Continue Reading Jauchzet, Frohlocket There are limits, but also advantages, to being a moderately educated music lover – like yours truly – rather than a professionally…
Continue Reading Famous last words Should you be able to visit me at my deathbed in the far, far, far away future, please remind me that I…
Continue Reading Chosen Words Apparently some things can’t make it into dictionaries… For those which do, however, there is always that end-of-the-year competition of being chosen as…
Continue Reading Big Words Consequences of Erudite Vernacular Utilized Irrespective of Necessity: Problems with Using Long Words Needlessly is the title of a decade-old Princeton study…
Continue Reading Happy Words So many happy words. Here are the ones rated most highly in order of reflection of happiness: Laughter, happiness, love, happy, laughed, laugh,…
Continue Reading Language Lesson Yesterday was one of those days where my brain was too tired to engage in critical analysis of – really of anything….
Continue Reading Hanukkah behind Bars This week’s blog was geared towards imaginary travel, to explore places or meet people of interest. I could, theoretically, transform those fantasies…
Continue Reading Hanukkah in Miami The Miami Art Week this year runs from December 3 -9. I won’t be there, so I’ll miss out on press releases…
Continue Reading No Hanukkah in Mongolia An astonishing piece of writing appeared some 5 years ago in the New Yorker. Ariel Levy’s autobiographical essay on having a miscarriage…
Continue Reading Visions On the first night of Hanukkah I found myself surrounded by a gaggle of otherworldly creatures swarming along the sidewalks of Hawthorne…
