My taste in music is broad and varied but I don’t think I’d ever conflate a Barry Manilow song with Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5. Except today wasn’t like most days, it was Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day Of Atonement. I spent 25 years reading Torah on Yom Kippur and though it has been a couple… Continue reading Not Just Another Day Of Atonement
Category: Life
Back In The Saddle Again
Sometimes when life has you feeling a little beat up the best thing you can do is get in and get out. You know find a way to get back in the saddle and go for a ride and if you can, bring someone along with you. We’re about to roll up on 52 weeks… Continue reading Back In The Saddle Again
When Doubt Came To Visit
Doubt made an unscheduled visit last week. He/she/it didn’t knock or ask for permission to stop by they just barged in. I had thought I had locked the doors, barred the windows and engaged the sort of security system that couldn’t be overcome as easily as this one was, but I was wrong. Maybe they… Continue reading When Doubt Came To Visit
The Truth About “Bad Timing”
“You always thought you were faster than the car and I wasn’t about to try to convince you otherwise. Don’t know that I could and it wasn’t my job to make you figure it out, that was yours.” Those might not be the exact words my paternal grandfather used but he is not here to… Continue reading The Truth About “Bad Timing”
