DID YOU KNOW……?

I had the joy of spending almost two-months with my 3 1/2 year old grandson, Julian, in Portland Oregon.  We were there from late December, to the end of January, and then for two- weeks in early March.  Julian is a precocious little boy with lots of creative ideas. He prefaces almost everything he says

Standing on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona or Anywhere in America

When I lived abroad people often commented about how glamorous it all sounded.  The truth was that it was an ordinary life in very extraordinary places.  I still had to do laundry, go grocery shopping, go to the dentist and do other routine things.  For the past three and a half-months, I have been traveling

Two Jews walk into a bar in Fayetteville, Arkansas…

I grew up in a family of first generation Americans.  My grandparents on both sides immigrated to the US in the early 1900’s to escape the pogroms in Lithuania, then Russia.  Yiddish was spoken at home and we were taught, mostly, but not always, to distrust anyone who wasn’t Jewish.  My parents were liberal and

Two Jews walk into a bar in Fayetteville, Arkansas…

I grew up in a family of first generation Americans.  My grandparents on both sides immigrated to the US in the early 1900’s to escape the pogroms in Lithuania, then Russia.  Yiddish was spoken at home and we were taught, mostly, but not always, to distrust anyone who wasn’t Jewish.  My parents were liberal and

The best laid plans…And other lessons learned on the road

In 1976, my dear friend, Joanie, and I, decided to quit our jobs, put the little we had in our parents basements and head out on an adventure, West.  We were young and looking to find ourselves somewhere in the United States.  We borrowed Joan’s mother’s Buick, a huge gas guzzling car, and cashed in

70 OVER 70

For several years I had a blog called “Overseas Over Sixty,” where I chronicled my adventures being a woman over 60 years old and living overseas – first in Israel, then Korea for 4 years, then a year in Budapest, with several trips to other countries during the years of that blog.  Well, I’m now

Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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Introduce Yourself (Example Post)

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