I Awake

I Awake

I awake in the morningso upset and distressedto a world full of mayhemso confused and so messed. The sun through my windowso bright, comes to healbut the weight of the chaosis all that I feel.Each step feels uncertaineach breath heavy sighas I wander in shadowsunder...
A Man is His Words

A Man is His Words

A man is his words and his actions that followin passage of time his deeds he will swallowthe whispers of truth or the lies that he weaveshis essence revealed in the life that he lives. Promises spoken in the dark of the nightmay turn to gifts in the dawn’s early...
The Rebbe

The Rebbe

Last night we went to our Chabad House for a farbrengen (a joyous gathering) commemorating 30 years of the Rebbe’s passing.Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the seventh and last Rebbe of the Chabad movement, one of the largest Hasidic movements in Judaism....
California Summer Sunday

California Summer Sunday

Ocean waves caress the shoreherring seagulls keow and soarpalm trees sway in gentle breezeand bathing babes–a summer’s tease. Golden rays kiss the sandlovers stroll hand in handkids fly kites along the pierin sky so blue, so vast, so clear. California...
4th of July 2024

4th of July 2024

We had a lovely 4th of July. It was a crystalline day in the neighborhood, so we took a long walk at Mile Square Park. The park buzzed with families from all backgrounds—Mexican, Vietnamese, Korean, Palestinian—all joyously celebrating the holiday.In true American...
Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July

The actual vote for independence took place two days on July 2, 1776. John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, “The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.” However, the official adoption of the Declaration of Independence...