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My mother taught me a little bit about knitting a number of years ago, and I’ve picked it up a few times off and on. My simple creations seem to have either a lot of knits or perls, rugged scarves that suffice but have never had the sheer beauty my mother could put together in [...]
Hate is like an acid – it destroys the vessel in which it is stored. ~Ann Landers Gordias and his knot In ancient Turkey, in a region known then as Phrygia, they found themselves suddenly without a king. Their royal leader had passed away, leaving no heirs and no relatives to speak of. An oracle [...]
There are three things in life worth stealing - glances, kisses and chocolate. I am a thief of glances. I’ll admit it. I love to make eye contact with people when I am out and about. It doesn’t matter if I am in the car, at the store, or at work. If someone is near me and [...]
This year’s Hanukkah holiday season ended not long ago. It was on the last night of Hanukkah so very long ago that the Maccabees celebrated the miracle of the oil, after taking back the Temple in ancient Israel from the Greeks, and rededicating it to its former Holy purpose. It was a last-ditched effort by [...]
Looking for the Social Media Marshall Plan? Click here! On this day in 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed today National Bill of Rights Day, on the 150th anniversary of the introduction of the document by James Madison to the First U.S. Congress. Did we even need a Bill of Rights? So, why do we [...]
“Come closer, cried the Sea… Come closer, follow me…. Let me show you what you’ll be… if you’ll only follow me…” From Water Song, by Kapito Amidst the hustle bustle of the Holiday season, whether shopping for Hanukkah or Christmas (or like me – both,) finding the time to primp and prepare your [...]
There’s something of a let-down whenever I finish writing a poem, as if I have to leave what was an exciting adventure on foreign soil, and head back home. Getting to the end of either requires a return to the daily rhythm of who I am. Sometimes I wish I could stay in the poem, [...]
You normally don’t hear the sound of the water as it glides along the sides of a submarine. You’re either safely inside, hatches tightened and humming machinery all around, or scurrying topside as the sub is pulling in or out of port, orders barked right and left over the revving tug engines. It’s never, ever [...]
It was evening and it was morning, one day… ~Genesis 1:5 Hanukkah just began, at sundown, by Jewish tradition when you can see three stars in the sky . I have always loved the Jewish tradition that the days begin at night, when it is dark enough to see the twinkling and [...]
Did you know that one out of every 10 persons on Earth has a disability? The World Health Organization defines a disability in three forms: Impairments – problems in body function or structure Activity Limitations – difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action Participation Restrictions – problems experienced by an individual [...]