Shalom שלום! So, there’s been a lot of stuff going on as of late, from new interviews to art, from working on developing a new website for my art to making a lot of plans for the future (aka the new five-year plan). All of that atop planning out my new fiction book and dealing…
Tag: Judaism
An update du jour
Shalom! Okay, so I haven’t updated this site in about 10 days now, and no it isn’t because I’ve lost my zeal or love for it, it’s entirely medical-related. I have ankylosing spondylitis and it has gotten really bad, coupled with my knees having a severe lack of cartilage in them from decades of teaching…
Happy high-holy days! – Yom Kippur
G’mar Chatima Tovah! It’s the eve of Yom Kippur, we’re getting ready for Kol Nidre service tonight, followed by services all morning into the evening, when because we’ve fasted 25 hours, we break the fast with a feast. This is our first Yom Kippur, and has been amazing; the healing, the love, and forgiveness, the…
Down, but not out!
So, atop my back having issues due to my Ankylosing Spondylitis getting worse, my knees, whose cartilage is worn from decades of hard style martial arts kicks, are also bad enough to keep me fairly immobile. Luckily, I am upstairs in our house and can make it to the bathroom, our bedroom, and my office….
Illness and the high-holy days
L’Shannah Tovah! Rosh Hashannah has come and while we’d initially planned on attending our synagogues services in-person, 4 out of our 6 person family are currently sick. We’d instead opted to watch our service online and to go through the holiday at home, so we didn’t get any of our fellow congregants sick. This was…
High-holy days and other awesomeness
My wife and kids are back from North Carolina where they went to visit my in-laws, and it was a super happy reunion. My kids all missed me so much and I don’t remember a time where I and my wife hugged longer or tighter. It was truly a moving experience for us all in…
So much to do
The wife and kids will be home in four days, the high-holy days are coming and this is Elul, I’ve been adding new content here, I am working on the new corporation and I am back on my art game… all at once. I have been exceedingly busy with everything in my life, but am…
Riding out the storm and chugging along
So, we are going to get some of that hurricane here in the NE, a rarity in Philadelphia, so firstly, I want to ask that everyone in the hurricane’s path, be safe. Me, I’ll be fine, studying and testing for certification in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through it. Working on laying the foundation for our…
Waiting and art
I have been waiting for packages as of late, one via USPS that they lost and some art books from Amazon because I’ve been in a very artistic mood as of late. I’ve even broken out my painting supplies again and might be painting a bit shortly. I’ve been an artist my whole life, but…
Big news!
So, after a full 30 hours of intensive training and practice, I am now officially an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) practitioner. I am Frederick W. Cook .miGNLP officially and have added yet another tool to my therapy practice, and a powerful one at that. This was a huge course and one I am infinitely proud of…