http://www.kimpriore.com One of a kind. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:09:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi everyone!  Welcome to my new website, soon to be home of the new blog, once we figure out how to move the old one over, and once inspiration to write something witty and fabulous strikes.  Stay tuned... http://www.kimpriore.com/hello-world/ I've been thinking a lot lately about memory - for several reasons, really.  One, it came up in one of my classes, in reading memoirs, slave narratives specifically.  One author I read remarked that sometimes, especially in slave memoirs, the silences speak louder than the words.  What is it, this ... http://www.kimpriore.com/forget-me-not/ The subject heading is a little Hebrew shout-out to my brother, to the recently returned home DC, and any other MOTs or wannabe MOTs in the hiz-ouse.  But the rest of the post is for me, and for the women (or womyn, depending on which college you went to) that ... http://www.kimpriore.com/eshet-chayil/ Well it may not have taken 40 years of wandering in the desert, but these past 24 hours have sure seemed like an eternity.  Nevertheless I am finally home, back in the land of Dunkin' Donuts and CVS, praise the Lord.  When you fly out of Tel Aviv airport, they ... http://www.kimpriore.com/revelation/ Hey all - this is just a quick note since we are running out to a barbeque with some of Doug's 11th graders, but I wasn't sure I'd have another chance to post before leaving.  It's been a great couple of days - Thursday was pretty low key, although we ... http://www.kimpriore.com/sunset-over-the-mediterranean/ Last night was awesome - we went into Jerusalem and saw the Temple Mount (although we didn't get to go up because it was closed), the Wailing Wall, and my personal favorite, this archaeological park on the southern end of the Temple Mount where they've excavated back to the time ... http://www.kimpriore.com/jerusalem-the-fugees-david-and-goliath/ Well it's mid-morning break time here at the "American School" in BJ.  Shan and I have spent the morning with some of Doug's classes - his 11th graders are a trip, your typical boisterous group of teenage boys, which you know, I've never been too popular with but Shan was ... http://www.kimpriore.com/you-understand-my-meaning/ Well, we're back safe and sound from the Kinneret, otherwise known as the Sea of Galilee (if you're a Dan Cloutier music fan then you already knew that term! Hi Dan!).  It was an amazing two days of seeing the incredibly varied geography that makes up this tiny country, as ... http://www.kimpriore.com/kinneret/ Hi Everyone! Just a quick note to let everyone know that I've arrived in Beit Jala, Palestine safe and sound!  I'm sitting in Doug and Mandy's apartment staring out at an amazing view of their town!  There were no problems with my flights, which was a huge answer to prayer.  Not ... http://www.kimpriore.com/salaam-from-beit-jala/ I am DONE, people!  Well, almost.  Done with the paper writing, let's put it that way.  All that stands between me and the International Incident 07 is one measly Old Testament exam.  Also I would like to point out that the paper I submitted tonight is not *technically* due until Friday, ... http://www.kimpriore.com/wohoo/