In the late 1960s when I was a hippie carpenter in upstate NY I drove a VW van like this. It had a terrible heater and in the winter when I was driving home drunk late at night I would almost freeze t...Read More
My Thanksgiving post from 2008: Happy Thanksgiving by Simon on November 27, 2008 Thanksgiving is one of my two favorite holidays. It is not mixed up with any particular religion, there is no require...Read More
Pink Stuff Last month when Eva Gold, Nurit’s mother, was in Hospice in a coma at age 92 Lillian and Rebecca came to Phoenix to say goodby. In her memory they decided to make a meal of her tradit...Read More
On October 6, 2019 my Mother-in-Law Eve Judit Gold died of old age. She lived and amazing life of danger, change and happiness. Here is a YouTube video I made of her life. Here is where she has been f...Read More
It was the height of the short tourist season on the Oregon Coast when we visited. We stayed by the bridge in Newport and we experienced blowing glass. We also ate great food, the best meal was at Bec...Read More
On our trip to Oregon last month our daughters organized for us to go to a glass blowing studio and have a lesson. I was suspicious. I love glass and thought that it was unlikely that we could create ...Read More
The key to happiness is low expectations. The keys of a life are even more prosaic. These are the keys that I found in Jack’s desk and workshop when we cleared out his possessions after his deat...Read More
“I speak German, English and Hebrew. I don’t even remember learning any of those languages but I still know them.” Eva Gold (my beloved mother-in-law)...Read More
For more than a year now I have been sorting, digitizing and restoring the photos of Eva Gold, my mother-in-law. I have learned a lot about her and her era. The resilience she showed was amazing. So w...Read More