Joelle’s sister lives in Jerusalem, and when we visited last year, she introduced us to “Brown Bear“, her favorite story that she reads to Joelle’s niece, Rina, nearly every night – it’s got a nice rhythmic sound…

Now that it’s the last day of Passover, it is time to start thinking about post-Passover food (though can’t have any of it until after 9:30 pm tonight, at least in Seattle. Pizza will be awaiting!)

While we…

Joelle and I finally finished putting our pictures from Jerusalem (to visit Joelle’s sister and brother-in-law and our niece) and Paris up online; over the next few days, I’ll write up more about some of the pictures and the trip.…