New Year’s Day signifies the beginning of a brand new year. For us, it also means taking down our holiday decorations and stowing them all away. The red and blue woolen Christmas stockings embroidered with our names in gold that we bought our first holiday together, Robert’s silver menorah his parents gave him when heContinue reading “The Things We Keep”
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Good-bye, Hello
As this New Year’s Eve approaches, I’m doing what I always do. I’m thinking about what has happened this year, to me personally, in the lives of our family and friends, and also what has been going on in our country and world. I usually feel a sense of relief on December 31st as theContinue reading “Good-bye, Hello”
Happy Holidays 2020
This year has felt like a lifetime With more challenges yet to come Perhaps the worst is now behind us As we strive to become one. Robert finally left the workplace With plans to golf, see people and roam Two weeks after he retired Came the order to Stay-At-Home. With so much time on hisContinue reading “Happy Holidays 2020”
A Hanukkah Gift for Christmas
Growing up, Christmas was magical. It was that one time of year, besides our birthdays, that we were given a few presents and we were assured that we’d get that “one” gift we really really really wanted. When I was 9 years old that gift was a pair of white figure skates and it wasContinue reading “A Hanukkah Gift for Christmas”
Sending a Little Cheer
The last twenty! 103..and counting! In an assembly line, I laid out my boxes, poems to include, colored pens, return address labels, address book (yes, I still have one!) and stamps. That was three days ago. Using our dining room table, I spread the items out in preparation for one tradition that I truly enjoyContinue reading “Sending a Little Cheer”
The Same, But Different
This Thanksgiving was unlike any other. What was different was that we stayed at home. We gathered online with family on Thursday. Perhaps the same was true for you. Zoom has become the backdrop to many of our get togethers since March. What was the same this Thanksgiving was pretty much everything else. Robert andContinue reading “The Same, But Different”
Around Our Table
Thanksgiving Day table setting in our London flat My favorite holiday is just days away! When this week comes along, I always reflect on what I am grateful for. At the top of the list is our families and friends. I am also reminded of past Thanksgiving Day celebrations. A few of my favorites areContinue reading “Around Our Table”
A Responsibility
I have voted in 10 presidential elections since my first in 1980. While I thought of voting as a right, even a privilege, I didn’t think of it as a responsibility until I heard my mom say, “You can’t complain about who is elected, unless you voted.” In the United States, we are so fortunateContinue reading “A Responsibility”
The Right to Vote
The year was 1980 and the candidates vying for the Presidency of the United States were the Incumbent, Democrat Jimmy Carter from Georgia, Republican Ronald Reagan from California and Illinois Independent John B. Anderson. At the time, I was a sophomore in college and just the thought of being able to vote made me feelContinue reading “The Right to Vote”
Things to Do and Places to See
North Street in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts Like any travel article, Things to Do and Places to See were listed in that particular article I read so long ago. I was puzzled because I didn’t consider the things mentioned as special. Hiking at Monument Mountain in Great Barrington, touring the Normal Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, andContinue reading “Things to Do and Places to See”
A Journal Journey 