What I’ve Learned
In November 2004 Washingtonian Magazine published an interview with me by Ken Adelman, the father of my former student Jocelyn Adelman Vorenberg and …
Music and Mayhem
On Valentine’s evening my sweetheart took me to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform in the Kravis Center in West Palm Beach. …
Jerusalem! Jerusalem!
My first view of King David’s City was from Mount Scopus, near Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center. Our Guide, Revi Shnaider, who …
Discoveries in Jordan
On January 20, our ship reached Aqaba, Jordan’s only seaport. It’s at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba, where Egypt, …
Discoveries in Egypt
For more Near East Discoveries, our ship joined a convoy of 24 ships to enter the Suez Canal, the famous passageway between Asia and …
Near East Discoveries, Part 1
The Near East is full of treasures: oil, frankincense, jewelry, World Heritage sites, palm trees, camels, dates. I found all these and …
A Joyful Christmas
My Christmas wish list this year was a request for sensory stimulation, rather than stuff: my eyes would love photos of any …
Advent Memories
As the Advent season begins, my mind is whirling with images and melodies accumulated over the last forty years since we joined …
Master of Adjustment
“If a man does not master his circumstances, then he is bound to be mastered by them.” That was the advice Alexander …
Big Bend Nat’l Park
Though Steve and I grew up in Texas, only last month did we finally visit the state’s crown jewel, Big Bend National …