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Monday, May 30, 2022

The Netanyahus: A Funny Novel About A Job Interview Gone Very Wrong. Book 18 of 2022

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 A couple of weeks ago, I listened to an interview of American novelist  Joshua Cohen on the Ha'aretz Weekly podcast. Host Allison Ka...
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Perelandra by C.S. Lewis: Book 17 of 2022

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I loved Perelandra   by C.S. Lewis when I first read it almost forty years ago. I re-read it in the 90s, but have not re-read it in this ce...
Saturday, May 21, 2022

Flying to Kyiv from New York on February 24--The Flight Ended in Warsaw

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Today at #RazomforUkriane, I worked with a Nikita.  He is a 36-year-old project manager for a U.S.-based utility company. As we assembled IF...
Thursday, May 19, 2022

Talking Musicals, Radio, War Movies and Tanks at #RazomforUkraine

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  I arrived late for my shift at Razom today. PA Route 222 stopped for miles outside of Ephrata.  I slithered off the highway in the breakdo...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

The Federalist Papers: Book 16 of 2022

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  During the past year and a few months I have been reading The Federalist Papers , 85 essays by Alexander Hamilton (51 essays), James Madi...
Monday, May 9, 2022

Making Jokes While Packing Medical Supplies for Ukraine

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  Four days last week, I was working in a warehouse in New Jersey, part of a team of #RazomforUkraine volunteers assembling Individual First...

Victory Day, May 9, Is Also the Day I Broke 13 of 40 Bones

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May 9 is the date Russia and several former Soviet countries celebrate victory over the Nazis.  Nazi Germany unconditionally surrendered ver...