The past few weeks have been a kaleidoscope of hellos and goodbyes. The goodbyes have been tough. Not only have I had to say goodbye to my wonderful (and frustrating) 5 year life in Israel and the lifestyle I’d become accustomed to, I had to say goodbye to my dear friends, almost family, left behind. […]

Looking at various web page designs, I stumbed upon a site with a listing of MacGyver Episodes. For those who don’t know, MacGyver was a long running and popular television series in the US that is now in syndication around the world about a spy – detective – cia – fbi – something – like […]

According to an article at CNN.com – Scientists say that the Indian Ocean Earthquake may have made Earth wobble. Richard Gross, a geophysicist with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, theorized that a shift of mass toward the Earth’s center during the quake Sunday caused the planet to spin 3 microseconds, or millionths of a […]

Traveling around the world, it’s important to stay up-to-date on all kinds of information about your destinations, including travel warnings, medical news, weather, and the local politics. CNN.com – World News: Election Watch features the dates and information about elections all over the world. As seen recently in the Ukraine, elections can turn violent or […]

During 2004, 118 Israelis died in 55 terrorist attacks – 14 by suicide killers. Security forces thwarted 116 attacks, rounded up 4,947 terrorist suspects. According to Israel Defense Forces figures presented Wednesday, the number of Israeli civilians killed in terror attacks and the number of troops killed in battle in the territories dropped by 44 […]

In a story today on NPR’s Morning Edition, they discussed SoundExchange, an organization created as part of the recent Digital Copyright Protection Act: We have been designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to collect and distribute statutory royalties to sound recording copyright owners and featured and nonfeatured artists. Our board members and staff are dedicated […]

A fascintaing blog from a young Aussie living in Isarel at Israellycool – Down Under punditry in the Middle East is actually quite fascinating and recently received top Blog awards. You can find more links to information about Israel on our site, too, along with lots of stories about our life in Israel. Mobile, Alabama

I’ve finally gotten around to editing and posting photographs from my little digital camera that bit the dust on the day we moved into our current campground in the pouring rain. Just for your information, I’ve added photographs to the following blog entries so you can see pictures of our traumas as well as photographs […]