Weekly Thoughts

How often in our lives do we have a chance to stand tall and face the music?   This is not like going to hear our favorite musical gro...

For the first time in six years, our house is officially home to both of our children.   Our status as empty nesters is temporarily on ho...

How often do you wake up feeling like you have the weight of the world upon your shoulders?   I do not mean that the entire universe is ...

“If the band plays at my graduation party, they have to play School’s Out,” Bec recently informed me.   She is, of course, referring t...

  It has been weeks…OK, it has been months since the full band has gotten together and played.   Yes, we each still play on our own to...

“Mah Nishtana halilah ha-zeh? (מה נשתנה הלילה הזה)” is the opening to one of the first things we recite at Passover.   This is the phr...

Last weekend I went on a quick visit to my dad and brother in Florida.   Between the cold winter we had this year and the guaranteed w...