Corona Lock-down Boredom, Try Reading Blogs

Most of the modern world is suffering severe boredom, since we're in corona lock-down. Try reading blogs. There are still many bloggers like myself who post new material on independent blogs. You have nothing to lose. It's free.

I've been blogging for over twenty years. At one point there was quite a large community of Jewish and Israeli bloggers. We used to have regular blog carnivals, each with a different topic, general, kosher cooking and pictures. Then they faded away. I'm still in touch with some of those bloggers and others I met through blogging.

Some of the most successful bloggers have stopped blogging completely. Others, like myself still enjoy the medium. We get to write and "publish" what we like, when we want. I used to blog "religiously," daily on each of my blogs. Now I blog less.

Every once in a while I blog a round-up of blog posts from various blogs. My custom is just to give you the title without even a hint as to what blog it appears on. Today seems like a good time to offer you some blogs. Reading blogs is a nice way to travel and meet new people, or see old friends.

I'd like to make it clear that I'm not responsible for the opinions of other bloggers included in this round-up.

If there's a blog you'd recommend, please let me know in the comments, thanks. Enjoy, and let me know which is your favorite.

#blogExodus day 4: RISE
Travels With Sushi, A Fable, Genre: Harry Potter
Bnei Braq Corona Drive-Thru
Liberman's now irrelevant
“Because of me, this great storm.”
The Death of Daas Torah
What Did Yitro Hear? Who's Today's Yitro?
Zoom, Skype and Coping in the Corona Lock-down
Jerusalem Living with COVID-19
The Five Crisis Management Languages
Rebooting my Faith
Haiku With Morning Coffee on Facebook
Don’t Panic, Pt. 4: Life in Lockdown
The Irgun and MP John Platts-Mills

Don't forget to read, comment and share. Enjoy, of course, too.

Blog Visiting, A Roundup From Blogs All Over

Once upon a time there was Havel Havelim, a weekly roundup of blog posts about Israel and Judaism. I met a lot of amazing people through it, some in person and some just online. Now a few of those people still blog, less frequently, and some I'm facebook friends with and others on instagram. And I even have real life f2f friends I first met via blogging.

In the heyday of blogging, there had been a real community spirit, but now it's different. It is what it is.

Still I think that there are some great blogs out there, and I'll now post a number of blog post titles linked to the blog. I hope you make the time to click, read, comment and even share. Yes, share on your blog if you're a blogger, or facebook or twitter or just send on whatsapp or email. It's a new world out there. Sorry, but in these roundups I don't include "blogs" that are on news sites, just independent blogs. If you have any to recommend, please add them to the comments here. Both my blogs, this and Shiloh Musings have blog rolls, listings of blogs I look at, or looked at when they were "live."

All opinions in included posts are those of the bloggers, not necessarily mine. Enjoy:

4 Treasures in Northern Israel
Homemade Challah, Yes, Passover's Over
Tame the body, unleash the soul (Kedoshim)
Heroism, Gevurah גבורה Yom HaZikaron LiShoah UliGevurah
Shma Yisrael
Two examples of NYT apathy during the Holocaust
Cartoonist Antonio Moreira Antunes Claims Antisemitic Allegations Come From “The Jewish Propaganda Machine”
Holocaust
And We Remember.....
Visiting an Old Age Home in Jerusalem
Bread of Affliction
Redemption, Exodus: Would You have been One of the One Fifth 1/5?
Nefesh b'Nefesh: How helpful are they AFTER you make aliyah?
The Post-1967 Origin of "Judea and Samaria"
Stand Up to the Bullies

Shabbat Shalom Umevorach,

May You have a Peaceful and Blessed Shabbat

The Ladies Blog #1

I decided to present a roundup of blogs written by women. I'd say that these Ladies' Blogs are more varied and interesting than blogs in general aka blogs written by men. We write on the same political,  Torah, health and personal topics as men, but we also write about topics that men ignore. Yes, these are mostly Jewish or Israeli blogs, though some are written to be for general readership. I know many of the bloggers personally, though not all.

I hope you enjoy the selection I've chosen, and if you know of other suitable blogs written by women, please include the links in the comments below.

Of course, like with any blog round-up, please visit, read, comment and share among friends. I'm sticking to my usual format of just writing the blog post title. But I'm illustrating the post with logos or pictures from the included blogs.

I also must wish to make it clear that opinions stated in the blogs linked here are not my own, just the opinions of those bloggers.

In Reverse
Touch
Yaron's remember garden
A THOUGHTFUL THANKFUL THURSDAY….
THE WARMTH OF TOUCH
"60+ is Fun," Getting Together Talking About Wars

My Daughters' Fun and Frugal Last Minute Birthday Party
70 Years Young
New Starts and Fresh Beginnings
Israel's Very Long War of Independence
Flash flood
Kate & Tammy: Killing The Rest of Us Softly

Believe Half of What You Hear and a Fourth of What You See
And the Jets Roared...
Do you know how to protect yourself on Jerusalem’s sidewalks?
Giro d’Italia 2018 from Jerusalem to Eliat
On a wing and prayer
Delicious, Quick, and Easy Coconut Cookies - Gluten Free
A Fly and a Cockroach Shake Hands
Relax, Get Your Grin Back. Here's a How-to for COPING with Your Medical Challenge
Jerusalem, Jewish and Israeli For Sure

Meet the Missionaries - The Garlows
Geula and more geula, part 3
New Discovery in Shiloh Hakeduma, Tel Shiloh
My Notes: Measuring Ketones For Cancer and More About Ketones
Meira: Matching Prints and Solids
Attractions - Indoors, Outdoors - EVERYTHING Discounted!

I'd love to hear your reactions to this, so don't be shy. Maybe I'll do it again. What do you think? Should I?