Greetings subscribers. Don’t you love it when you come across something in your files that you forgot about but glad you kept? The following is a letter I emailed to The New Yorker magazine in March, 2011, in response to an article they published by Lawrence Wright, titled: “The Apostate.” … [Read more…]
Greetings, subscribers. This post—and a few more to come—offers some wonderful information about caring for Mother Nature from my dear friend, Peggy Sias Lantz, a nature lover who cares deeply about our Mother Earth. Peg is a Florida Master Naturalist whose family has lived in Florida for more than 100 … [Read more…]
Greetings! Did you know that in 2006 President George Bush designated May as Jewish American Heritage Month? Although I am not Jewish, I have many Jewish friends and acquaintances. I am very grateful for them, as for all my friends. Today, I’m writing this blog post to honor an American … [Read more…]
“Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude and good company,” said Lord Byron. You are alone with a pen and paper, or a laptop and keyboard. You think about the person you’re writing to. You take some time to consider what you want to tell them, how to … [Read more…]
Lately, I’ve been sorting through old files, yeah, those paper manilla folders tucked into hanging files stored in file cabinets. My goal is to save or scan noteworthy remnants of whatever I find and trash the rest. Today’s find shocked me. It was on the last page of an article … [Read more…]