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Tuesday

This morning my parents popped over. / Papouchka  wanted to see / if he still remembered how to crochet and knit / and found / it was like riding a bicycle. / Which reminded me of / "Moi j'tricote" / a comic song / my grandmother used to sing / while knitting. /

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Monday

Just when I thought I'd finished up for the day / I got a call from my daughter: / Mom / I'm on my way home / do you feel like doing something? / It was clear that a movie or an exhibition / was not what she had in mind / but rather a "tête-à-tête" / which we do best while being served food and drink. /

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Sunday

From dawn till dusk / Roni and I sat in front of the computer / sorting through hundreds of photos. / We organized them into folders by collections / and wrote item codes / in preparation for his new digital catalog. / Well / it's one way of spending time together / ♥ ♥ ♥ /

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Saturday

For about a week / I've been feeling a twitching and a tingling in my fingers. / I've tried to ignore it / to no avail. / So today / I started a ripple cushion for my daughter's room. /

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Friday

This morning / we all went to the cemetery / for Roni's father / Amiram's / Yahrtzeit (anniversary of his death). / If he were looking down on us / I am sure he would be very proud of us / his family. /

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Thursday

My daughter kindly / allowed her cousin / my "son for the summer" / to have her bedroom. / Opening the door / revealed the need for a major tidy-up / before she arrives home for the weekend. / He says his messiness is due to being "easygoing". / Half an hour later things were back to normal. / ♥  ♥  ♥  /

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Wednesday

Annicka and I spontaneously decided to go see / Woody Allen's new movie / "To Rome with Love". / For 95 minutes I smiled from ear to ear. / The impressive array of actors / mesmerizing views / the most beautiful and sexy language / all evoked memories of a friend from Rome / I had when I was 14. /

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Tuesday

Yesterday / while enjoying a particularly scrumptious sticky candy / for a split second / I wasn't sure / whether or not a hard fragment I chewed on was candy. / Unfortunately it wasn't. / Which is why today I went to my kindhearted dentist / Dr. Navarro. /

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Monday

If I had to choose a family / I would choose exactly the family I have! / Today we all met at Shalvata / for a surprise party / celebrating my cousin Inbi's (Inbal's) / 50th birthday. / I looked at my tribe / and nearly burst from sheer happiness. /

Happy birthday Inbi ♥ ♥ ♥  

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Sunday

Ta Da!

It was papouchka / who taught me how to crochet / when he made a dress for my black doll (after all there aren't only white dolls) / with me. / Until recently / I didn't crochet much. / Today I finished my second granny blanket. /

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Saturday

In spite of being neighbors / Keren and I haven't found time to get together for ages. / We decided the solution would be a barter: / I’ll teach her to read music and to play the flute (which she needs for teaching at the anthroposophy school) / and in exchange / she'll teach me to use a sewing machine. /

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Friday

Rösti is a dish / I was familiar with / in its simple version / from childhood. / Today I decided to prepare the traditional version. / I found it in "Culinaria: European Culinary Specialties" / under Switzerland. /

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Thursday

"Parents' Day" it's called / we're invited to see our kids / and the beautiful structures they'd built. / I went / as I do every summer / to visit my children / at camp / who were mostly interested in the takeout I'd brought with me. /

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Wednesday

Perhaps because / in my fourth academic year / I took photography / I have a fondness for photographers' studios. / Moy is photographing Roni's new catalog. / I couldn't let this opportunity to visit his studio / pass me by. /

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Tuesday

Yes, Commander!

My beloved daughter / child / sister / granddaughter / friend / student / councilor / … / is as of today / also a commander. / We arrived at 18:00 hours / for her graduation ceremony / where she received corporal stripes / and her instructor's aiguillette. /

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Monday

I had seen Miri's watercolors on the internet. / She promised our next meeting / would include a visit to her studio. / Today it happened. / They are fabulous. / Miri suggested I choose a print. / I was mulling over two / she proposed / I choose one for my previous birthday / and one for the next. /

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Sunday

Tonight / I went with Rona to see / "Tired Cupid" / an Israeli play based on Georges Brassens's songs. / I'm so tired / only the fact that / Rona's niece / Bar Sade / is in the role of Pretty Aline / got me out of the house. /

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Saturday

The unexpected SMS I received from my son / asking about our visit to his sister / should have alerted me. / Usually / when he is away / I don't hear from him at all / and if he happens to answer a call / he'll say: / I can't talk / and hang up. / Turns out he's running a high fever. / He's on his way home from camp. / Roni will pick him up / at the entrance to Tel Aviv / around midnight. / ♥  ♥  ♥ /

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Friday

Shortly after seven a.m. / I found myself at the railway station / on my way to Iris’s open studio day / at Moshav Ein Iron. / It was like entering a candy store / an irresistible temptation. / This Matryoshka necklace came home with me. /

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Thursday

Although they tried to convince me that packing only takes five minutes / except for their clothes and toiletries / they're almost packed. / Tomorrow at six a.m. my boys are going on an eight day scouts' summer camp in Yaar HaZorea. /

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Wednesday

Since we got in touch again in April / we meet / about once a month. / It's always fun / and too short. / Eli decided / to my horror / to teetotal this month / he had soda / while I had beer. / Next time / we’ll return to our beer and company routine. /

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Tuesday

The way it works is / all week I prepare a grocery list / of everything we are running low on / out of / or need / and the end week / Roni goes shopping / and I unload / unpack / and put everything away. /

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Monday

The simple task / of getting Yuval / a mobile phone / for the two months he's here / turned into an eight hour saga / during which / we stopped / for a refreshing fruitshake. /

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Sunday

I don't remember when last this happened to me / actually I do but... / Today I was the picture of elegance / performing something between / a pirouette / a pas de deux / and a grand jeté. / Nana yanked me / on the way to the vet / and I found myself / flat on my face on the pedestrian crossing. /

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Saturday

Two weeks ago / Tali sent me an evite / to origami artist Paul Jackson's lecture / on folding techniques / followed by a premiere screening / of Vanessa Gould's documentary / "Between the Folds". / After which Tali said: / now everything I see / seems folded. /

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Friday

My daughter and I / went to visit Adi / at her store Shooka. / The wonderful colorful things there / immediately put you in a good mood. / Amongst the gifts we bought / was a rabbit that lights up / which came home with me. /

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Thursday

I'm about to start the edging of my granny striped blanket / but first / I need to solve the problem / of finishing the dangly yarn tails / so they don’t unravel. / I think of my much loved grandmother / who was a handicraft expert. / I turned / the blanket she crocheted for Roni and me / over / checked / and then referred to the book she gave me. / Eventually / a picture from the web made it clear. /

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Wednesday

Congratulations to me!!! / Though it is only for two months / from today I am a mother of a 16.5 year old teenager. / Roni went to pick up my nephew Yuval / who arrived from Canada for a summer vacation. / My son and Yuval's happiness when they met / made me tear up. / ♥  ♥  ♥  /

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Tuesday

As I stand in front of my closet / thinking what to wear I start sweating / it's July / and it is still full with my winter cloths. / Once again winter clothes changing room with summer clothes. /

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Monday

Last August / on routine visit to our GP / I asked / when last I had a checkup. / He looked it up and said: / You're due / no rush / whenever you have time. / 11 months later / I found time. /

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Sunday

I may not be good at everything / but if there's one thing I'm good at / it's listening. / On her way north / Hagar / came home for a few hours. / She was upset. / We went to a nearby restaurant / she talked / got things off her chest / and is a bit calmer now. /