Tomorrow is Tu B’Shvat. The 15th day of the month. A full moon. The New Year for Trees.
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Tu B’Shvat
Category Archives: Just Because
It’s not what I do…It’s what I say
Love him or hate him, Frank Luntz is a wordsmith par excellence. This Republican consultant spends his time concocting words that evoke good feelings- despite the misgivings one may have for the principles that lie beneath the words. He asserts (correctly, in my opinion, as it applies to the American electorate) that “80 percent of our life is emotion, and only 20 percent is intellect. I am much more interested in how you feel than how you think”. Continue reading It’s not what I do…It’s what I say
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Resolution for 2013?
This is a shortened (yes, really) version of a daily meditation that I have been using for some 15 years now. I share it with you to use- or not- as a framework to you, to help you reach new heights in the coming year.
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Chanuka
Gobble Gobble
Thanksgiving. An American tradition. One that is supposed to make us consider what it is for which we are really thankful.
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Home-School Loophole
Many of you know that I reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia. (An addition this morning: Congratulations to Tim Kaine, who ran a stellar race and will be a stellar Senator. And, kudos to President Obama and his myriad volunteers and staffers who worked the highways and byways of Virginia for their solid win yesterday.) My relocation to this state occurred just as “Massive Resistance” was coming to a close. Massive Resistance, under the tutelage of Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia, was the program by which (bigoted) residents avoided integrating their children in public schools (as a result of the Brown v. The Board of Education Supreme Court decision of 1954), allowing the closing of public schools, rather than allow integration.
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Food, Glorious Food
I’m a reforming carnivore. I used to eat red meat three times a week; now it’s about once every week or even a little less. My fish choices tend to be “steaky” though- tuna, salmon, etc. Which is fantastic, since I love red wine. And, red wine is the perfect complement for steaks and red meat.
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Publish or Perish?
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Really? Tax-Exempt?
Note: The expressions in this post may offend some folks’ senses- but all of our sensibilities.
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