Symbols that catch our attention and our emotional connection are mor effective than a hundred words. For two years the yellow bow has become prevalent in Israel and the world over ae a solidarity symbol which conveyed the message “Free the Hostages”.
When I was a teenager, the only Pride that was popular was Jane Austen’s book Pride and Prejudice. You can get it today as well, even in an e-book for $1.99, or a fancy edition for $24.99. “Pride and Prejudice has consistently appeared near the top of lists of “most-loved books” among literary scholars and the reading public…
Call it Bell or call it Bezeq, it really does not matter. Those are national phone, internet and television services. The experience I am about to relate is truly what is referred to as “Catch 22”…
My husband picked up a book from the loaded bookcase behind the dining room table after lunch today, and started reading aloud. The book was Nabokov’s lectures at a Toronto college, one that we read a long time ago. It felt like old times, …
I was about 5 years old, a curious kid, finally in what felt like a permanent home. Someone had left a ladder going up to the “boidem” (known generally as an attic). It was really only a shelf built below the ceiling of the hallway. I climbed up, eager to find out what was there. Old suitcases, vaguely familiar, but what hid inside them?
To all who thought the pandemic was over, my latest experience proves that it is not exactly so. Recently I returned from a great conference in Pittsburgh with over 1500 art therapists participating, only to douse my enthusiasm …