Author: Jen
Nibs give you magical powers, and other lies I told under the influence of candy
If I had written this article on the 25 best candy bars of all time, I probably would have replaced Caramello with Rolos, and left ...
Imagining the Series Finale of My Life
“I’m going to die on this road one of these days,” I thought without actually thinking this morning, as I slowly took the sharp curve ...
A poem about Israel
For my 15-minute Friday exercise, I jotted down some thoughts I had while celebrating/not-celebrating the Jewish High Holidays in Israel this year. The poem I ...
Where dreams come from sometimes
If time were to stand still, I would kiss your lips leaving no trace of me behind. You’d awaken when time moved again and know ...
Do you trust me?
My one son has the memory of an elephant. He can remember the details of events that happened when he was three, trips we took ...
Classified: In need of better ice cream in Israel
I made my own ice cream last night. I did this out of despair. I do not like store bought Israeli ice cream. It’s awful. ...
What I am is what I am until I am not
Most of my greatest ideas come to me either in the shower or while I’m drying my hair. As do some of the most confounding ...
Smells of Shabbat
One day in the future My son will need some air. He’ll leave home Seeking solace If only for a minute or two. On his ...
Is blogging the new MFA program?
Before I was in high tech, I was in publishing. At Scholastic, I worked in the creative marketing department, not directly with authors, but with ...
Daily Prompt: Legs Wide Open (Straddling the Myers Briggs)
Today’s Daily Prompt from the folks at WordPress: Are you comfortable in front of people, or does the idea of public speaking make you want ...
Learning by metaphor
You know you are meant to learn a lesson when it’s offered to you in metaphor three times in one week. Last week, I wrote ...
I see beauty
When I first moved to Israel, as when I first fell in love with my husband, everything was beautiful: The early morning mountains which framed ...
The Key to the Treasure
I grabbed the nearest book: Tolstoy Lied by Rachel Kadish. I’m about ten pages from the end, but I picked up the book and opened ...
The trouble with sorry
The hardest thing for me to tolerate on Yom Kippur is not absence of food; It’s the absence of tomorrow. On Yom Kippur, we are ...
Today is 9/11/13
On this day, when many of us remember a September 11th that felt out-of-order (to say the least), we may find some comfort in… order. 9 11 ...
All Signs Point to Yes
What does the future hold for you? The Daily Prompt wants an answer in six words only. I love a good Ernest Hemingway inspired challenge ...
How to recognize a poet
If you write poetry and no one reads it, is it still a poem? What if no one likes it? Gets it? Shares it? What ...
Traumatized by a long dead bug
Every time something beyond my sight touches my skin — whether it is a strand of hair, a computer wire, or a strong gust of ...