Vermont vs. Alabama

I grew up in Vermont. Vermont has five seasons, winter, mud, spring, summer, fall. My favorite season was winter. When I was a kid, in the 70’s & the 80’s, when Vermont had snow & I had no nerves endings to feel the cold. I remember looking at snow through the windows while I was…

My Kingdom for an Editor

Forgive the mistakes in grammar, punctuation, spelling, leaving words out,or putting them in twice.  Its just me sitting in my chair, with my mother across town sitting in her chair, reading my stuff, but not editing it for me, not that I’ve asked her, I just assumed, she didn’t want me to look like a…

Who is this child?

Most people fall into a broad category of terms to define who they are. Words I’d use to describe myself would differ greatly from how others would describe me. We all make assumptions on appearance or on a career choice or what schools we attended. The characteristics that are familiar in anyone I meet, I…

A Bat Mitzvah speech for her. Or how we conquered Dragons.

I was asked by my Rabbi if I wished to say something wonderful about my daughter during her Bat Mitzvah.  For him to ask me…was a standard question. But for me, it was akin to asking me to fight dragons. Public speaking or fighting dragons is a toss up as far as which I would…