Carly has always made a lot of effort with neighbours. Well, she has tried to over the years. When she was a student living in Hackney, May and Flo, two sisters-in-law lived next door. They grew bronze-coloured chrysanthemums and said “Shame, shame” a lot to Carly. When she was living in her first property, she …
Category Archives: Uncategorized
56 Carly Muses About Volunteering
Carly often thinks she isn’t good at doing charitable work. She thinks that as a healthcare professional you feel like you do this all the time with your patients. But let’s be honest, you do get paid to do this. So, it isn’t really benevolent, but it does make you, as the ‘volunteer’, feel good …
55 Carly Meets a Load of Diplomats
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 …
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 …
Continue reading “54 Carly Likes to Make Off-Beam, Bespoke Challah Covers”
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 …
Continue reading “53 Carly Learns a New Skill; How to Make Dreamcatchers”
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 …
Continue reading “51 Carly Celebrates Her First Birthday as a New Immigrant”
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 …
Continue reading “49 Carly Has a Thorny Relationship with Israeli Bureaucracy”
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 …