We started this project at the first of the year and so far we haven't enjoyed huge success. Nevertheless, we continue our goal of finally, once and for all, getting all of our ducks in a row. We'll keep you posted.
Yep. That's the happy ending to today's cat story. When a neighbor became unexpectedly too ill to remain in her own home, family willingly and lovingly moved her to their home. The glitch? The family dogs hate cats. Not wanting Romeo the cat to find out exactly how much the dogs hated cats, the neighbor asked us to feed Romeo while she worked things out. Working things out turned out to be impossible as the now former neighbor's health went from crisis to crisis. While she appears stable right now, she i...
Parashat Ki Tissa (Ex 30:11 - 34:35) shows us a deeply holy moment. Alone with God on Mount Sinai, Moses receives the instructions for building the Tabernacle in the wilderness where the Israelites will worship God, and bring their sacrifices. At the end of the instruction, God gives Moses the two stone tablets of the Law, the Ten Commandments, inscribed by the very finger of God.As this holy moment transpires, the people Israel are growing restless waiting for Moses to return. Will they ever see him aga...
Steel Cut Press invites you to Vroman’s book store’s monthly local authors event on Saturday, February 23rd at 4:00 PM. Mary Walker Baron, author of But This Is Different published by Steel Cut Press is one of three authors participating in this event. Vroman's, founded in 1894, is one of the oldest bookstores in California and is located at 695 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. The event is free as is parking (in back of the store). We hope you can attend. Please share this message with your Los Ange...
from the Huffington Post:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-walker-baron/stress-overwhelmed-_b_2659628.htmlLife can sometimes feel pretty overwhelming. We've all been there from time to time, and generally we recognize the symptoms even if we can't always do anything about them. When I feel overwhelmed, I tend to stop and do nothing. My perception of being overwhelmed leads to an almost paralysis. Of course, that inactivity leaves me feeling even more overwhelmed because I am, for obvious reasons, doing ...
I was helping my son with his cursive writing homework, and I have a request: If I'm ever in a situation wherein a crazed gunman asks me to draw an uppercase cursive Q or he'll shoot, please tell my family I died a hero who struggled with basic literacy.
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim (Ex. 21:1 – 24:18) delineates the laws and rules that the children of Israel are to follow in addition to the Ten Commandments that they received in last week’s portion. The laws run the gamut from civil and criminal matters to festivals to how we are to ...
from the Huffington Post:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-walker-baron/life-maps_b_2613167.htmlI like maps. I like looking at them almost as much as I like using them. Maps present so many possibilities for both imaginary and actual travel. I can look at a map and in my mind arrive at exotic places without ever leaving the comfort of my favorite chair.Those mental arrivals and departures are fun and often necessary. They can be relaxing. They can help me escape the day's stress. They can even inspire m...
Twitter is a great device for teaching concise writing. Come on. Think about it. Say what you want to say using no more than one hundred forty characters. Characters not words. Even if you don't want to 'tweet' try writing something, anything, in a hundred forty characters or less. We are a quite verbose society. We don't say much nor do we have much to say generally but we take up a lot of space saying it. Twitter puts an end to all of that. Say what you have to say in as few characters (or okay words) ...
Here's another thing about baby steps. Babies fall down a lot. Unaware of the cognitive phenomena called failure, a baby generally just gets up again. And, oh my! That first step. Once that first step happens the baby builds on that amazing success and eventually runs and runs and runs all the while stumbling and falling.So what happens when we leave home and call ourselves mature? Why is it, then, that we grow to fear falling? Why does it become so hard to get back up again?Tomorrow let's forget that fa...
