A friend of mine told me that that’s what I am 🙂 which I thought was such a nice compliment. These are some thoughts I had on what might make for an interesting person (and an interesting life): Surround yourself with diversity. Go places where you will spend extended time with many kinds of people. Shiurim, workshops, Shabbos meals… …
Journal writing still going strong, and I just wrapped up reading that book of techniques I keep mentioning. It’s been tons of fun to learn new ways to write and keep the juices flowing. I’ve also been flipping through The Artist’s Way and its sequel, The Vein of Gold, for more ideas, and I want to share some of my …
A whole long while back, I mentioned that I wanted to put together a guide of travel advice, and now I finally have. Hope this is helpful if you’re planning a trip to somewhere new! Planning Brain-dump a list of anything you want to see or do at your destination: recommendations from friends, your bucket list, suggestions from travel …
Sometimes the days of our lives go by like the flow of water, each day running into the next, indistinguishable from the one before. And it’s easy to forget that each day is a gift that carries a unique identity and potential. Rav Hutner says that the reason the lechem hapanim did not cool off throughout the week was …
The following is an excerpt from Our Bodies Our Souls: A Jewish Perspective on Feminine Spirituality, by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller. It discusses a running theme here, and also relates to Shavuos. Many women who very much want to marry find themselves waiting a long time before they succeed in finding the right husband. While there are countless avenues through …
Hi, guys! I hope you’re all doing well. This is a piece of dating advice I got a while back when I was in a drawn-out dating situation. Also, my best friend (who did get engaged recently), got the same advice and found it really helpful. And here it is: Don’t count dates. There are no rules, no …
Very spontaneously, a few days before Pesach, I decided I needed to get away and booked a flight to E”Y. I left here on the first day of chol hamoed and returned a week later. It was b”H the most glorious week with exactly no agenda and nothing planned in advance. My first day, I was super jet-lagged so …
Ok, I’m very late to the party here but we have to talk about the greatest piece of writing ever published in Calligraphy. (To be honest, I’m not usually a magazine reader so I’m wholly unqualified to make that statement…but anyway.) On Erev Pesach, my friend texted me that if I had the Mishpacha I had to read Rikki …
Occasionally, I take a look at the date on the calendar as if seeing it for the first time, and then blink. March 2018. Wait. Where did I think I would be now? We set unwritten expectations for ourselves and the path life will take. The who, the where, and especially, the when. It’s understandable — we’re humans who …
We’re heading into a week with the family! Last Pesach, we spent time with relatives in E”Y, and one of the highlights of our time together was playing lots and lots of board games. I hadn’t played anything in years, and I felt part of my brain come back to life the more we played. These board games are …
