Although I’m Jewish, I don’t know much Yiddish.  But I love the words I know, which perfectly capture things that the King’s English cannot begin to describe.  Schlep.  Schlemiel. Chutzpah.  Chatchkes.  Perfect words and impossible to imagine living without them.  If Yiddish was still in use, maybe we would have words for other things equally [...]

I’ll be traveling for the next few days so I don’t know how often I’ll be able to show up here.  But I hope you will.   While I’m off having fun,  I thought I’d find some fun pieces  from the archives that you haven’t seen.  Even if you WERE one of the few people reading this blog last summer, [...]

This week will mark 100 days since Barack Obama became President of the United States.  Sometimes I still can’t believe it. And because Obama is synonomous with “change”, this seemed like the perfect time for this video. (thank you, Gail.) Playing For Change | Song Around The World “One Love” from Concord Music Group on [...]

If a picture is worth a thousand words, I don’t need to say any more than this:  ”21 Brilliant Photos that look like they are photoshopped but are NOT”   ( from smashingapps.com )             These are just a few examples.  To see the other 18,000 words, click here.