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Every Wedding is a Royal Wedding
I started Housewifing in the summer of 2009. It was very shortly after my husband and I got engaged, and I felt eager to explore the theoretical realm of marriage before it actually becomes my reality. I was naturally very occupied with organizing a wedding ceremony and reception, but I also dedicated a lot of thought to matrimony, married life, ( Read more... ) -
Dragonlance, General Impressions
Uri is making me read Dragonlance. Have so far finished Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, Dragons of Spring Dawning, Time of the Twins, and War of the Twins. Am now in the middle of Test of the Twins. Now, although my fabulous husband has almost all (!) the novels in this gigantic series, Test of the Twins will probably be the ( Read more... ) -
Let My Brushes Speak
I don’t want to talk about it. I want to paint it. The masks; the stone-set roles I play, you play, we all must play. I want to paint red for blood, black for the soul, yellow for disease, and white for death. But most of all, I want to paint gold: the gold of pretense and gilt, but also the gold of hope. Comedia dell’arte. The story of my life. ( Read more... ) -
Still One More Thing About the Gaza Flotilla
Remember that 5000 post that about the Gaza flotilla that Dreamwidth ate? Well, I haven't found the energy to re-write, but today I found this article by Qanta Ahmed at the Huffington Post, which says pretty much what I've said. Our point of views aren't exactly the same, because she's coming from a Muslim/Pakistani point of view, and I'm Israeli ( Read more... ) -
The Fucking Flotilla
Dreamwidth has just eaten a 5000 words post about the flotilla. The autosaved draft is empty too. I guess the universe really doesn't want me to talk about politics. 2 hours of my life wasted, though. Damn ( Read more... ) -
Foods I Never Buy
I try to cook from scratch at least 90% of the food that my family eats. This is part of my larger food ethics, mostly influenced by Michael Pollan’s work as well as my farmer-family upbringing. I work mostly with raw materials (fruit, vegetables, fresh meat, milk, eggs, grains, nuts, etc.). I do use processed ingredients that cannot be produced by ( Read more... )
