Stormy Weather
On receipt of an email of doom from a family member (yes it was my Dad), about the catastrophes and natural disasters that will befall planet Earth in my children’s life time my thoughts naturally turned to Rihanna. Perhaps it was fear displacement or perhaps the true catastrophe that is Rihanna and those like her…
In Search of A Good Pub Story 2
Childhood Memories Once upon a time I had a friend. A very, very best, best, bestest friend in the whole wide world. She lived at the end of the road and she lived in a fantastical, magical world. She was an only child and her Dad owned a fairground. Parked in their driveway along with…
The White White Snow of Home
If you’re an ex pat or if you just like a bit of self-pity every now and then, I have a brilliant way to really wallow in your homesickness/sadness. It involves downloading Google Earth and re-visiting your previous homes, schools, work places. In fact anywhere that brings back happy memories. If you really want to…
Kings of the Road
Despite Israel’s driving laws being almost identical to the UK’s, apart from on a different side of the road, there are a few alternative rules you should be aware of to keep yourself safe and sane whilst driving here. Indicators are optional – called blinkers in Hebrew, these little orange lights that let other drivers…
(Don’t be) Mean Girls
When first becoming a parent your life shrinks, it contracts into a small world about small people, where you are doing really big important things (raising children) but in a teensy world. The living room, the local park, the clinic, the Doctor’s waiting room, the nursery, now that’s where it's at. In essence through both need (that move to suburbia) and…
I’m an alien
Next week there is an election here in Israel. It will be my first election here as a fully fledged voter. It took me 7 years to become a citizen of Israel; at least 10 interviews at the Interior Office, 3 interviews held separately from my husband - less we compare notes, 5 episodes of crying in…
In Search of a Good Pub Story 1
Spooky Tales We were staying in a down market (cheap) B & B in the Lakes for a mini break. Having arrived late in the day after a long drive we quickly realised that our last minute booking was definitely not well researched and intended to find somewhere else the next morning. In all honesty…
Cheer Up, it’s not all bad
The sun gives you skin cancer and causes early aging of the skin Vegetables are poisoned with pesticides/genetically modified and any goodness left is destroyed by cooking anyway Meat is amongst other things full of hormones/antibiotics/fat Fish is over fished or farmed – see previous 2 points Wheat is what makes us all tired and…
Resolute
Having spent, sorry, wasted the last few months pondering self-improvement I have come up with just one resolution for 2013, independent wealth. It's about as achievable as most of the other resolutions people have made although I won't have to go through that first month or six weeks of trying it out (unfortunately). I won't have to…
39 and Counting 