Saturday, September 26! It is that time of year! Once again, The Smithsonian is offering you free Admission to a museum, with hundreds of locations to choose from! I love this opportunity, and have taken advantage of it for years; it is a great way to expand your horizons without a single risk. Unfortunately, once...
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Bird Watching in Fort De Soto Park We have a friend, Colleen, who regularly posts, on facebook, beautiful photographs, from Fort De Soto Park, near St. Petersburg, Florida. Thus for some time now, I have been wanting to venture to her little piece of paradise, and take a look for myself. ...
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Sitting By My Bedside “One sure window into a person’s soul is his reading list.” ~ Mary B. W. Tabor ~ What are you reading? Are you looking for your next great read? Here is a look at what is sitting by my bedside, and which I am pleased to recommend....
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur “May you be inscribed (in the Book of Life) for a Happy Year.” “Le shanah tovah tikateiv veteichateim,” The photograph above is from the interior of Mickve Israel of Savannah Georgia, which is home to the two oldest Torah’s in the United States, and the only ones,...
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New York City Nine-Eleven Memorial and Museum Last autumn, we saw the New York City 9-11 Memorial and toured the Museum; the last of the three major memorials, which commemorate the attack on the United States, of September 11, 2001. Over the years, since the attack, we have made repeated pilgrimages to...
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Always Remembering In going through my post cards, I came up on this card, purchased when I visited Ellis Island, a stop I most assuredly recommend when visiting New York. However, I share this post card with you, because of the skyline of New York City. The card caught me by surprise;...
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Apple Picking We have had one of those perfect Labor Day Weekends, light on labor, and heavy on all the activities, which proclaim a New England autumn is approaching. A visit to a state fair, where we met Governor Chris Christy, and of course ate fried dough, among a few...
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A Day Late and a Dollar Short I happened to be in South Carolina, the week the Confederate flag was taken down, at the State House, in response to the senseless and brutal murder of a group of people, at a Bible study. I had debated whether or not to attend...
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Cybersecurity Checkup© for September The Talk As children get ready, to return to school, this is a good time to have the talk. The talk concerns the fact that if your children are old enough, trusted enough, and responsible enough to be connected, then they are also smart enough to understand is...
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Time I remember when time stood still on long summer days and even cold winter nights. But not anymore, time no longer lingers. A day at the beach or a walk through the woods should be enough to silence the hurried hand of time, but they are not. Time will...
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