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It's the middle of the night...

And I can't sleep. It's strange, how all the thoughts that escape your brain during the day come to haunt your peace at night. I can't help but wonder, sometime...

Life is what happens after you make plans

I've been away for a while, I know. Life caught me by surprise and pulled me by my ear to various different directions than the ones I intended to take. I left ...

Photoshooting Like a Pro - Before and After

I recently decided that it was a good time to remake my Etsy shop. I get a lot of good feedback about the jewelry I design and make, but so far the photos weren...

An Unexpected Visit

Today I came home to find quite a lovely surprise: This little fella was waiting for us on the window, probably a little tired from trying to escape, and that's...

Parisian Scenes #33

A bit more Parisian autumn photos, again from Pont Alexandre III. I just love hanging out in this area and take amazing photos when I get the chance. If you lik...

Parisian Scenes #32

Halloween took place this week, and apparently, over the past few years, the American traditions related to this holiday (mainly trick-or-treating for children,...

Parisian Scenes #31

I love walking around Paris at night. Somehow, the city of lights, as it baths in those same lights it is named after, can seem cleaner, softer, more accepting ...

Parisian Scenes #30

Sometimes you just want to go somewhere else, even if you live in a wonderful city like Paris. Sometimes, all you want to do is catch the next train, heading to...

Parisian Scenes #29

Winter is definitely coming. Look at the golden glow on this statue of the Bastille square, how it defies the cold and the autumn surrounding it, standing high ...

Parisian Scenes #28

As we were walking by the Seine today, in the freezing cold of the current arctic wave in Paris, we noticed a whole flock of seagulls flying all around the rive...

Surreal Interpretation of a Train Ride

I've already written about that train ride here, but when you're stuck in the train for about 1.5 hours without it moving, you find yourself experimenting on we...

Parisian Scenes - #27

I took this photo while riding the train from Amsterdam back to Paris. We got stuck for an hour or some somewhere near Antwerp, Belgium, and had to pass the tim...

Parisian Scenes - #26

Welcome to the courtyard of the Bristol hotel in Paris. This is where the super-rich people stay when they're visiting Paris, or if they're locals, this is one ...

Act your wage

More than the average of the world's population are broke. To mean more than 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. And more than 1.3 billion live in e...

Parisian Scenes - #25

This sculpture of flamingo skeleton was spotted at Gare de Lyon, one of the largest and most central train stations in Paris. As is turns out, this sculpture is...

Parisian Scenes - #24

This little pretty is Pont Alexandre III, one of the most beautiful and best-located bridges in all of Paris. Also, for me, this is one of the most beautiful sp...

Losing a loved one

Today I lost a family member. Aristo (the Hebrew name for Aristotle), the beloved cat I adopted in 2004 and stayed at my parents' house after I left, passed awa...

First day of school

This here, in the photo, is my beautiful daughter. Her face is blurred for reasons of privacy, but it's still her. And today she started school. Some people wou...

Back to life, back to reality

This summer didn't go as planned, that's one thing I can definitely tell you. This summer was supposed to be all about vacation, relaxation, and creation. I fin...

#2 Promoting Translation in Utopian.io - Growing Quality Teams

Grow Translation Teams - Quality before Quantity Github Repository: https://github.com/utopian-io/utopian.io A. Introduction In my first blog post on promoting ...