Happy International Women's Day!

I've spoken before of the amazing women in my life from family members (my incredible mother, wily grandmother, strong & fun loving aunts & great aunts) to dear older friends & mentors (adrian_ilo's mom, Marcella, Dr. Johnson, my current boss) and contemporary friends, many of whom are reading this right now (or at least I ( Read more... )

So I've been meaning to post a bunch of fun/interesting things lately. Like the decision I've made about my law career, a review of another play and a piano concert, thoughts on where I am with quaker stuff. . .and then I have the kind of conversation with my family where everything just kind of falls by the way side.

My grandfather (dad's dad) is ( Read more... )

Since coming back from Christmas/New Year's, I've tried reviving our hold habit of doing one "artsy" thing a month to give us a break from the normal routine and remind us as to why we're living here. :)

Right before we left for Israel, we went to see a trio of one act plays collectively titled The Sea Plays at The Old Vic Tunnels. Despite having ( Read more... )

Tonight I had my last yoga class with the teacher I've been studying with for the last six (? seven?) years. She's giving up all her evening classes to spend more time with her family - baby boy of 16 mos and hubby. I managed not to cry as I handed her a card and got my last hug, but really I'm totally gutted.

When I threw a little hissy fit on ( Read more... )

We have been having a fantastic time in Israel & Jordan so far, and I can't really believe it's our last day already! The plan so far is to try and see as much of the Bahai Gardens as are open (stupid storms), then head south to either a winery or another cute little ancient town and then hit Tel Aviv. Our flight tomorrow is super early (we have to ( Read more... )

On Friday we are off to Israel, which will be our first to the Middle East ( Read more... )

And it's finally done! we've successfully migrated our travel log (www.dragondream.org) over to blogger *and* managed to keep our domain - no faffing about with new urls or being grumpy that some random korean kids have our name ( Read more... )

So these apparently are "tactical pants" not nearly as exciting as the possibilities inherent in that phrase, no?

In a TOTALLY UNRELATED note - LJ has apparently eaten the post where I gave you guys a detailed break down of my current job and the options for advancement (previous notes on the job are here). I don't have the energy at the moment to ( Read more... )

So, out of curiosity. . .say you are surfing the web and on one of your blogs (doesn't matter which one) you see a link in the blog roll for "Tactical Pants ( Read more... )

One of the big decisions I have to make this year is if I am going to pursue qualification as an actual lawyer.

To recap, in these isles, you have to do a 2 year apprenticeship (called a training contract) with a law firm who at the end registers you as a qualified lawyer. No training contract, no qualification.

Step back another step and realise ( Read more... )