As is usual, Carly is exaggerating. In Jaffa, she has met a few diplomats. For sure more than she ever met in London but still not a load. And although she has met the one from Georgia more than once they are not yet friends. Carly is ever hopeful. And there was only a coffee …
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54 Carly Likes to Make Off-Beam, Bespoke Challah Covers
Firstly, Carly needs to explain what these challah covers actually are. As the saying goes, the name itself reveals the purpose. Well, as they say, the name on the tin gives it away. There is no hidden meaning, in fact. They are used to cover the two loaves of challah that are eaten at mealtimes …
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53 Carly Learns a New Skill; How to Make Dreamcatchers
Carly went to India for four months for her sabbatical. This was to allow her to immerse herself in her obsession of crafts, old and hopefully new. By chance, it was just before the dreaded coronavirus. She had chosen her time carefully, as all her children were now the age of majority and had some …
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52 Carly Makes a New Friend, Batya
Carly has an appointment at the Ministry of Absorption in downtown Tel Aviv. Her fold up e-Brompton was refused entry, and so Carly, with her platinum U-lock, chained it up and told the bike not to go and get itself stolen, as it wasn’t yet insured. The purpose of this visit is to tell Carly …
51 Carly Celebrates Her First Birthday as a New Immigrant
Carly is very excited about turning 59. It is a special number. Not only is it a prime number, but it is the last one before she enters into the next decade. Her 60s, which is when people retire. Although Carly is technically semi-retired already, she is still working part-time in the UK for the …
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50 Carly Travels to Mexico
Actually, Carly has been to Mexico twice before. Both times in late February and she has booked to go and stay with her friends Joanne and Norbert for a third time at the same time of year. It has become a regular trip. “It must be a thing”, Carly says to herself. Joanne and Carly …
49 Carly Has a Thorny Relationship with Israeli Bureaucracy
Carly has a prickly relationship with Israeli bureaucracy. But then, so do most Israelis. She isn’t the only one to get mad and frustrated by the ups and downs of forms, government organisations, utilities, and yet more forms. It seems to be a leftover from the British Mandate. It just doesn’t make sense. Israel is …
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Crusader Barbie spends some time in Akko
Just like I took my kids skiing (Betsy and Toby with Joshua), I suggested I take Harry, Gemma and Luna away. We chose Akko as I like it and we could easily travel up by train. We stayed in a fabulous apartment (part of the Arabesque Hotel Group) and I made all the clothes and …
Skiing Barbie has some great adventures
I went with my daughter Betsy, her boyfriend Joshua and my son Toby skiing in the Austrian bit of Italy. The south Tyrol or dolomites. We stayed in Das Majestic hotel and had a totally fab time. I made the outfits for Ski Barbie and skis from coffee stirrers. Whilst in Japan, I saw these …
44 Carly Has Been Keen on Weaving For Years
Carly has long been a lover of learning new crafts. When she was at school, she wanted to go to an evening course to learn how to patchwork, but it was full. Carly wasn’t patient enough to wait for her space by calmly remaining on the waiting list. Oh no. That is just not how …
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