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Jin's School Field Trip

Jin's Religion and Philosophy class took a field trip to the newly constructed Hindu temple in Lilburn today.  While they were not allowed to take any photos inside, he was able to take pictures of the outside of the building, which is the largest Hindu temple in the US. Made of sandstone and marble and containing no metal foundation, the Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is quite striking for suburban Atanta, and really shows the diversity of our city.

Here is a great photo he took of the Mandir.

Speaking of field trips, Ben is starting kindergarden on August 11th.  We are considering one last weekend getaway before school starts.  We were thinking of visiting the Sea Turtle Rescue center on Jekyll Island.  Or maybe check out Outer Banks rentals.

JEWISH COOL: TALES FROM APPALACHIA

I just came across a really "cool" essay called Jewish Cool: Tales From Appalachia from the Sh'ma website.  Its by Erika Meitner, a poet and faculty member at Virginia Tech.

I found myself doing alot of head bobbing agreement while reading this.  Almost makes me want to go out and get a Jewish tattoo or make a beaded she-pa head covering.  Almost.

By the way - my cafepress store (see link upper right hand corner of blog) got some good search results from a search for Alien Peace Sign.  I still remain hopeful that I can make a buck from these gorgeous high quality t-shirts with original art.  Zeb the alien throwing the peace sign --- what could be more cool than that?