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Quick Note on Getting Dressed
It’s nteresting how getting dressed is gradually and steadily becoming a preferred medium I use for self-expression. It is now almost as fulfilling as painting or writing.
Come to think of it, fashion is, and always has been, a form of wearable art. Each and every day, fashion lets be to be a canvas and a painter, and make wordless statements about ( Read more... ) -
Best Book: The Seamstress
Once a bookworm, these days I rarely have time to read any books. Yet, I simply couldn’t put down The Seamstress.
The novel is by Frances de Pontes Peebles, who tells a story about two sisters, the history of Brazil, feminism, womanhood, sisterhood, motherhood, family, deep poverty and graphic violence. This is also a book about the power of ( Read more... ) -
Paintings of Food, Moral Lessons
After posting yesterday about “Isabella and the Pot of Basil”, I was inspired to search more artists who paid attention to food, cooking, farming, and fresh produce.
One of the most interesting artists in the context of food is Joachim Beuckelaer, a Belgian painter from the 16th Century who depicted cooks, butchers, market scenes and village feasts ( Read more... ) -
Isabella and the Pot of Basil
Planting basil on the weekend reminded me of this painting by by William Holman Hunt from 1868.
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Got Basil. Will Cook.
The weather was beautiful yesterday. My husband and I seized the opportunity to enjoy some rare winter sun, took my mother with us, and drove to visit my uncle.
My uncle is a farmer. He grows mostly herbs of various kinds and some vegetables. The visit was lovely. We consumed delicious desserts prepared by my uncle’s wife, spend quality time with ( Read more... ) -
Using the Master's Tools or My Thoughts of the Term "Spiritul Warrior"
The term "spiritual warrior" makes me think of Audre Lorde's speech in the New York University Institute for the Humanities conference in 1984, in which she coined the often-quoted phrase: "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house".
I write this as an Israeli who lived in varying degrees of war all my life. As an ex-soldier, who ( Read more... ) -
How to Live With Magic
Throw the alarm clock out of the window, french kiss my husband, pick fresh herbs for breakfast, drink hot chocolate, make soup, take a bath, buy fresh bread, wear thigh-high boots, use a polka-dot umberella, taste raindrops on your tongue, laugh out loud, play with the dog, make cheese fondue, paint one wall blue, buy a ticket for an adventure ( Read more... ) -
The Magic of Cooking
I’ve been writing a lot about food lately, both in this blog dedicated to living a sustainable life, as well as in other journals, in which I talk about spirituality and personal growth.
My relationship with food has changed a lot over the years. I grew up in a family of farmers, so we grew our own meat, dried grains and tomatoes, pickled ( Read more... ) -
Dinner and Marriage: Bonding through Food
It’s been one months since my wedding. While it feels too early for any solid conclusions about the institution of marriage, there’s one thing I know for sure and that is that dinner is important.
Growing up, I took eating at the table for granted. My mother was a full-time home-maker, not just a typical “stay-at-home mom”, but also the person who ( Read more... )
