nun bet

It sounds better when Nina Simone sings it.
Lyrics by Rudy Stevenson
I’m going back home where I was born
First I planned to stay but I can’t live this way
I’m going back home where I was born
Try to understand I think this city’s grand
But with all its charm give me the little country farm
I’m going back home […]

…is that I just watched some artist on TV talk about his artwork…and it was all in Hebrew…and I got it. Now, I still do understand every mumbled or highfalutin word…but I got it. I think that’s pretty freakin’ amazing.

I know that there is a lot of complaining (almost bashing) that goes on in the English (Anglo?!) blogosphere here in Israel about the infuriating bureaucracy and the culture differences we (anglos?!) face coming from a “Yes, Ma’am/Sir, how may I help you?” kind of place to the rough and tumble Middle East. Well, that […]

Hi, kids! I am hanging out in the rolling hills of South Carolina visiting my family for Christmas. Last year I was able to “borrow” internet from my mom’s neighbors but no such luck this year. I am sitting in a Panera Bread cafe having some serious culture shock for breakfast. I am not […]