Not so much a post about mitzvot per se, but this article was linked from another blog I read, Treppenwitz, and I found it very timely.
I am the recipient of generations of parental anxiety, and am very guilty myself of being an overly worried parent. It is my fondest desire to see that my children [...]
While we were in Philadelphia a few weeks back shopping at Reading Terminal for gifts for my Mom the children ran across some homemade glycerin soap. It was a deep translucent purple with opaque lavender hearts embedded in it. The soap was made by a little boy who was trying to raise money to go [...]
Ok I’m lame because I haven’t posted anything in ages, so here is a quick “family” update to catch up then I promise to try to blog more frequently. Of course I’d suggest not holding your breath though. Well unless blue is your color.
Glassblowing: Jc and I are taking a glass [...]
When KD was taking classes in Downtown Norfolk it was no big deal getting her to class. The worst we had to do was get up a little early to drop her at the ferry dock. Once on the other side of the river school was within walking distance.
Now that she has basically finished all [...]
Bonsai, pronounced bone-sigh, meaning bon-tray and sai-planting or tree.
This weekend SJ, AN and I took a bonsai class at the Courthouse Galleries. The class was taught by Ronnie Baum (does anyone else find it ironic that Baum means tree in German??) from Tiny Tree Bonsai in Virginia Beach.
We all had a good time. Mr. Baum [...]
AN and I took a glass crafting class where we made our own glass paperweights. You can get an idea of the process we used here at this site.
AN’s turned out very well, probably the best of any made in the class. Mine was ok, a bit off kilter, which is rather apropos, but it was [...]