Zohara (Cocka) and her mother. Up at 2am watching a movie on tv. I thought I was out late!

Mum left for home on Thursday and I think it was hard for her to say goodbye to aunty Alla. I was sad she went home. I wished she stayed longer. Friday night I went to Aunty’s for dinner. Valia, her carer, prepared an excellent meal from recipes mum gave her. She did really well mum, if you’re reading! Chicken soup with matzoh balls, mashed potatoes, chicken stirfry, it was great. Aunty Alla is very [...]

It’s the last day of Passover which means a welcome sigh of backside relief from matzoh eaters. This bland cardboard like “bread” is eaten for 8 days in place of levened break, representative of the Israelites not having time to add yeast to their bread as they were leaving Egypt. For dang sake! Always remember the yeast when you’re in a hurry! Take the yeast and the photo albums…and the kids, don’t forget them. The [...]

A lot of you have been curious about where I do my blogging from. When do I have the time given I appear to be a social mammoth, always out, the rest of the time sleeping. You have to love the fact that there is WiFi everywhere here and most connections are unprotected. In cafes it is free. So this is me at work – One coffee and one ipod touch.

Hmmmm… I could say so many jokes about this one.