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About Onecakebaker

Author of a memoir called The Girl On the Wall, and working on a novel. Former Synagogue president, gardener, empty nester. Raising bees.

Jewish Mothers of Technology

Here is a post I wrote for the Jewish Women’s Archive last week. I have been watching the tech revolution from a cozy perch in the Tramiel family since 1983, and I have decided that the difference between a tech … Continue reading

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Celebrating Women, Erma and Humility

I’ve just come back from the Erma Bombeck Writers Workshop. It was a wonderful weekend. I came away empowered, excited, and with a new perspective.  Erma was the first mom blogger–I ran around in high school thinking that I would … Continue reading

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In the news, for the worst reason, my beloved father-in-law

If you know me in the real world, you know my father in law was famous at one time. Or maybe you don’t know.  Well, my father in law—I called him Dad, since my own father died in 1975–was Jack … Continue reading

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“Honey, could you Fix My Computer? Part II

I have to come out about something. I’m not  straight. But I don’t know what to call myself.  Maybe you can help me. I don’t know the word for what I am, besides old. I’m so old  I don’t know … Continue reading

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Openness in Hamantaschen?

Hi, all,I got the whole concept of cookie cleavage from an  estranged friend of mine named Marjorie Peskin.  Cleavage seemed to be the best thing to call that space where the filling peeks out.  But the rest of the ideas, … Continue reading

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“Honey, could you fix my computer?”

  My husband was a contributor to the firmware in the earliest personal computers made by Commodore, and was VP of software for Atari for 12 years.  Now I’m going to brag for a minute.  The Commodore 64 was the … Continue reading

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PDA–Personal Digital Archives

I went to the Personal Digital Archiving Conference this weekend. This Conference is fairly new, only three years old, and is put on by The Internet Archive, a 501(c) 3 organization that is dedicated to saving stuff on the Web, … Continue reading

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Facebook, you need a mom!

While Facebook might be a lot of things, it isn’t female-heavy.  There are NO women on the board, despite the fact that Sheryl Sandberg, the COO, is a woman who is vocal in supporting women’s rights. A board today is supposed … Continue reading

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HPV: What about the boys?

In 2007, when the Federal government mandated that the quadrivalent HPV vaccine Gardasil be given to all young women and girls, I  seriously thought about vaccinating my boys.  Two people I knew have had run-ins with the Human Papilloma Virus.  … Continue reading

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Ma’s Marble Cake

Ma’s Marble Cake (good with milk)1 well-greased bottom part of a “Nu Wonder Baker” or 8” diameter old fashioned coffee cake pan. These cake pans are smaller in diameter than Bundt pans, and have larger center holes, and assume that … Continue reading

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