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From the Promised Land to the Luck Country
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-8594306862450824209</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-01-09T11:17:41.756+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Marriage</category><title>TRIBUTE TO A SOUL MATE</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/08/tribute-to-soul-mate_6264.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>In this last post about marriage I’d like to pay tribute to my husband, my love and my life long friend, Gerry, by posting the poem I wrote in Hebrew and in English, for our 39th wedding...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-6661174687628483850</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-12-25T07:17:38.457+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Marriage</category><title>LOVE IN MARRIAGE,</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/08/love-in-marriage.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>It took me a long time to gather and organise my thoughts on this particular subject, for it is the most important element in a successful marriage; and the most difficult to writing about.  It is...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-1539986560559930557</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-16T14:17:53.261+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Writing</category><title>THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALPHABET SYSTEM OF WRITING.</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/07/development-of-alphabet-system-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>Having looked more into the beginning of writing, I found that in large, the basic knowledge of the roots of writing, have not changed.  This was till I saw a documentary about a place named Aratta,...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-1422885241720043672</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-07-07T11:14:26.845+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Israel</category><title>ISRAEL'S ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FIRST MONTH OF 2008</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/06/israels-achievements-in-first-months-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>Israel, with a population of around 7 millions, and only 20,770 sq km of land, is one of the 100 smallest countries in the world. (Even smaller than New Jersey).   Even though so small, Israel...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-2426312066937475145</guid><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-05-08T08:22:46.187+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Writing</category><title>WRITING</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/05/writing.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>In one of our monthly ‘Poetry in Paradise” group meeting, I read a love poem I presented Gerry with, on our 39th wedding anniversary. When members realised I wrote it in Hebrew as well, I was asked...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-367057950207974416</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-25T13:38:04.351+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Marriage</category><title>Marriage –When kids and the Jobs are gone – what then?</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/04/marriage-when-kids-and-jobs-are-gone.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>Once children have come of age, they need to ‘fly out of the nest’ so to speak. They need to leave their parents’ home and build a life for themselves. This is nature’s way.     There are, however,...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-2416415349627513883</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-04-17T12:10:35.148+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Animal stories</category><title>ANIMAL STORIES</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/04/animal-stories.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>3</thr:total><description>It’s a long time since I posted animals stories, or mentioned them in any shape or form. Today, I’d like to air some of what I think and feel, which I have not voiced before.




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To those of you, who celebrate the Pesach to come – Happy Pesach.




Few days ago I got a lovely...&lt;br/&gt;
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In three years time you’ll be 80! Wow! Sounds awful!



Then I thought again,




In reality, it is not awful at all - it is an achievement:



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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-5724673711408091872</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-03-06T06:01:41.310+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Marriage</category><title>Marriage 4th Posting - The family unite and children</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/02/marriage-4th-posting-family-unite-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>This is my forth posting on the subject of marriage. 


When I started, I thought I could encompass all I have to say in one or two posts, but it seems I was wrong, so here I am again, looking at...&lt;br/&gt;
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He was accepted, after fierce competition, for a year in the RAAF, under a new trial program the Australian armed forces...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-6233835868034595748</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-20T11:59:57.859+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Abraham</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">In Antiquity</category><title>Abraham 2</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/01/abraham-2.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>Even though I never stay on one subject twice in a row, the importance and relevance of comment below prompted me to reply in a form of a post; and I’ll start with the comment itself,




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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-8229921883905682642</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-14T11:40:23.960+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Israel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">In Antiquity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Biblical tree</category><title>A tree from biblical times</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2008/01/trree-from-biblical-times.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>Gerry said,
 ‘Come. I must show you something.’
 ‘Show me what?’
 ‘You’ll see’
 He took me by the hand and led me behind the new art centre to the old part of Natanya, and I was surprised.
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-5660532535939143175</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 01:28:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-14T11:40:51.589+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chanukah - the festival  of light</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Israel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">In Antiquity</category><title>Chanukah - the festival of light</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2007/12/chanukah-festival-of-light.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>In this festive season Christians celebrate Christmas and Jews have already celebrated Chanukah.  But what is Chanukah all about, this ‘Festival of Light’?   What does it celebrates?  Where does it...&lt;br/&gt;
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Renate's Blog about herself, Artist, Poet &amp; Author of - From the Promised Land to the Luck Country ...</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-513216222051099738.post-7255450616618938695</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-02-14T11:31:21.257+10:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Home coming</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Australia</category><title>Home coming</title><link>http://promisedland-renate.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-coming.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (renate@gmail.com)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><description>It all started when I asked my son for my list of ‘Favourites’

‘I have no keys to enter your home’ he said

‘You have’ I replied.

‘Dad took them and did not return them.’ He wrote.
       
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