Tonight marks the beginning of Passover. As we host both Sedars, my husband and I spent all day Sunday preparing. The first step in preparation was to take out, from our storage closet, our Sedar plates, matzoh plates, and matzoh covers. As I was handling each item I was struck by the length of time we had been using them and what they each mean …
Today is New Years Day and, annually, we make New Year's resolutions. The statistics on resolution success are a bit discouraging. Twenty-three percent of people quit their resolutions by the end of the first week and forty-three percent quit by the end of the first month. In fact, the second Friday in January has been coined as “Quiter’s Day,” ref …
While I do not celebrate Christmas, it is difficult not to get caught up in the season to spread joy and good wishes. To all my wonderful friends who celebrate Christmas, I want to wish you the merriest of holidays. May your homes be filled with laughter, warmth, and the delightful aroma of festive treats. May the twinkling lights on your Christ …
Today is the day we celebrate the Reverend Martin Luther King’s birthday. As you all probably know Dr. King was assassinated in 1968. During his lifetime, Dr. King was the chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. I did a little research o …
For a post-Christmas blog, I am taking a “page” out of Mitch’s playbook and offering a heart lifting story I recently came across. Apparently, a first grader from California has achieved every young girl's dream; having permission to own her very own pet unicorn., The little girl, identified only as Madeline, wrote a letter to the Los Angeles Count …
It’s Cyber-Monday and my in box is exploding. I must admit, whenever I go to a store and they offer me an additional 10% off if I give my email address, I always do. My intent, always, is to unsubscribe when I get that first email. But I never do. I fully understand the marketing. I have seen “The Social Experiment.” I know those emails are “ti …
I need recommendations for some good books for vacation reading. I, generally, like to read science fiction or easy read novels. My husband and I are, hopefully, flying to South Africa at the beginning of September. I say “hopefully” because we have had to postpone this trip twice, all due to the COVID lockdown. So far, we are closer to actually …
Anyone who knows me knows I love to travel. The last time I travelled outside of the US was in February 2020. We had planned and taken a family trip to Italy. We left evening the day after COVID-19 was detected in Italy Since that time we have restricted our travels to the US. But now we have decided to venture past the US. We will be trav …
Every year this question comes up in the office. Are you coming in on Columbus? And every year the answer is the same, I’m not certain. I’m in the office today, catching up on paperwork. Are you in the office? Or do you take off on Columbus Day?
I am now renting office space in a suite with two other law firms. The conversation on Friday turned to whether we were taking today, Columbus Day, off. I was sort of surprised to see that one of the firms would be open with full staff today. My office, as well as the other law firm in the suite is closed today. Then the conversation turned to wh …
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