On Timid Feet

We have been and still are celebrating a Holy Season — for Christians and Jews alike — with its attendant joy, blessings, and feelings of gratitude. Yet, as another New Year fast approaches and we begin to turn our thoughts to what it might bring, there is trepidation. True, the … Read more…

Setting Goals or Making Wishes

I think most of the people I’ve known over the years laugh at making New Year’s Resolutions. Yet many do make a list every year and even get started on them, only to fizzle out. From past experience, I know none of those silly things on my list are going … Read more…

What is Everyday Freedom to You?

The brand spanking New Year approaching brings the chance for freedom and a fresh start for those blessed with the opportunity to make their own choices. There are large freedoms (like living in a free land) and small freedoms, all of which can be life-changing to those who yearn for … Read more…

Welcoming 2012

All together now: “All I want for Christmas is a root canal ….” I seriously didn’t have any intention of celebrating the holidays with a two-stage root canal, but that’s what happened. Stage 1 happened a few days before Christmas and Stage 2 happened a couple of days before New … Read more…

An After-Christmas Sale

Department managers at my day job elected to have the holiday party after the holidays for a number of reasons. One of them was that “everyone is too busy to get together before then.” A second reason was that it would avoid a conflict of cultural celebrations, if we held … Read more…

Happy New Year!

There are a few hours yet to go until the stroke of midnight, although my home family welcomed in the New Year some four hours ago. Not that a subway workers’ strike helped in the slightest. Always, there are those who take advantage of others for their own gain; they … Read more…