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Thank you, Leonard, for my first C

May 2, 2013by Val Sanford Leave a comment

I graduated from high school with a 3.8 grade-point average. I loved history and English and thought I would become an English teacher or a politician. Feeling very swanky and […]

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faith, Israel, Jerusalem, movies
Church of the Nativity Courtyard Looking Toward Bethlehem.

Check! Still American.

July 5, 2012by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Walking where ancestors walked. Walking on mosaic floors built 1200 years ago. Eating in a restaurant tucked inside a building shaped during the 4th Crusade. These are the experiences that bring me closer to the past and to the world around me. These are the experiences that help shape my future and let me see myself better.

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General, Israel, personal, Photography, Travel, UNESCO

Cabbies Talking Politics

June 28, 2012by Val Sanford 1 Comment

My cab driver loves Las Vegas.  And Elvis.  I know this because he has two license plates in his rear window that tell me so.   That’s not so unusual, […]

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General, Israel, Travel, UNESCO
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Encounter with the Past: Visiting the Negev

January 4, 2009by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Driving from Tel Aviv, we head south on Highway 40, leaving Tel Aviv about 8:00 am.  It’s Saturday and the country is quiet.  It’s Shabbat.  The elevators are automatically stopping […]

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Avdat, Israel, Politics, Religion, Travel, UNESCO, war

Touring in a war zone.

December 30, 2008by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Rockets are landing 25 miles south of Tel Aviv. Protesters less than an hour from here are throwing rocks, burning flags and threatening the third Intifada. Mike and I are in a hotel room, figuring out what to do next.

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Israel, Palestine, Politics, Religion, tel aviv, Travel

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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