I was preparing a Passover seder for 20 guests, and my granddaughter, Selam, asked if she could spend the night to help. Although she is...

April 20, 1999. It’s late morning and I’m sitting at my computer in the Communications Services Office of Jeffco Schools when the first...

Last week, as I sat with Irv in Denver’s darkened Boettcher Concert Hall, the sounds of Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique Symphony washed over me...

When I was growing up, Passover and the traditional seder meal were a big deal. Twenty-four hours before Passover began, Mom “hid” small...

It was the third anniversary of my mom’s death. That night I attended a memorial service for my friend Leah’s mother, who had died...

How could I celebrate my grandkids’ birthdays in ways that were meaningful? My friend Fran had shared that she gave her grandchildren a...

“Who is wise? He who learns from all men,” Ben Zoma, 1st century Jewish sage Name four types of sheep. What are male and female rabbits...

“Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.” Plutarch Driving to our gourmet club up the long, narrow, icy road,...

It was a rare gift, an unscheduled Friday, nothing on the calendar until the evening potluck at Beth Evergreen. Set to lead the Mussar...

I stopped making New Year’s resolutions years ago. After all, I didn’t need to come up with new ones; I just recycled my previous broken...

“Life is lumpy.  A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn...

In my writing group, we pick a monthly prompt and write about the topic for 10 minutes. This month the topic was “Life Lessons from...

“Awareness of one’s true value is the essential aspect of life itself and the essential measure of growth for every person who walks the...

In the past, this blog has featured tales from my journeys around the world. My new focus is on the internal journey, how I am learning...

Because our flight home wasn’t until the evening, I decided to take a quick tour of Jo’burg based on recommendations of my friend Donna...

With a huge sigh of relief, we met Fisher, the representative of SS Rental Cars, at the Malawi airport and eagerly turned over the Nissan...

On our last safari drive, we once again saw a lioness munching on the remains of a Cape buffalo kill and several sated males and females...

Judy and I decided to do a bush walk with our guide, Bwalya, in the morning, and we were rewarded by getting up close and personal with a...

The schedule at Flat Dogs is a four-hour Jeep safari before breakfast (starting at 6 a.m.!) and another one from 4 to 8 p.m. We had to...

After chatting with a delightful gentleman from Brazil at breakfast, we headed off to Zambia. Luckily, we had to make only one turn to...