Never shall I forget that night
. . . After decades & decades, I came across this book again, I read Holocaust books extensively when I was younger. In my opinion, Night, by Elie Wiesel, is…
“A Slow Slog”
This is a fitting post for the 4th of July, from a CNN article yesterday written by Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera:As it gets hotter, 13,000 families in this pocket of…
Now I say to my fear
"Now I say to my fear, ‘Thank you for getting me here, but today I’m doing something important and new, so I’m not going to listen to you.’” -Elizabeth GiIbert,…
Free Clinic Beginnings
Back in ‘the last century’ I was teaching. I promised myself I would be out of Cleveland before I turned 28. In the meantime, I decided to volunteer at the…
Simplify
As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.-Henry David Thoreau Taken from…
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…