Breathing Space

 In Maymont park there is a Japanese garden, centered around a lake. There is bamboo, stone sculptures, a small pergola on the water, bridge...

 I have discovered a new cleaning remedy, rather, finally bought it and started using it. It is called Bar Keeper's Friend. It's a w...

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/ images/I/712zoG3dbbL._AC_SY679_.jpg It is erev Tisha beAv. Except that we are living in a time wher...

Many years ago, a seasoned homeschool friend told me about homeschooling humps that everyone hits in November and February and how, in...

Relax. Take a break. Have a breather. Stop and smell the flowers. Take care of yourself. Put yourself first. I have written many t...

There is this harmful and damaging myth that one (especially a woman) can do it all and do it all with a smile. This myth leaves so many of ...

I came back from Israel from Women's Reconnection trip . It was a trip designed for all of us (nebachs) who did not qualify or otherwise...

Dear G-d, Give me wisdom today to spend my energy where it matters, where it will be nourishing. Give me room to make mistakes and a spa...

Use a black square as your profile. Show the men what the world is like without women. It's a project against domestic abuse. Do it f...

There is a sunrise every single day. And every single day it feels like a sin if I am not there when the sun is rising, when the sky starts ...

I am grappling with these questions: What is the rabbi's role? For clarification's sake,  I mean in an orthodox North American s...

אֶשָּׂא עֵינַי, אֶל-הֶהָרִים-- I lift my eyes to the mountains    מֵאַיִן, יָבֹא עֶזְרִי    Where will my help come from?   עֶזְרִי, מֵעִם ...

Shemot 4:29 וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ מֹשֶׁ֖ה וְאַהֲרֹ֑ן וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ אֶת־כָּל־זִקְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Then Moses and Aaron went and assembl...

I have this awful feeling that I'm failing at things before I even start them.  It is scary to admit this because this mindset ...

 There used to be this post going around how at different points in life you want different things, but you don't have them when you wan...

Growing up, a common Russian refrain was: wait till you have kids and they will behave towards you like you behave towards me and then you w...

For me, the hardest question is: what is most nourishing right now? Not most productive, not what you are trying to avoid, not just ...

My older boys are sitting at the computer, typing up a shareable spreadsheet of what they would hypothetically want. It was my idea, whe...

I have started composting again. Last time I was composting was four years ago. Then I got pregnant with the fifth and the stench of decompo...

I finally finished reading " Daring Greatly ". There is a passage that haunts me, from the beginning of the book when she talks ab...