By 10:00 in the morning, I was dressed, packed and ready to go, ten minutes early! That’s when the phone rang and the metallic recording said, “This is Southwest Airlines. We regret to inform you that your flight is delayed one hour…” I didn’t listen to the rest because it […]
During the latest Hamas – Israeli War May 10 – 21, 4,360 rockets and drones were launched from Gaza on Israeli towns. The target was not military, but the civilian population. Their goal was to kill as many Jews as possible. Hamas’ aim is to eliminate Israel and replace it with a […]
I just spent five days, four nights in Ocean City, Maryland. It’s been a few years since we’ve been at the beach. Here are 20 Ocean City observations and questions. Too many Americans are obese. Girls with fat thighs should not wear cutoffs or short shorts. A bikini top with […]
Return to normal – is it true?Is it possible for me or you?Is it possible for the world or us?After the settling of the dust. The past is gone, not coming backThe only thing that’s writ in black Nothing can be truly the sameSo now we need a different name. We’ll get used to the […]
The purpose of this vignette is to give a humorous example of what I believe is a not so uncommon phenomenon: old habits don’t die, pun intended. My mother died in the summer of 1990. I was born in 1947 and grew up in the Flatbush section of the borough […]
Who Am I to be Loved by You?* I was just an ordinary womanwho’d made myriad mistakes.Then came that fateful nightwhen, it seems, I came awake. We gathered in that cozy loftin a Howard County church.You were the wittiest person thereand caused my heart to lurch. I was just an […]
April 7, 2021 is this year’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is always the 27th of Nisan on the Hebrew calendar. It doesn’t synch to the Gregorian calendar, a solar one. The Islamic and Hebrew calendars are lunar based. Like the Chinese calendar, the Hebrew one adds an extra month for […]
It was the 5th day of Passover. It was also a mitzvah (good deed) day. My stress level was maxed out. Little did I know, however, it was also a mitzvah day. Everyone needs one of these once in awhile to make up for our “naughty” days. Yesterday was a bummer. I’d eaten […]
“But I copied it off the board,” I cried as my father tried to help me with my homework. “Linda,” my father said, “There’s no such word as “c-f-t-a.” My lower lip started to quiver. “But Daddy, the teacher wouldn’t put it on the board if there was no such […]