It started with the renewal of my Israeli driver’s license in December 2025. A simple procedure, you would think. The requirement for seniors my age is an eye test by a licensed optometrist, and a family doctor filling in a form with existing medical conditions that may prevent you from driving.
It is never simple to create new friendships in older age. Many people have close friends from their childhood, even kindergarten – and sometime their parent forge friendships through them.
We all like to collect souvenirs. Sometimes we find a pretty stone when we walk on a trail, other times it is a special shell we see at the beach…
It is so hard to differentiate between the sound of thunder and the sound of falling shrapnel from downed missiles. The only difference is the alarm that you hear on your phone telling you that in the next few minutes you may get a real alarm and you’d better go into your safe room. Today the morning started with real thunder and even some lightening, …
It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience which made me thank the universe that I am still alive to experience: a world-premiere Opera production of The Dybbuk, composed by award-winning composer Josef Bardanashvili, originally from Georgia, whose music is influenced by the rich traditions of his birthplace and his Jewish heritage…
An article in today’s Haaretz newspaper caught my attention. It talks about hair salons being re-established in Gaza. Finally an item not connected to war atrocities, casualties, or death and trauma. But funny enough it is connected to post-traumatic growth. Women who suffered two years of deprivation, uncertainty, and trauma, in a world where they had no control of anything that happens to them, are finally taking some action. They are starting to take care of themselves…
Symbols that catch our attention and our emotional connection are more effective than a hundred words. For two years the yellow ribbon has become prevalent in Israel and the world over ae a solidarity symbol conveying 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, …