Suprise Me

He loved to say "You can trust me, I'm a doctor!" And people did. Read More

"Can I help?" a woman's voice asked from behind me. A young woman had appeared with a shovel. Read More

A recent immigrant prepares for his first test at his new high school. Read More

I have never been on a diet. I don’t say this to brag, just stating a fact. I have no idea how many calories are in anything. I have never read a diet book or listened to a diet guru. I eat whatever I want to, and stop when I feel full. Yet I have… Read More

As far as I know, no ban has ever been imposed on any book that I wanted to read in the place and time that I wished to read it. Read More

This is so not the world I had hoped to leave for my grandkids. It’s definitely time for a new generation to take over. Read More

Bless the Bread A new year for many of us means a time to take stock,  to make resolutions,  or to once again start that illusive diet.  But for my son Noah it means the rock, jam-band Phish will be on tour at Madison Square Garden once again for several consecutive nights. A few years… Read More

We lived in the Oakland hills, and bus service was minimal - everything was far away. Read More

It is that time of the year when we take stock of our blessings and enumerate what we are grateful for. It feels trite and yet appropriate to feel gratitude that my children are well and have good values; that I feel love and respect from my family and friends, that I have health and… Read More

When I was fifteen and my brother 9, an event changed our motel karma from heaven to hell. Read More