Israel: PA terror attacks prevented.

Israel is currently winning its war on terror. Congratulations to all on the security forces! From Arutz Sheva – Israel National News Biological & Other Major Passover Attacks Thwarted 08:00 Apr 13, ’04 / 22 Nisan 5764 (IsraelNN.com) Security forces acting on intelligence community information prevented a number of major terror attacks planned on Passover Continue reading Israel: PA terror attacks prevented.

Happy Lion's Day!

When I was in high school, back in freshman year, I think, my friend Janet created a holiday to be celebrated every March 1… Lion’s Day. We were to celebrate the lion, in its valiant but eventually futile competition with the lamb. You know, “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a Continue reading Happy Lion's Day!

Slowness

February is built for slowness, I think. All the fun winter holidays are over, and we are way past the newness of snow and cold weather. In fact, it wears on us. We have seen it. We want other colors now! I read the Tale of Genji, by Murasaki Shikibu. 1100 years ago, in the Continue reading Slowness

We are our stories.

I don’t have a lot of knowledge of my mother’s family. Oh sure, the basics: her sisters (3, and she was the youngest, by 20 minutes) and my resultant uncles and cousins, her parents’ names (I had to give those for the death certificate – did you know that the funeral home issues that?). But Continue reading We are our stories.