In my faith tradition the New Year is celebrated in the late summer or early fall. It was originally a religion founded in agriculture and so the oldest celebrations coincide with cycles in the agricultural year. The new year comes toward the end of the harvest (in theory), a period when it is natural to…
I am a Jew. Sort of. That is to say that my mother is ethnically Jewish and I was raised to say that I am Jewish. The building where I associated religiously as a child was a synagogue and the process of prayer I learned was in that same building. At home we celebrated Christian…
The box is made of a blondish wood. It has a wave pattern to the grain and is very smooth. I have not seen the box in many years. I remember it being about 12 inches long and 6 inches tall. Maybe 6 inches wide as well. It is a rectangle and the top comes…
I’ve been married for a longish time by today’s standards – almost 19 years. And since I got married at 21 I feel like I should get some bonus year points for marrying against the odds of youth (though in truth I don’t agree with the common opinion on it being bad to marry young).…
Bullying. Where do you start with a topic like bullying? I suspect that everyone has an immediate reaction to the word. You remember having been bullied, you remember times in your life when you didn’t act as your best possible self, you think about the experience of your child today or what you see on…
Hello friends, I’m pleased to share that the memoir I’ve been working on for over a year is finished, published, and available for e-purchase today! And will shortly be coming to print at our local bookstore and major online outlets. Please join me to celebrate the launch of ’til now on November 10th at 4pm…
I have the great priviledge of being on vacation at this moment – and as part of my vacation went on a lovely hike this morning in one of California’s state parks. My husband and I followed the sign pointing to the waterfall/valley view and started a trek upward that we would follow for about…
I recently had the privilege of spending a week with 50 some odd brilliant women. We were participants in a leadership program specifically for women run by a business school. So we spend the week learning about management, negotiation, behavioral psychology, and business organizations from the perspective of being a woman in business on the…
The article asked the question: are implants or prosthetics that can enhance our performance either cognitively or physically, cheating? Is having a small chip implanted in your brain to improve focus and concentration the same thing as doping (as it is now commonly understood)? The author thought this was peachy – the way of the…
I will start by declaring that I too have been guilty of the crimes for which I am about to complain. This is not a judgment, this is a response based on wisdom, and maybe some self-righteous indignation now that I have seen the light. Let’s begin: whatever you are doing in your car, other…
Faith Works 