Author Archives: madelynruth@yahoo.com

Leonard Nimoy

Posted on February 27, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

                  Thought I’d share this clip that my friend Dana found, of Leonard Nimoy on his Jewish and Yiddish roots. Biz Hundret un Tsvantsig May you live to be 120.

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Tu B’Shevat

Posted on February 1, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

In my Tu B’Shevat book, Happy Birthday, Tree, Joni makes a promise to take care of the trees of the world. As a project this week, 70 kids told me how they would take care of the trees, the environment, and the … Continue reading →

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Anxiety

Posted on January 5, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

A lot of my writer friends suffer from some form of anxiety. Maybe that’s because as writers, we’re always imagining possibilities for our characters — the worst possibilities. And we do it in our own lives, too. This morning, I couldn’t find … Continue reading →

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Hot Tea Month

Posted on January 5, 2015 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

January is Hot Tea Month. And okay, sure, it’s one of those holidays that’s made up to give the industry a boost, much like National Pickle Week (which is in May) and National Grapefruit Month (February). But if you’ve been … Continue reading →

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Writing Resolutions

Posted on December 30, 2014 by madelynruth@yahoo.com

I always make loads of New Year’s resolutions – multi-page lists, covering everything from the external (I will not leave my pajamas on the bathroom floor after I take a shower) to the internal (I will yell less; I will learn to … Continue reading →

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