Is this the morning?
There was never a Sabbath that I didn't walk into my Nashville synagogue and wonder: Is this the morning of an attack? Screenshot I WENT IN ANYWAY: "Courage starts with…
Can Tennessee Lawmakers get “More Stupider”?
April 23 (Reuters) - Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the…
Unintended Discovery
On my way home from Nashville I took a wrong turn. Turned out to be a 'right' turn for it took me through the neighborhood Hillwood Heights. A sublime ride;…
One Year Ago
March 27, 2023.Six people shot and killed.in a school. Children from The Covenant School form a human chain as they board the bus that will take them to a nearby…
Opium
I have been wearing Yves Saint Laurent's Opium perfume for over forty years.Contact me with your address and I will send you an Opium-drenched card. GZ was my mother’s interior…
Retirement—What a Worthless Word
“When one door closes another door opens,” Julie Andrew said in The Sound of Music. Actually, Alexander Graham Bell said it first, if you don’t count John the Apostle,1 Helen Keller,2 and Miguel de Cervantes.3 My…
Take the Long Way Home*
I could't get the song to load. You'll have to hum;) Always take the long way home! *Supertramp, 1978.
loss: a friendship dies
R. was walking through the field to the residence entrance. Pink shirt, red face. Helping a colleague/woman friend carry luggage. Martha? Matilda? Martina . . . Navratilova-like hair. Margaret Hamilton on a…
Sad but True
I knew by then as a Jewish kid that there were people who hated me simply for that reason. -Norman Lear Norman Lear, 1922-2023. From IMDB: Norman Lear was born…
Fear of Failure
I grew up in a family with incredible standards. My father was a nationally known legal scholar. Growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, his name was synonymous with brilliance. Both of…