WAZErs Beware!

Today and yesterday haven’t exactly been on my list of Top Ten Days of All Time. Quite the opposite. Yesterday I paid a shiva call to a friend whose mother was tragically killed in an accident overseas. Then, as if that tragedy wasn’t horrific enough, there was a mix up with the body at the […]

My Life As a Sex Worker

If you think running a B&B is all about home made muffins fresh out of the oven, crisp white linens and bouquets of lavender sprigs in all the guest rooms, think again. It ain’t! Today I found out that I’m a sex worker – or at least working for others having sex. What in the […]

Is Sucker Written on my Forehead?

Is it me? Is there something on my face that says ‘Sucker here! Go ahead and take advantage of me.’? Or is that young (and older) Israelis are just so self-involved that they don’t need to follow the rules of common decency? I am SO over this behavior! Today was the third time in a […]

My Very Own Hanukkah Miracle!

It’s almost the end of Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights because of the miracle of a small amount of oil that lasted eight days and lit the menorah of the Maccabees) and I’ve just experienced a miracle. Seriously. And not only that, it was a miracle of light! Dealing with living alone […]

Croissant Confessions

I should have known when I opened my eyes in the morning. Just get right back into bed and stay there. I woke up feeling as bad physically as I had had felt yesterday emotionally. Cranky, aching back, shooting pain in my hip, knee issues and tired. Really, really tired. Last night I had tucked […]