Gulls in flight at Donaldson Park, a county park in Highland Park, New Jersey
On My Blog
Flowers, Trees, River and Brook, A Gull and Nature Notes:
Snowdrops
Purple, orange and a striped crocus
A green columbine
Raritan River and a brook
Nature Notes
Tech Posts:
What is SEO? (Search Engine Optimization)
WordPress Duplicate Comments Issue (an SEO issue)
Twitter:
Twitter for Local Business?
Parsha on Twitter
Sauteed Mushroom Salad
The White Rabbit Worries About the Time
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere
A belated Mazel Tov to Mottel (who got engaged to Chana of Chicago)
For those cleaning for Pesach, here’s a funny and cute photo .
Amazing, beautiful watercolors by Carol Feldman
If you look at Eva Abreu’s Tour Schedule , you will see the Edison and Highland Park Libraries. I will be there, too…more on that soon!
On My Blog
Today’s Flower: Forsythia
Ruby Tuesday Story
JPIX: A Feast of Photos from the JBlogosphere
Public History (congrats to Baila and Itzhak770 , who correctly identified the seder location)
Hamantaschen Recipes
Link to Jack Day (Jack was one of the first to leave a comment on my blog last year, when I was a newbie blogger)
Winter Slaw (an easy, healthful dish, tastes good warm or room-temperature)
Networking Ideas (learn about my magical tree)
My New Toy
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere
Ilana-Davita has been quizzing every day with Purim questions . Great way to learn about Purim, the holiday Jewish people around the world will be celebrating next Monday night to Tuesday (and in Jerusalem and Shiloh, the celebration is Tuesday night and Wednesday. Find out why .)
Baila asks some difficult questions about living in Israel .
This week is Shabbat Zachor , in which we remember Amalek and what he did when the Israelites (old name for Jewish people) came out of Egypt.
Phiya Kushi writes of many people who have survived cancer with macrobiotics.
Coming soon to this blog: A Purim Word Find, and a special Purim Ruby Tuesday (and in between, the first spring flower I could find on my block)
On My Blog
Photo Memes:
Today’s Flowers
Blue Monday: Cat
Sepia Scenes: Is it the 1950’s?
Thursday Challenge: Pink
Haveil Havalim the Lots to Read Edition
What Do You See
WordPress Goodies
Twitter Basics for Librarians
Quinoa Bread with Oatmeal Photos (and a link to the recipe)
Sea Vegetables
Glass Houses (a parsha post)
I have a Whaddya See for book lovers scheduled for Saturday night…
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere
Happy Birthday, Michelle
Ilana-Davita: A Few Thoughts on Commenting
Film Friday: Lego Editon (stop motion by son of Mrs. S.)
Web Design Trends 2009 (inspirational design)
Discover What Traditional Chinese Medicine Knows about Mushrooms
Two different cultures, similar issues:
An Abuse of Belief
Violence UnSilenced
I discovered the sepia setting on my camera on Wednesday night.
On My Blog
Photo Memes:
Today’s Flowers
Ruby Tuesday
Sepia Scenes
Sky Watch
A Meaningful Tweet
How to Get the Most Out of Your 140 allowed characters on Twitter
Website Revamp
I redesigned my home page.
Creative Summer Programs
What would you like to do creatively?
Time Travel Flick
Enjoy my son’s movie about time travel through a dumpster time machine in Highland Park.
Who is Helping Whom?
I answered this in the comments. I have another one of these ‘What Do You See’ posts scheduled for Saturday night.
Elsewhere on the web
Why You Shouldn’t Eat Soy (a video)
What Soy Products are Healthy (another video)
New York Times: Twitter? It’s What You Make It
Haveil Havalim, the blog carnival of the Jewish blogosphere, will show up is now up on this blog on Sunday morning (that’s Sunday afternoon to those of you on the other side of the Atlantic).
No, none of these girls are my daughter. But don't they look beautiful?
On My Blog
Photo Memes:
Today’s Flowers
Ruby Tuesday
Sepia Scenes
Sky Watch
What Is It ? Oh, so that’s what it is !
Pick n Choose Macrobiotics
(take some ideas from this healthy diet and incorporate them in your own eating habits)
Fresh Tekka ( a recipe: you don’t need burdock or lotus to try it; carrots and onions alone can work!)
Unfriendly Neighborhoods
A Holiday for Trees
Gull Lessons
The History of a Bat-Mitzvah (parsha post; thanks for the birthday wishes!)
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere
Mimi cooks a fish soup
Baila on Venezuela
Finally, a great geek joke emailed by a good friend (some SQL knowledge necessary)—>oy, this geek joke has gone missing. Sorry!
Snowgirl, January 2009, built by two offspring of mine and a friend
On My Blog
Photo Memes:
Today’s Flowers
Ruby Tuesday
Thursday Challenge: Cup (can anyone guess where this was taken?)
Sky Watch in the Berkshires
In Which My Son Makes Matzo Balls that are Light and Fluffy
Upcoming Highland Park Public Library Teen Film Festival
Healthy Anger
Parsha Posts:
Parsha Questions (there’s one at the bottom that has not yet been answered)
Symbol of the Moon in Judaism
Elsewhere on the Web
Letter from a Reserve Soldier
Autism, Vaccines and the CDC
Why We (Continue to) Pay Lavishly
(a friend now has a blog on Psychology Today)
I’ll leave you with some humor:
An Israeli Examines a Map of the United States
And Wonders Why the Midwest isn’t in the West
This week on my blog
Photo memes:
Today’s Flowers
Sky Watch
Thursday Challenge: Experimental
American Sycamore
(in which I learn the names of prominent trees on my block)
Award Thank Yous
What Do You See ? (thanks to everyone who participated)
Parsha Post: Vaera
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere
One by One: Standing Up to Terrorism
Phyllis Chesler writes of new Hindu-Jewish-Christian-Buddhist Coalition for Peace against Islamic terrorism.
Winnie-the-Pooh Day
New Research Confirms Vitamin D Blocks Formation of Breast Cancer
Detail from Girl with Tulip watercolor
This past week on my blog
Photo memes:
Today’s Flowers
Ruby Tuesday
Thursday Challenge: Many Books (book lovers seem to enjoy this photo)
Sky Watch
Snippets from Israel
Trying to Show Support
Transition to Exodus (parsha post)
Girl with Tulip (watercolor by me)
Ratatouille (a recipe for the hungry)
What Do You See ? (come play, it’s fun!)
Elsewhere on the Web
Natural News: Brussel Sprouts Defend Against All Types of Cancer
Dr. Mercola: Antibiotics Are More Dangerous Than You Thought
Israeli Kitchen: Pennies Towards Heaven
Israel Matzav: How Hamas Educates Gifted Children
Parsha (the weekly portion is Shmot or Shemot)
Ilana-Davita: Famous Torah Story
Lion in Zion: And She Called Him Moshe (read the comments)
Downtown Nahariya, Northern Israel, June 2008
I woke up yesterday morning with the news that Katyusha rockets had hit Northern Israel. It seems like the rockets landed in Nahariya, a bustling little town with a pretty waterfront that is south of Rosh HaNikra. One rocket hit a retirement home. We visited Naharia last June: my kids ate pizza, and I bought a salad across the street (my husband probably wasn’t hungry). Why am I talking about food? Isn’t that easier to talk about than war, self-defense, media bias, Islamic fanaticism?
Here’s what I blogged about this past week
Photo memes:
Sky Watch in New Brunswick
Ruby Tuesday Contrasts
Today’s Flowers in Winter
On Israel:
Focused On Israel
Mothers of Soldiers
Baila, who lives in Modi’in, Israel, wrote on my Focused On Israel post:
It will only be a relief if the job is done, Leora. If Hamas continues to throw rockets at our cities, Israel must continue to respond.
Matzo Ball Recipe
A Sweet Angel Song
The song is one that is in this week’s parsha of Vayechi. There is a chapter in Ancient Secrets by Rabbi Levi Meier, z”l, called the “Art of Dying.” It is about Yaakov on his death bed, and what we can learn about dying from Yaakov. However, I couldn’t bear to write about dying. But I did want to mention that chapter.
Noteworthy (to me) in the Greater Blogosphere
Images They Show
The Day the War Started
Oh, What A Wonderful Friendly World We Live In (Just Kidding)
(not the real title of the post, but close)
Ilana-Davita learns from Yaakov : “children are different and that [Yaakov] can’t have the same expectations from all of them.”
And I’ll leave with a link to Jack .
On my blog
Sufganiyot = Doughnuts
On Saturday night we learned that after 8 years of suffering under rocket attacks from Gaza, Israel has struck back. This rather colored my week, as I anxiously think of family, friends and my people.
Memories of Mums in Watercolor
Today’s Flowers: Dianthus in the Snow
Today’s Flowers seemed to be on vacation last week, but feel free to visit the post that I left up.
My World in Donaldson Park
and
Watery Wednesday in Donaldson Park
Watcha Reading?
Intro to Twitter
Sepia Scenes: Ballet
A Woman named Serah (parsha post)
Sky Watch: My Daughter’s Sunrise
Thanks and Recognition
Let’s Play Pretend (please watch this short video about war if you haven’t already. thank you).
Elsewhere in the Blogosphere
Seraphic Secret, the self-anointed Bob Hope of the Gaza War, has his 10 best movies of 2008 (from Hollywood’s Golden Age). Here’s part one of his picks . I must check these at some point: when movies were movies!
I wish I didn’t have to link to Jack’s latest post of Gaza War links . (that’s the 6th)
Esser Agaroth has a much shorter list of Gaza Updates .
Zivans in Israel report on the “situation “.
West Bank Mama is a good teacher .
And more sad news…
Michelle at Rambling Woods reported that one of her blogger friends lost her husband suddenly .
Janet at Fond of Snape lost her dear father.