I don’t suspect that my own experiences during our recent weather difficulties were much different from anyone else’s. I do think, however, that I suffered at least a bit less…

Please excuse me if you see wet spots on today’s column; I am truly afraid my tears are of such strength that they can transcend all realistic barriers and carry…

Here is the inspiration that Biden’s inauguration gave me: I want to teach you a song! (Well — truth told: I don’t want to teach it to everyone, just a…

Take notice: Not every marriage is made in heaven. Some, especially between older folks who have lost first spouses, are based on earthly needs for practical support (physical or financial)…

Downsizing isn’t fun, but sometimes it’s necessary. I’m going through it now as I prepare to leave my home of almost four decades for one much smaller, but still nearby.…

I sat at the computer to write this not long after I turned off the TV, unable to watch any more of the hateful chaos filling my screen. My head…

It’s time for me to tell you about the end-of-2020 experience that sent me into this New Year with real hopes for something much better to come… It was an…

I’m writing this early on Dec. 24 — the day marking the 22nd anniversary of Operation Solomon, the covert airlift that took 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. If you don’t…

As we light the last candles of Hanukkah and prepare to bid the holiday goodbye for another year, I recommend that you promise yourself one final gift: a new book…

How many of you, as you read this, can actually remember — personally — Dec. 7, 1941? The day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor? I can! I was 7 years…