Monthly Archives: October 2013

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  jew-ish: the life and times of a one-sixteenth jew

  Posted on October 30, 2013 by nikki in family, odds and sods, politics and religion, unexpected adventures.

  I am one-sixteenth Jewish. It’s funny to say it like that, but that’s what it comes down to on the family tree. And, I guess that’s how much Jewish I feel. One-sixteenth. How exactly does that translate? Most of the time I don’t feel Jewish, but I don’t feel not Jewish either. I feel Jewish-ish. […]

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  pooches and pot

  Posted on October 7, 2013 by nikkimeredith in dogs, odds and sods, unexpected adventures.

  Every week brings news of yet another way dogs help humans. We’ve know for a while they can be excellent detectives –  diagnosing melanoma with their noses, sensing dangerous blood sugar fluctuations in diabetics and discerning imminent seizures in epileptics. People with dogs are generally healthier – after acquiring a pooch they exercise more, their […]

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