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Left Overs

Leftovers are great, well sometimes. It really depends on what it is. The day after the night before can turn some bland dishes into masterpieces after bathing in the broth or skin or bed of whatever it was introduced on. I have friends that swear by left overs, and they aren’t the only ones. AContinue reading “Left Overs”

Self Enemy

I am currently studying for a Hebrew Qualifying Exam so that I don’t have to take the class. It’s tough going. I have to review, vocab, nouns, verbs, syntax, morphology. So sometimes I just don’t do it. Instead I blog (“,) tweet, read, eat, anything but Hebrew. Of course it is an 800-pound gorilla inContinue reading “Self Enemy”

Bone Collectors

I spent hours on the phone, skype, tango, viber, vtok, gmail sending messages and speaking with people. I spoke to my aunt all the way in Ghana and struggled through the Twi New Year’s Greeting. Afehyia Pa! ( this means “good year”) and the response is Afe nko mbo to hyen (this basically means “may this yearContinue reading “Bone Collectors”

A Clean Slate

Happy New Year! I was going to begin the year with an entry about Turduckens, Steve Jobs and the 99%. The more I thought about it the less interesting it seemed or relevant to anything in life. lol. So instead, I would like to share a poem by an up and coming writer (who willContinue reading “A Clean Slate”

A Girl Named William?

On the last sabbath of 2011 I was surrounded with family and friends in Detroit. I meet my beautiful niece Isabelle for the first time! And we went to church. At church there is one part of the program that everyone uncatergorically pays attention to. “Good morning boys and girls, how are you?” (now atContinue reading “A Girl Named William?”

Praise & Pretzels

G1. “hey Girl!” G2. “hey wsup with you?” G1. “nothing, yo, I was at the club last week, and I meet this guy, hmmm” G2. “really” G1. “yeh we were getting it on, dancing, drinking, it was so much fun!” [conversation continues] G1 “anyway so my grandmother invites me to go to church on sundayContinue reading “Praise & Pretzels”

Oranges

Oranges I love oranges, and recently I came into a heavy bagful of juicy Alabama oranges while in NY, well actually Florida oranges, I don’t think Alabama grows oranges? These were no ordinary oranges my friends, they were organic. The skin peels away beautifully, the segments break away obediently and melt in your mouth. AndContinue reading “Oranges”

Rottanges. The Solution

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10,000 times Hello!

I recently completed a round trip to New York. I drove 12 hours there, and 12 hours back. Growing up in England, I always marvelled at Americans ability to drive seemingly interminable distances at a whim. So whenever I complete a trip that edges into double figures I feel like a hero! My trip with my newlyContinue reading “10,000 times Hello!”