Author: Jen
How to survive parenting when you’d rather be getting drunk
I love my children. But some nights — especially Thursday nights (the Israeli equivalent of Friday night) — I’d rather be out at a swanky …
Whose writing do you want to make out with?
When I was a little girl, I would swing high on the swings next to Rachel or Lisa or Debbie who would be fisting two …
The yellow bowl
I am obsessed with my child’s memory of me of this moment of this yellow bowl. This inaccessible ceramic yellow bowl perched high upon a …
I’m no Katie Couric — but I really don’t want cancer
In order to be adequately prepared for a colonoscopy, you need to get to a point at which your poop looks like pee. It’s the …
He gets like that
One of my dear friends turned 40 today. She was the first of my group of childhood friends to get her driver’s license, the downside …
10.12.13 dream haiku – R Rated Saturday
Check out Jon’s Dream Haikus. They’re fantastic!
My little Garden of Eden in Israel
There is a place I idealize here in Israel: Kibbutz Harduf in the Lower Galilee, an anthroposophic community with a unique approach to intentional living, …
What I learned from Alice Munro’s Nobel Prize win in literature
Oh Alice Munro: “For years and years, I thought that stories were just practice, till I got time to write a novel,” she told The …
Time spent dreaming
Longing for the day When my dreams count as real life And I remember. Only good ones though– Sidewalk reunions, relief. Scattered song and dance. …
Book deal? I write just for fun.
Three people, in as many months, have told me their creative efforts are “just for fun.” This was in the context of showing me their …
I’m a little obsessed with time travel, are you?
I love playing with the idea of time travel. I’m not a quantum physicist. In fact, attempting to wrap my brain around the quantum physics …
Just on a whim … all we are is just on a whim
Let’s move to San Fran just on a whim, you and I. We’ll bring the kids, too.
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. …