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Sketching Out: Sketches of art, watercolor, photos, recipes, books, interviews, Jewish topics, and Highland Park, New Jersey

Category: trying to connect

searching for similar emotions, feelings, aggravations, joys in the human condition

Three Yellow Ribbons Round Tree Illustration

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Three Yellow Ribbons round tree illustration – symbolic of three kidnapped teens in Israel. Trees in Highland Park/Edison, New Jersey have yellow ribbons.

Filed in: art, trying to connect Tagged: illustration(21 Comments)

On Blogging Breaks and Old Writing Desk

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Photo of old writing desk inspires post on blogging and blogging breaks. Review with Mr. Darcy, burning bread, Genie, Pesach, strong passwords and Istanbul.

Filed in: books, trying to connect, week in review(26 Comments)

Fashion and Modesty

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How do fashion and modesty work together? Do you think about how you dress? What makes you comfortable or uncomfortable in how someone wears their clothes?

Filed in: art, family, trying to connect(30 Comments)

What Artists and Writers Share in Common

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What do Artists and Writers Share in Common: creativity, blogs, inspirational exercises, writer’s block or artist’s block

Filed in: art, trying to connect(12 Comments)

Jazz Girl Asks You

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Jazz girl asks what are you reading, what photo have you liked, what recipe influenced you, and are you a lurker? with link to postcard giveaway contest

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Shamash, Nibbles and On the Blog

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4 candles lighting for Chanuka, child takes a whole plate of fancy chocolate candies and nibbles one bite out of each one, and is that going on the blog?

Filed in: blogs, photography, trying to connect Tagged: חנוכה(17 Comments)

Seeking Comfort

How do you find comfort? What do you do when something or someone in your life, community or in world news causes you pain? Today is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar, the fast day of Tisha B’Av.

Filed in: Jewish, parsha, trying to connect(25 Comments)

Responding to Raizy

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Raizy wrote about lots of bad news in Jewish community. Isaiah says everyone loves bribes. Jientje has taught me about seeing the cup as half full. Let’s seek comfort.

Filed in: Jewish, parsha, trying to connect(13 Comments)

Loss of a Parent

G6 writes about how she felt when she lost her father. And Rick Black lost his father this week. He had interviewed his father, David Black, over the past two years.

Filed in: blogs, Jewish, trying to connect(6 Comments)

A Riddle in Prose

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A riddle, no jury duty and a camera lens

Filed in: photography, trying to connect(13 Comments)

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