Capital J

I just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Memorial Day.  Hope everyone got to spend it with friends and family and – ideally – a large backyard BBQ.   We spent our weekend at the beach and the zoo. The only drama came when I threw one of my shoes into the rhinoceros pit [...]

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Summer comes early out here in Jerusalem.  Not only has it been hot hot hot, but apparently my school year ends this month.  Surprise, Mom!  So I get some more quality time with my brothers.  My mom’s looking for things to do every day.  The beach is high on our list… But we’re also big [...]

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Well, Mom left the house in a rush last night and we thought for sure she’d be coming back with our little brother.  But no dice.   Apparently Percy’s decided to wait a few more days.   It did mean that we all got to go to the Easter party at the Consulate today.  (Ahem, [...]

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Sorry it’s been a while.  Life’s hectic here in Jerusalem.  It’s Purim, which is (I think) sort of like Halloween.  But different.  Anyway, everyone in the neighborhood was dressed up for the better part of two days.    You know what I wanted to go as.  But Dad wouldn’t let me borrow one of his [...]

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My school was nice enough to throw a surprise birthday party for me earlier this week.  They even arranged for a clown to stop by.   Here she is….  Stardust!   OK, I admit that it took me some time to get used to the green hair and rather preposterous blue eyeshadow…  but I got there.  It [...]

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So Aunt Jane and Uncle Glenn came all the way out here to visit …  Apparently mostly to help Dad cook a decent Thanksgiving meal this Thursday (and give him some company watching the football games).  They were troopers today — on arrival we went down to Tel Aviv and back to Honey Beach.  Here’s [...]

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Mom and Sanaa took me and my brothers away for a little pool time this week.   As nice as the weather is in Jerusalem – it’s always warm down in Eilat.  Here we are hanging out before breakfast…  We seemed to always be there before they opened. Oliver’s the morning person… I even got [...]

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I got a chance to teach my brothers about Halloween.  We were trying to think up a good costume (we really should have been the Three Amigos or the Three Musketeers – ’cause come next year, we’d have to leave someone out).  But instead we decided to go as astronauts. Here we are at the Consulate party. [...]

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I’ve already posted about my picking skills.  This time of year around here, though, it’s all about olives.  My dad’s boss went out to pick ‘em.  And I got a chance across the street from my school last weekend.  Here are few shots – with some of my friends, and with my dad.  He was [...]

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… as you can see below.  When I put the loving on my little brothers, I really mean it.  That’s Tristan who looks scared for his life. My parents also seem to think I’m a good big brother, because they just told me that I’m going to get another chance about six months from now… [...]

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