The letter came in early December, demanding a payment of $1600 in past membership fees and threatening to take us to court. The letter was from Sea Land Travel, a travel club my husband and I joined 10 years ago. We Were Naive Without checking out any comparable services, we were lured in by an […]
Seventeen years ago Yorit and Avriam Rozin and their children moved from Israel to 70 acres of arid desert in India with the aim of restoring the land into a forest. The aim also was to create an area that would sustain a vegan lifestyle for those living there. Today the Forest is Regenerating The […]
It’s more than unbelievable the way Donald Trump is handling his loss to Joe Biden. And who would care, except it impacts national security and personal safety! Why did he lose? Let’s just try to count the ways. He lied almost every time he opened his mouth. He courted relationships with dictators and strongmen, while […]
Thomas Friedman of The New York Times was a guest on Anderson Cooper’s CNN show the other night. He said this election says more about “us” as a country than it does about Donald Trump or Joe Biden. What the Heck Does That Mean? What the heck does that mean? It means that the election […]
The Halloween lights are up outside, and the pumpkins are ready. We even have one bag of candy. And my grandson, 7, has a very scary new costume. Halloween in the Age of COVID But what will Halloween in the age of COVID look like? We live in one of the city’s “hot spots,” and […]
It’s been obvious that President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are well into their 70s. But it wasn’t until Michael Smerconish brought it up on his television show this morning that I gave all that much thought to the aging of Congress and the Senate as well. House and Senate Leaders House Speaker […]
I’ll admit my front yard looks like a sign nursery or voting site….except for the one that is missing. I’ll get to that! No Signs While Working in Journalism For all of the years I was in active journalism I never felt posting signs in the yard would be appropriate. While obviously we would develop […]
There’s some amazing dirt in Georgia that grows a whole lot more than peanuts and cotton. It grows selfless Christian charity and has been for nearly 80 years. Koinonia Farm It all started at Koinonia Farm in Americus, founded in 1942 by Clarence and Florence Jordan and Martin and Mabel England. This was a “demonstration […]
My Dad always said he got his “college education” in the U.S. Army. He was drafted at the start of WWII and later served in Korea, rising to the rank of Captain. Horse Calvary When he was drafted, he was sent to the last remaining horse calvary unit at Fort Riley, Kansas, where he began […]
It’s not brain surgery to say that the violence in Portland, Kenosha and other American cities has to stop. It’s obvious the President hasn’t helped, but local law enforcement probably hasn’t done all it could either. Blame Game But for each so-called side to blame the other isn’t helpful. I think Kenosha and Portland police […]