Read this on galpod.com. My family on my mum's side consists of a lot of women. It has to do with the birth ratio, which is generally about three girls for every boy, at least in the generation prior to my kids'. It has to do also with the women in my family living to ridiculously old ages (my great grandmother was 105 when she passed away about seven years ago), whereas the men in my family die when they're in their 50s and 60s. Mind that usually the men are unrelated, so th

Read this on galpod.com. *** I wrote this on Friday but forgot to post and then the weekend was insane because we have a new puppy! I'll post pictures and stories soon but for now, please pretend it's last Friday while you're reading it ;) One of the books that had a fundamental impact on me as an adult is The Book Thief. It's a good book, and I highly recommend it, but it's not the writing that had left such a lasting impression on me. I grew up in Israel, veritably surround