We are very lucky to have five of the six kids home for chol hamoed, so yesterday they packed up two cars with tents, chairs and food and headed out to a camping adventure. Early in the evening, they posted an innocuous picture of themselves camping. To me, it looked like any campsite and I… Read More A People of the Land
It’s been hard for me to write anything for the last few months. There is simply too much to say and not enough words with which to say it. Today was a national holiday in Israel for municipal elections. These elections are taking place throughout the country, except for some northern and southern towns where… Read More Enjoying This Beautiful Land
A few years ago, my family of 8 started hiking the Israel Trail together. But we aren’t doing it in the traditional way, taking off for a few months at a time and hiking from one end to the other. Rather, we are using vacation time to hike as a family, starting at the very… Read More The Beauty of the Boring Trail
I’ve got terrible bunions – inherited from my mom. I figure that I’ll eventually have to go through surgery, as she has. But for now, I definitely have an interest in avoiding that route. I don’t wear heels and I’m quite sensible about my feet. My husband and I like to joke that you know… Read More Just Call Me The Barefoot Backpacker
It could have been the making of a great reality TV show – pit a family of 8 against poison ivy, barbed wire fences and broken trails and see if they can get out in one piece. But it wasn’t a reality TV show last week – it was just our reality. We spent three… Read More The Blue Trail
