Russian Doll Season 2 Review/ Dream

We binge-watched season 2 of Russian Doll (I think I already reviewed season 1? I can't find it right now but I'll add a link if I can find it later.) Without giving too much away, season 1 is a time loop where the main character, Nadia, and an apparently totally unrelated man, Alan, both …

New Cycle, New Year

The Jewish year ends and begins again with the festival of Simchat Torah - rejoicing in the Torah, which took place at the beginning of the week. I didn't manage to get round to posting anything for the High Holidays of Rosh haShanah, Yom Kippur or Sukkot, as we were moving house. But a new …

Choices, Changes

Over the last few years, I have moved from a Paleo type of diet to Vegan and back again several times. This blog had 'From Paleo to Vegan in one easy midlife crisis' as its subtitle at one stage. The truth is, though, that it hasn't been 'one easy midlife crisis' at all of course, …

Change of Seasons

After muddling through for just over a year with most of our books still in storage and without any significant social contact, Motor-biker decided at the beginning of April to try school. It took a while for the bureaucratic wheels to turn, but once the ball was rolling everything seemed to happen very fast. We …

Pesach Cleaning

I learn something new every Pesach - about myself, about housework, about the nature of sin and cleanliness, and this year has been no different. I am sure I have mentioned before that I felt that one of the lessons of Passover is that, no matter how hard we try, we can't get rid of …

Hate the sin, love the sinner

I always feel uncomfortable when I read or hear people using words like 'scum' and 'filth' to describe human beings, and especially so when the ones doing so call themselves Christians. Sometimes, obviously it is understandable when referring to people who have done despicable things and appear to have absolutely no conscience or humanity enough …

Rounding Up the Year – 2014 – It’s been a weird one.

2014 has not been the greatest year, but it certainly hasn't been the worst year by a very long mile. We had only just moved into this house (in November 2013) with mixed feelings - not the home I had hoped for, we're still renting with no end in sight, but relieved to be out …

New Year

As I write, it is the start of the Jewish festival of Rosh haShanah, Jewish new year, and so I thought that now would be a good time to write an update on the new education year. In the end, we took 8 weeks off over the summer, the longest we have ever taken, I …

Identity Crisis

My name is Sharon. I don't like it much, although I suppose I have more or less made peace with it now. When I was growing up in the 70s the name Sharon, along with Tracey, was renowned for being a common name and even associated with promiscuity. I know now that it is a …

The Lord’s Prayer

In response to OrthodoxMom3's post on The Lord's Prayer, I thought I would respond by posting a transliteration of the words in Hebrew: Avinu Sheba-Shamayim, Yitkadesh Shimkha Tamlikh Malkhutkha, Ye'ase Retzonkha, Ba-Shamayim u-va'Aretz. Et Lechem Chu'keinu Tein Lanu Ha-Yom. U'ma'chal Lanu Al Chovoteinu Keshe'mechalnu Af Anu Lechayaveinu, Ve'Al Tevienu Lidei Nisayon, Ela Tatzileinu Min Ha-Ra. …