Within each of us, I think, whether we acknowledge it or not, is a secret hidden corner. It’s that place that we enter when life is floating along on a soft current and are able to move with it on auto-pilot. Like an empty park bench in a quiet…
“There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle.” — Albert Einstein I sit on the end of the dock watching the moonlight sparkle on a silent lake, little beams of light dancing with each…
I am happy to feature the writing of Samantha Brinn Merel today. She is one of my favorite writers, so I was thrilled when she agreed to guest post to share some of her Shabbos memories. ****************** It is one of my very first memories. Friday afternoon. The sun is…
I have this vision of a cabin in the woods. It is small, but ample, with a couple of bedrooms upstairs, an open kitchen and family room, and a wide and sturdy front porch, with two worn rocking chairs that softly creak when the wind blows. Through the woods behind…
“Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don’t work, I don’t drive a car, I don’t f***ing ride in a car, I don’t handle money, I don’t turn on the oven, and I sure as shit don’t f***ing roll!” – Walter Sobchak (John Goodman)…
“Your heart is a Dixie cup, and his grace is the Mediterranean Sea.” – Max Lucado Lately I have been feeling the full weight of the all the world’s beauty and cruelty, destruction and rebirth, joy and agony and I think my might heart might burst from the weight of…