The Brothers Grimm, very grim
As usual, I was searching for something (don’t remember what, of course) when I stumbled upon the Grimm Brothers. Daguerreotype 1847 Grimm Brothers monument in Hanau Germany Jacob (1785–1863) and…
Searching for the Abbey
While with an eye made quiet by the powerOf harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.. -William Wordsworth From: Lines Composed a Few…
He’s on the list of 33
UPDATE: UPDATE: UPDATE: UPDATE: UPDATE: UPDATE: _____________________________________________________________________ Aviva and Keith Siegel lived in Kibbutz Kfar Aza until October 7. Keith was shot in the arm and suffered broken ribs. They…
Ride a Cock Horse? Meet a 17th Century Solo Woman Traveler
Celia Fiennes . . .. . . was amazing. Celia was born in 1662, in Salisbury, a 15-minute modern-day drive from Stonehenge. Remarkably, Celia rode side-saddle through every county in…
Lest we forget* A Hostage’s wife pleads
Aviva and Keith Siegel lived in Kibbutz Kfar Aza until October 7. Keith was shot in the arm and suffered broken ribs. They were kept together until Aviva's release in…
When will we ever learn? A personal immigration story
A friend’s recent inquiry about my origins had me revisiting the family history. My father's last name was shortened from ‘Kazekevitch-Rabinovitch’ to ‘Cavitch’ upon their entry to the U.S. at…
The first person I thought of was you
Doris Kearns Goodwin When Biden announced he would be stepping down as a candidate, I was staying in Michigan with my best bud from college and beyond. Her husband had…
Suffrage!
In 1848, a group of abolitionist activists—mostly women—gathered in Seneca Falls, New York, to discuss the issue of women’s rights. Most of the delegates to the Seneca Falls Convention agreed: American…
Something Compelled Me
I woke up in the middle-of-the-night, which I never did at the tender age of 14. Something compelled me to turn on my transistor radio (yes, I am that old} that lay…
Some book passages just stay with you
A week after finishing Daniel Siva’s A Death in Vienna, one passage remains with me, a film loop, a film loop, a film loop. Silva’s books follow the Israeli art restorer/’intelligence’…