In honor of my first "blog-o-versary," here are my favorite posts from my first year as a blogger
I had originally intended to post almost exclusively about Judaism, mostly parshat ha-shavuah (weekly-Bible-reading) posts. This has turned out to be an interesting adventure in exploring not only Judaism, but also family (by birth, by marriage, and by motherhood), work, and all manner of unexpected subjects. The following are my favorite posts of my first year as a blogger. Feel free to have a look at whatever interests you that you may have missed. (Yeah, I know this post is way too long. Sorry.)
HOW THIS EX-SYNAGOGUE-CHOIR SINGER CHOSE HER “NOM DE BLOG”
Thursday, August 05, 2004, Hashirim asher l’Shlomo—An intro to Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/hashirim-asher-lshlomoan-intro-to.html#comments
MY FAVORITE POST NAMES
“A Wig and a Prayer” from August 3, 2005; RUNNER UP: “We Have Six,” from July 26, 2005 (but it helps to be a Babylon 5 fan for that one [Mark and C, don’t shoot me. :) ]).
MY FUNNIEST POST
Saturday, May 14, 2005, Laugh of the day: Well, a cup is a cup . . . :):
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/laugh-of-day-well-cup-is-cup.html#comments
ON JUDAISM
Tuesday, August 03, 2004, My Life as a Misfit: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/my-life-as-misfit.html#comments
Wednesday, August 04, 2004, Va-etchanan: “. . . ein od mil’vado”—On religious intolerance: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/va-etchanan-ein-od-milvadoon-religious.html#comments
Thursday, August 12, 2004, Liturgical unity—pros, cons, and compromises: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/liturgical-unitypros-cons-and.html#comments
Monday, August 16, 2004, Re-eh: Permission to enjoy (later disputed?): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/re-eh-permission-to-enjoy-later.html#comments
Monday, August 23, 2004, Shoftim: Sparing the fruit trees, and little else, part 2 [re “simcha inflation”]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/shoftim-sparing-fruit-tree_109330802110267454.html#comments
Thursday, October 14, 2004, Men in Halachah—Shirking their responsibilities [re “kol isha”]:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/10/men-in-halachahshirking-their.html#comments
Thursday, October 14, 2004, Men in Halachah—Shirking their responsibilities, part 2 [re aliyot for women]:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/10/men-in-halachahshirking-their_14.html#comments
Saturday, January 01, 2005, “Meteorological Judaism,” or Reward and Punishment: What did *anyone* do to deserve a tsunami?: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/meteorological-judaism-or-reward-and.html#comments
Saturday, January 29, 2005, Parshat Yitro: On “outside” influence—if it was good enough for Moshe Rabbenu . . . [re the rabbinic ban on Slifkin’s Torah-and-science books as heresy, etc.]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/parshat-yitro-on-outside-influenceif.html#comments
Wednesday, January 26, 2005, Morning madness--on davvenning Shacharit: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/morning-madness-on-davvenning.html#comments
Sunday, March 06, 2005, Nothing to help us pray: Women and the Sh’ma—davvenning in the abstract [re tallit and tefillin]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/nothing-to-help-us-pray-women-and.html#comments
Sunday, March 27, 2005, Poetic license??!—in which the siddur (prayerbook) contradicts Torah she-bichtav (the Written Law): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/poetic-licensein-which-siddur.html#comments
Sunday, April 03, 2005, Mnemonic devices (memory aids) for Jewish ritual: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/mnemonic-devices-memory-aids-for.html#comments
Wednesday, April 13, 2005, “The flowers that bloom in the spring (tra la)” have something to do with the King: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/flowers-that-bloom-in-spring-tra-la.html#comments
Sunday, May 29, 2005, Ivdu et HaShem b'simchah, bo-u l'fanav birnanah--Dancing in HaShem’s light: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/ivdu-et-hashem-bsimchah-bo-u-lfanav.html#comments (doubles as a Jewish-music post)
Wednesday, June 08, 2005, Sefirah: Concerning the "Carlebach Clause"—on respecting another person's hashkafah:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/sefirah-concerning-carlebach-clauseon.html#comments (doubles as a Jewish-music post)
Sunday, June 12, 2005, Tikkun Lel Shavuot prep: I’m writing something resembling a d’var Torah on the connection between Tamar, Ruth (& her fearless leader, Naomi),& agunot: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/tikkun-lel-shavuot-prep-im-writing.html#comments
Friday, June 17, 2005, A Little Nusach Music: What I learned at the Tikkun Lel Shavuot: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/little-nusach-music-what-i-learned-at.html#comments (doubles as a Jewish-music post)
Thursday, June 23, 2005, Rabbinical priorities: High—forbidden fruit (and veggies, and water . . .); low—agunot, unrecognized converts: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/rabbinical-priorities-highforbidden.html#comments
Wednesday, June 29, 2005, Friday Night Lights, by Esther Kustanowitz [as a Jewish woman, I look back on my years as a single—and do not look forward to the “rerun” called widowhood]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/friday-night-lights-by-esther.html#comments
Sunday, July 31, 2005, The new Qumran community [re a distressing trend toward asceticism in the Orthodox world]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/new-qumran-community.html#comments
ON PARENTING AND RELATED MATTERS
Tuesday, August 03, 2004, So glad you could join us: An egalitarian mom & her toddler are cordially invited to stay home:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/so-glad-you-could-join-us-egalitarian.html#comments
Tuesday, August 03, 2004, “Little House on the Prairie”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/little-house-on-prairie.html#comments
My ten-part series on raising a child with disabilities, which starts here:
Sunday, February 20, 2005, Park your ego at the door: On raising a child with disabilities: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/02/park-your-ego-at-door-on-raising-child.html#comments
. . . and ends here:
Sunday, March 20, 2005, On raising a child with disabilities, part 10: In which I say that it could have been worse, and dedicate this series:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/on-raising-child-with-disabilities_20.html#comments
(See also Z’s series, “When Something’s Wrong,” on raising a child with autism, at http://www.matzahandmarinara.com/wp/ . [Being more technologically adept than I, she has links to her entire series in her sidebar.] We “riffed” off each other in writing these posts.)
Friday, April 29, 2005, Parenting 101: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/parenting-101.html#comments
Monday, May 30, 2005, Star Wars, Schmar Wars—Our son’s the real deal :): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/star-wars-schmar-warsour-sons-real.html#comments
Thursday, July 14, 2005, “Someone Else’s Place” [in which I express concern for the child of a couple of other bloggers]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/someone-elses-place.html#comments
Monday, July 18, 2005, V’la-boker rina? A lament for the daughter of one of my dearest friends, whose life lies in ruins: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/vla-boker-rina-lament-for-daughter-of.html#comments
ON MY PARENTS AND/OR SIBLINGS—THE COCKEYED PESSIMIST’S PERSPECTIVE
Sunday, March 20, 2005, Crystal ball—a look at my future: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/crystal-balla-look-at-my-future.html#comments (doubles as a post about my marriage)
Tuesday, April 26, 2005, “Motherless Child”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/motherless-child.html#comments
Friday, May 06, 2005, Going it alone, part 2 (for part 1, see “Motherless Child”): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/going-it-alone-part-2-for-part-1-see.html#comments
Wednesday, July 06, 2005, Long time no see: In which I confess to being a very bad daughter: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/long-time-no-see-in-which-i-confess-to.html#comments
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, "We have six." [in which I express second thoughts about my prejudice against large families]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/we-have-six.html#comments
ON THE PLUS SIDE—FOND MEMORIES OF MY FAMILY (a four-post series, all dated Wednesday, July 27, 2005, written mainly as the second thoughts that I had about my own three-sibling family after I posted "We have six.")
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: Sundays in the Car with Dad:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-_112252015251604203.html#comments
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: Midnights in the Kitchen with Mom:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-of-my-family_27.html#comments
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: A few good laughs with my sister and brothers:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-_112251904865376670.html#comments
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: "Resistance is futile" :)—the Salamone-Punster clan gathers 'round the TV:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-_112252015251604203.html#comments
ON LOVE AND MARRIAGE—MINE IN PARTICULAR, AND MARRIAGE IN GENERAL
Sunday, June 12, 2005, Anniversary Waltz: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/anniversary-waltz.html#comments
Friday, June 17, 2005, Sharing our knowledge—on the advantages of a 100% Jewish (by birth or by choice) marriage: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/sharing-our-knowledgeon-advantages-of.html#comments
Sunday, June 19, 2005, On “shidduch” dating: Whatever happened to “getting to know you?”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/on-shidduch-dating-whatever-happened.html#comments
GETTING PERSONAL
Monday, March 21, 2005, Doubletake: On not judging a book by its cover: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/doubletake-on-not-judging-book-by-its.html#comments
Tuesday, May 03, 2005, "Chemical Reaction": http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/chemical-reaction.html#comments
NICE WORK, WHEN YOU CAN GET IT—ON MY SO-CALLED CAREER
Thursday, October 14, 2004, “Between Jobs”—Temping in a rotten economy: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/10/between-jobstemping-in-rotten-economy.html#comments
Thursday, March 31, 2005, Passed Over before Passover: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/passed-over-before-passover_31.html#comments
Sunday, July 24, 2005, Want my job? Come and get it. Here’s the ad for someone to replace me.: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/want-my-job-come-and-get-it-heres-ad.html#comments
ON MY LATEST (AND RIDICULOUSLY BELATED) DISCOVERY—CONTEMPORARY JEWISH ROCK MUSIC
Thursday, May 19, 2005, “A musical education” (in celebration of my 103rd post): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/musical-education-in-celebration-of-my.html#comments
Wednesday, June 29, 2005, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/fascinatin-rhythm.html#comments
Sunday, July 03, 2005, CD Reviews in the manner of Hillel (standing on one foot): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/cd-reviews-in-manner-of-hillel.html#comments
Wednesday, July 20, 2005, The "Look, Rav, No Hands" rumba. :) : Fifty-six-year-old woman tries her hand—er, feet—at choreography for the first time: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/look-rav-no-hands-rumba-fifty-six-year.html#comments
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BLOGGER KIND
Sunday, June 26, 2005, The Salamone-Punsters meet the Skier (Psycho Toddler/Mrs. Balabusta) family!!!!!!!!!!!!: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/salamone-punsters-meet-skier-psycho.html#comments
MISCELLANEOUS
Tuesday, April 12, 2005, A Dearth of Imagination: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/dearth-of-imagination.html#comments
Sunday, May 15, 2005, A Jewish blogger speaks: What am I doing here, literally? [which should have been my 100th post, if I'd been thinking about it, at the time]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/jewish-blogger-speaks-what-am-i-doing.html#comments
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, FIRE! Why an open box of baking soda in an obvious & easy-to-reach place could save your life: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/fire-why-open-box-of-baking-soda-in.html#comments
Friday, July 01, 2005, Leave 'em laughing: The funniest family in Olam HaBlog: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/leave-em-laughing-funniest-family-in.html#comments
Tuesday, July 05, 2005, Son diagnoses mom: "You have a mild case of ADD.": http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/son-diagnoses-mom-you-have-mild-case.html#comments
HOW THIS EX-SYNAGOGUE-CHOIR SINGER CHOSE HER “NOM DE BLOG”
Thursday, August 05, 2004, Hashirim asher l’Shlomo—An intro to Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/hashirim-asher-lshlomoan-intro-to.html#comments
MY FAVORITE POST NAMES
“A Wig and a Prayer” from August 3, 2005; RUNNER UP: “We Have Six,” from July 26, 2005 (but it helps to be a Babylon 5 fan for that one [Mark and C, don’t shoot me. :) ]).
MY FUNNIEST POST
Saturday, May 14, 2005, Laugh of the day: Well, a cup is a cup . . . :):
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/laugh-of-day-well-cup-is-cup.html#comments
ON JUDAISM
Tuesday, August 03, 2004, My Life as a Misfit: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/my-life-as-misfit.html#comments
Wednesday, August 04, 2004, Va-etchanan: “. . . ein od mil’vado”—On religious intolerance: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/va-etchanan-ein-od-milvadoon-religious.html#comments
Thursday, August 12, 2004, Liturgical unity—pros, cons, and compromises: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/liturgical-unitypros-cons-and.html#comments
Monday, August 16, 2004, Re-eh: Permission to enjoy (later disputed?): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/re-eh-permission-to-enjoy-later.html#comments
Monday, August 23, 2004, Shoftim: Sparing the fruit trees, and little else, part 2 [re “simcha inflation”]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/shoftim-sparing-fruit-tree_109330802110267454.html#comments
Thursday, October 14, 2004, Men in Halachah—Shirking their responsibilities [re “kol isha”]:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/10/men-in-halachahshirking-their.html#comments
Thursday, October 14, 2004, Men in Halachah—Shirking their responsibilities, part 2 [re aliyot for women]:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/10/men-in-halachahshirking-their_14.html#comments
Saturday, January 01, 2005, “Meteorological Judaism,” or Reward and Punishment: What did *anyone* do to deserve a tsunami?: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/meteorological-judaism-or-reward-and.html#comments
Saturday, January 29, 2005, Parshat Yitro: On “outside” influence—if it was good enough for Moshe Rabbenu . . . [re the rabbinic ban on Slifkin’s Torah-and-science books as heresy, etc.]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/parshat-yitro-on-outside-influenceif.html#comments
Wednesday, January 26, 2005, Morning madness--on davvenning Shacharit: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/01/morning-madness-on-davvenning.html#comments
Sunday, March 06, 2005, Nothing to help us pray: Women and the Sh’ma—davvenning in the abstract [re tallit and tefillin]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/nothing-to-help-us-pray-women-and.html#comments
Sunday, March 27, 2005, Poetic license??!—in which the siddur (prayerbook) contradicts Torah she-bichtav (the Written Law): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/poetic-licensein-which-siddur.html#comments
Sunday, April 03, 2005, Mnemonic devices (memory aids) for Jewish ritual: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/mnemonic-devices-memory-aids-for.html#comments
Wednesday, April 13, 2005, “The flowers that bloom in the spring (tra la)” have something to do with the King: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/flowers-that-bloom-in-spring-tra-la.html#comments
Sunday, May 29, 2005, Ivdu et HaShem b'simchah, bo-u l'fanav birnanah--Dancing in HaShem’s light: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/ivdu-et-hashem-bsimchah-bo-u-lfanav.html#comments (doubles as a Jewish-music post)
Wednesday, June 08, 2005, Sefirah: Concerning the "Carlebach Clause"—on respecting another person's hashkafah:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/sefirah-concerning-carlebach-clauseon.html#comments (doubles as a Jewish-music post)
Sunday, June 12, 2005, Tikkun Lel Shavuot prep: I’m writing something resembling a d’var Torah on the connection between Tamar, Ruth (& her fearless leader, Naomi),& agunot: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/tikkun-lel-shavuot-prep-im-writing.html#comments
Friday, June 17, 2005, A Little Nusach Music: What I learned at the Tikkun Lel Shavuot: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/little-nusach-music-what-i-learned-at.html#comments (doubles as a Jewish-music post)
Thursday, June 23, 2005, Rabbinical priorities: High—forbidden fruit (and veggies, and water . . .); low—agunot, unrecognized converts: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/rabbinical-priorities-highforbidden.html#comments
Wednesday, June 29, 2005, Friday Night Lights, by Esther Kustanowitz [as a Jewish woman, I look back on my years as a single—and do not look forward to the “rerun” called widowhood]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/friday-night-lights-by-esther.html#comments
Sunday, July 31, 2005, The new Qumran community [re a distressing trend toward asceticism in the Orthodox world]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/new-qumran-community.html#comments
ON PARENTING AND RELATED MATTERS
Tuesday, August 03, 2004, So glad you could join us: An egalitarian mom & her toddler are cordially invited to stay home:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/so-glad-you-could-join-us-egalitarian.html#comments
Tuesday, August 03, 2004, “Little House on the Prairie”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/08/little-house-on-prairie.html#comments
My ten-part series on raising a child with disabilities, which starts here:
Sunday, February 20, 2005, Park your ego at the door: On raising a child with disabilities: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/02/park-your-ego-at-door-on-raising-child.html#comments
. . . and ends here:
Sunday, March 20, 2005, On raising a child with disabilities, part 10: In which I say that it could have been worse, and dedicate this series:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/on-raising-child-with-disabilities_20.html#comments
(See also Z’s series, “When Something’s Wrong,” on raising a child with autism, at http://www.matzahandmarinara.com/wp/ . [Being more technologically adept than I, she has links to her entire series in her sidebar.] We “riffed” off each other in writing these posts.)
Friday, April 29, 2005, Parenting 101: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/parenting-101.html#comments
Monday, May 30, 2005, Star Wars, Schmar Wars—Our son’s the real deal :): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/star-wars-schmar-warsour-sons-real.html#comments
Thursday, July 14, 2005, “Someone Else’s Place” [in which I express concern for the child of a couple of other bloggers]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/someone-elses-place.html#comments
Monday, July 18, 2005, V’la-boker rina? A lament for the daughter of one of my dearest friends, whose life lies in ruins: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/vla-boker-rina-lament-for-daughter-of.html#comments
ON MY PARENTS AND/OR SIBLINGS—THE COCKEYED PESSIMIST’S PERSPECTIVE
Sunday, March 20, 2005, Crystal ball—a look at my future: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/crystal-balla-look-at-my-future.html#comments (doubles as a post about my marriage)
Tuesday, April 26, 2005, “Motherless Child”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/motherless-child.html#comments
Friday, May 06, 2005, Going it alone, part 2 (for part 1, see “Motherless Child”): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/going-it-alone-part-2-for-part-1-see.html#comments
Wednesday, July 06, 2005, Long time no see: In which I confess to being a very bad daughter: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/long-time-no-see-in-which-i-confess-to.html#comments
Tuesday, July 26, 2005, "We have six." [in which I express second thoughts about my prejudice against large families]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/we-have-six.html#comments
ON THE PLUS SIDE—FOND MEMORIES OF MY FAMILY (a four-post series, all dated Wednesday, July 27, 2005, written mainly as the second thoughts that I had about my own three-sibling family after I posted "We have six.")
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: Sundays in the Car with Dad:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-_112252015251604203.html#comments
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: Midnights in the Kitchen with Mom:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-of-my-family_27.html#comments
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: A few good laughs with my sister and brothers:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-_112251904865376670.html#comments
On the plus side—fond memories of my family: "Resistance is futile" :)—the Salamone-Punster clan gathers 'round the TV:
http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/on-plus-sidefond-memories-_112252015251604203.html#comments
ON LOVE AND MARRIAGE—MINE IN PARTICULAR, AND MARRIAGE IN GENERAL
Sunday, June 12, 2005, Anniversary Waltz: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/anniversary-waltz.html#comments
Friday, June 17, 2005, Sharing our knowledge—on the advantages of a 100% Jewish (by birth or by choice) marriage: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/sharing-our-knowledgeon-advantages-of.html#comments
Sunday, June 19, 2005, On “shidduch” dating: Whatever happened to “getting to know you?”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/on-shidduch-dating-whatever-happened.html#comments
GETTING PERSONAL
Monday, March 21, 2005, Doubletake: On not judging a book by its cover: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/doubletake-on-not-judging-book-by-its.html#comments
Tuesday, May 03, 2005, "Chemical Reaction": http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/chemical-reaction.html#comments
NICE WORK, WHEN YOU CAN GET IT—ON MY SO-CALLED CAREER
Thursday, October 14, 2004, “Between Jobs”—Temping in a rotten economy: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2004/10/between-jobstemping-in-rotten-economy.html#comments
Thursday, March 31, 2005, Passed Over before Passover: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/03/passed-over-before-passover_31.html#comments
Sunday, July 24, 2005, Want my job? Come and get it. Here’s the ad for someone to replace me.: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/want-my-job-come-and-get-it-heres-ad.html#comments
ON MY LATEST (AND RIDICULOUSLY BELATED) DISCOVERY—CONTEMPORARY JEWISH ROCK MUSIC
Thursday, May 19, 2005, “A musical education” (in celebration of my 103rd post): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/musical-education-in-celebration-of-my.html#comments
Wednesday, June 29, 2005, “Fascinatin’ Rhythm”: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/fascinatin-rhythm.html#comments
Sunday, July 03, 2005, CD Reviews in the manner of Hillel (standing on one foot): http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/cd-reviews-in-manner-of-hillel.html#comments
Wednesday, July 20, 2005, The "Look, Rav, No Hands" rumba. :) : Fifty-six-year-old woman tries her hand—er, feet—at choreography for the first time: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/look-rav-no-hands-rumba-fifty-six-year.html#comments
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BLOGGER KIND
Sunday, June 26, 2005, The Salamone-Punsters meet the Skier (Psycho Toddler/Mrs. Balabusta) family!!!!!!!!!!!!: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/salamone-punsters-meet-skier-psycho.html#comments
MISCELLANEOUS
Tuesday, April 12, 2005, A Dearth of Imagination: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/dearth-of-imagination.html#comments
Sunday, May 15, 2005, A Jewish blogger speaks: What am I doing here, literally? [which should have been my 100th post, if I'd been thinking about it, at the time]: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/05/jewish-blogger-speaks-what-am-i-doing.html#comments
Wednesday, June 15, 2005, FIRE! Why an open box of baking soda in an obvious & easy-to-reach place could save your life: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/fire-why-open-box-of-baking-soda-in.html#comments
Friday, July 01, 2005, Leave 'em laughing: The funniest family in Olam HaBlog: http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/leave-em-laughing-funniest-family-in.html#comments
Tuesday, July 05, 2005, Son diagnoses mom: "You have a mild case of ADD.": http://onthefringe_jewishblog.blogspot.com/2005/07/son-diagnoses-mom-you-have-mild-case.html#comments
posted by Shira Salamone at 10:01 PM
3 Comments:
Mazal Tov on your Blahgiversary! It has been a very interesting year, has it not?
you have written such an interesting and varied collection of work this past year...mazal tov! may you be blessed to obtain a well deserved large advance from a publisher in the near future!
Thanks, Mark, "Interesting" is an understatement! :) In my old age, I've discovered that I enjoy writing almost as much as I enjoy blabbing, which accounts for there being *way* too many favorite posts on this list. Apparently, I don't know when to shut up when I'm writing any more than when I'm talking. :)
Eliyahu, thanks for your good wishes. Halevai, I should live long enough to get paid for this. :) At this point, I'll consider myself fortunate if I still have a job when I come back from Israel--they've been conducting interviews for my replacement all week.
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