Did you know that today is Feel Teal Friday and that President Obama declared September Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month?
I bet you didn’t, and to be honest, until yesterday, I didn’t either. Ovarian cancer, unlike its pink cousin, breast cancer, is way down on most of our radars as familiar diseases to look out for. While [...]
Years ago a friend lent me the classic anthology of collective nouns, An Exaltation of Larks which traces “multitude” nouns like “a pride of lions,” a gaggle of geese.” and so on — some of them quite fanciful, like “rash of dermatologists.” I’m willing to bet good money, however, that the book does not yet [...]
My friend Cheri Lasher-Sandhu never met a surface she didn’t like.
When I knew her in Israel, she’d paint anything — cabinets, furniture, pillows, clothing, and the unfinished Arab-style pottery plates and water jugs sold all around Israel. If memory serves, she painted part of the hallway leading to her apartment. She was compelled to paint, [...]
Last weekend I spent some time in Deerfield, Illinois, for a family wedding, and an uber-class act it was. In between the family, and the food, and the hospitality suite, and the food, and the schmoozing––and did I mention the FOOD?––I managed a quick trip to the Chicago Botanical Garden.
It’s been a long time since [...]
No, it’s not Valentines Day but it’s an excellent time to show off my “ahava” (Hebrew for “love”) shirts. Edgy and tattoo-inspired, the design gives an otherwise schmaltzy concept a bit of biker spice, don’t you think?
The reason is Tu B’Av, the 15th Day of the month of Av in the Hebrew lunar calendar, [...]
From Wikipedia:
Azadi (Persian: ) means “freedom, liberty” in Persian, the official and national language of Iran. This Persian word is also borrowed by Kurdish, Urdu, Pashto and Hindi languages.
The past few weeks I have, like everyone else, been riveted by the news from Iran, at least until Michael Jackson’s demise took precedence for so many [...]
