Give Thanks
“Give thanks for a little and you will find a lot.” Hansa Proverb Happy Thanksgiving Simon Photo...
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Encyclopedia
“I’ll look it up in the encyclopedia.” A common phrase from about 1911 until about 2000. Now the...
Neighborhoods Matter
"A lovely house cannot survive in a bad neighborhood." Israel has tried to improve the neighborhood and has...
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...
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...
Happy Saguaro Bloom
May 1st is Nurit's birthday and is roughly the beginning of Summer in Phoenix. The Saguaros begin to bloom which...
“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...
Change is….
"Very few people have the leverage to change the world. But all of us have the chance to change the people around...
Feeding Animals
A sign at the High Desert Museum in Bend: “Please do not feed the wild animals. They become reliant and soon...
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...
