Driving under the influence of Dunkin’ Donuts

A white rose for Easter and Passover

The spring feast* days celebrate hope. Readers of this blog might find it contradictory for me to celebrate hope after…

This week began on Monday with Philly Thrive supporting the launch of a campaign on behalf of the Whole Homes…

The French have Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras), but the Poles have Fat Thursday. I learned about Fat Thursday the other…

Lit the yahrzeit candle at sundown. Now listening to music that Laura played. Schubert Impromptus and Kinderszenen. Her friend Daisy…

This morning’s headlines in the NY Times were concerning. “Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics.”…

Yesterday evening I finally finished Amor Towles’ The Lincoln Highway. (Thank you, Bibi.) Previously, I blogged about Sally Ransom’s speech…

My daughter Justine “Bibi” sent me a t-shirt and a mask with the names of characters from the Netflix series…

May 2022 be a year of lovingkindness. May you be happy and safe. May all beings be happy. These words…

Not all my recent reading has been as dire as the books I mentioned in yesterday’s post. Over and since…

Solstice reflections. When I saw the Latin phrase Vita mutatur non tollitur on the headstone on my grandfather’s grave, I…

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