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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Well Today Nir had croup so all my editing and writing went out the window

We hung out together instead and I got cross at him for chasing the chooks. Taps has given me a brilliant idea for another chook book and I hope she won't mind if I steal the thought and make a kids' story from it. It was something she posted in the comments section of Nathan's chooks. It was a beautiful Tapsism. I love Taps writings she has some good thoughts on things. She and gapcohen are marvellous and I always jump to their blogs. Another blogger I love to read is Ariela. I look for blogs... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 8, 2009

'A part of being Jewish is being harassed for being Jewish...'

Thus spake a son of a friend of mine. This young man is currently studying in Yeshiva in Israel and is home in Australia for a few months. I was horrified. He went on to relate how at Crown Casino, people have made comments and he had had his kippa knocked off and when he went to the staff of the casino they said that they could not do anything to stop such actions. I have a problem with the statement, firstly because I do not believe it is a ‘part of being Jewish’ to be harassed and intimidated... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

My chooks are good lawnmowers

I have been looking at the lawn in our back yard with four chooks grazing on it and I do not need to mow it. They are amazing with the amount of grass they eat. They keep the lawn mowed short and will provide us with eggs soon. At least I know those eggs are definitely organic as well as free range. My son did his show and tell last week about the chooks and we brought two chooks in to the class room to show the kids. Nir loved it and so did his class mates. Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Well I am continuing the Chronicles of Or and working on something for

The Glen Eira Literary Awards. It is held every year and this will be the third year I have entered. I had a commended and all my work short listed the year before last. Everything I entered last year was short listed but no prize. I am hoping to do better this year. With G-d's help of course. I have to go to sleep now and work in my story tomorrow morning. I have a bit of flu happening and need my sleep. Have a good evening and week all. Shavuoa Tov! Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Nathan's Chooks

For those non Australians who don't know, chooks are hens or poultry. This is a children's story that I have sent off to be edited. I have to look for an Australian publisher to publish it. Nathan’s Chooks My name is Nathan. I have one, two, three, four chooks. There are one, two red chooks. There are one, two speckled chooks. They live in pen in our backyard. Each day they are let out to eat the grass and some mash. I love my chooks. I love their glossy feathers. I love their sharp eyes that... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Well Today is my English Birthday which I don't really celebrate

It has been a bit of slammer of a day. I took Nir to see Night in the Museum 2 and we had to leave halfway through because the giant pink Octopus was just too scary and the Egyptian king wasn't much fun either. He loves the first one on his DVD player but the big screen stuff scared him silly. So I did get a complimentary ticket to see the end of it next week. I really did want to see the last hour of it. Then we got home and I had a parking ticket in the mail. It was not on my car but only... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

I put my foot in the mouth today big time

I could not get onto my online journalism class and so I did the questions on the weekly newsletter fast and sent them to my lecturer with an apology. I called the text we were editing as part of our course work for this week a crap piece of writing only to find out that it had been written by one of the lecturers. WHOOPS! I can see that my chances for success in this course are going to be slim indeed. I got a rather tersely worded missive from the other lecturer about my language and... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 1, 2009

We live in such confused and mixed up times..

I have done away with my TV about six months back because I do not want my senses assaulted with images of death and destruction and to constantly hear stories of corruption and wrong doing. I can hear stories about the pain of another person and feel for them and pray for them, but I do not need to search them out and feed off them. The senses become jaded and overstimulated and start to become numbed to reality. I am very selective about what I view and I filter out because it keeps me sane... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Tonight's topic is MOVIES and the message they send to the younger ones

I was at a friends' place today and she had received a few movies to watch from a sister in Israel. The ironic thing was that I found myself highly offended by the content and context of some of the latest release movies out these days. There was only one that we started to watch with Eddie Murphy in it playing a miniature alien commander inside of human sized android of himself that I started to find acceptable and started to marvel at Eddie's noticeable acting skills. He is a real talent. I... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Well Gut Volk and Hope everyone is having a good weekend!

I have just finished two days of Yom Tov or Jewish Holi Days of Shavuot (weeks) and it was a strange chag for me as for the first time I did not go to shule every day. I went with Nir on Friday to hear the 10 commandments and I went. I should have stayed for the blessing by the Cohenim but I hopefully received it in abstentia at home as I was not feeling 100 % on Friday and definitely off colour today. I progbably should have stayed and would have felt better I guess in the long run. I have been... Sign in to see full entry.

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