, when all this mess is over,…