Category: Family
Neighborhoods Matter
“A lovely house cannot survive in a bad neighborhood.” Israel has tried to improve the neighborhood and has been thwarted at every turn by Palestinian leaders. They just want all of the Je... Read More
Auntie Florence
Tom and I went to visit Auntie Florence. She is 102 and is my mothers older sister. Tom is my brother. You can occasionally see Auntie Florence on Facebook, she lives alone but has lots of family near... Read More
Happy Anniversary
Forty six years ago we got married and from my perspective it has worked out much better than I had a right to expect. Life is Good... Read More
Happy Saguaro Bloom
May 1st is Nurit’s birthday and is roughly the beginning of Summer in Phoenix. The Saguaros begin to bloom which is a wonderful event and this year the Palo Verde trees are covered with yellow f... Read More
“The Apple of My Eye”
“The Apple of My Eye” was originally used in English and perhaps Hebrew to refer to the pupil of the eye. Sometime in the late middle ages it began to mean something or someone that one va... Read More
Change is….
“Very few people have the leverage to change the world. But all of us have the chance to change the people around us, and those actions change what gets built, funded and launched.” Seth G... Read More
Feeding Animals
A sign at the High Desert Museum in Bend: “Please do not feed the wild animals. They become reliant and soon will want cell phones.” Excellent museum that had a special exhibit about beaver but no... Read More
Platitudes on Vacation
The journey is the reward. I found a beach stone that had a beak. After a few days of looking I found another one with a tail. The result was this barely recognizable bird on a window sill. Vacation a... Read More