My last post was on New Year's Day, a symbolic day of fresh starts and hope. I wrote about fractals and taking one step at a time as I looked forward to marching into the new year with energy and focus. On my first day at PT, I graduated from using my knee bike to …
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Israel-A Kibbutz (Not What I Expected)
I'm from Upstate New York, way upstate near the Canadian border. Growing up in a rural area dotted with orchards and dairy farms, I never had the opportunity to meet many Jewish people. Somewhere, somehow, I had heard the word "kibbutz", maybe on TV, maybe in school. I grew up in a kind of diversity …
Israel-Maybe Life is Like Broccoli
Picture Courtesy of wiseGEEK.com I haven't written in days; I have been putting off trying to explain the dilemma of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I have both Jewish and Muslim friends and acquaintances now. I want to learn about the world and its people, but I want to stay neutral. The conflict in Israel is not …
Israel-Finding Meaning in Hard Times
If I hadn't had my accident in Israel, I would have never met the Muslim man who directed me to a deeper understanding of Judaism. I met him in Syracuse, New York, and because of my injuries, he knew I had gone to Israel. I sensed that he was a traveler, too, and asked where …
Israel-The Iron Dome
Picture courtesy of wisemoneyisrael.com The Iron Dome is a mobile missile launching system that uses a specific algorithm to calculate if an enemy missile is about to strike a populated area. With 90% accuracy, the launcher sends out its own missiles to explode the enemy missiles in the air. Israel is a country surrounded by …
Israel-Remembering The Holocaust
I was raised in the rural part of Western New York State and never knew any Jewish people. But growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, my teenage imagination and heart were pierced by the life and death of a Jewish girl named Anne Frank. During my childhood, the impact of WWII was still very …
Tel Aviv, Israel
I've never been so excited about going on a trip as I was about going to Israel. Friends on Facebook were looking forward to my posts and pictures, but many cautioned me to stay safe and be careful. One friend even asked why I wanted to go to a place "so, so dangerous". The morning …
Wearing a Fuzzy Pink Bath Mat to the Prom
My last post, "Everybody Must Get Stoned," was a bit dark and discouraging. I guess my intention was to sound the alarm about where we are headed as human beings if we don't get our act together. I'm a real optimist, and I owe my resilience to my mom, who would repeat the same mantra …
“Everybody Must Get Stoned”-Traveling with Forrest Gump
I'm terrified! "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" written by Bob Dylan, released in 1966 "Well, they'll stone you when you're trying to be so goodThey'll stone you just like they said they wouldThey'll stone you when you're trying to go homeAnd they'll stone you when you're there all aloneBut I would not feel so …
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“The Land of a Thousand Dances”-Traveling with the Forrest Gump Soundtrack
One, two, three!You gotta know how to pony like Bony MaronieMashed Potato, do the AlligatorPut your hands on your hips, let your back-bone slipDo the Watusi, like my little LucyNa, na na na na, na na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na na. "Land of a Thousand Dances" was written …
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The Autonomous Traveler 