The darkest hour is just before the dawn. So they say. On Friday morning, my cat wakes me just before…
Category: Wisdom
Let a Wise One Guide
Pharaoh dreams. Seven emaciated cows eat seven healthy ones. Then, seven lean ears of corn eating seven plump ones. Joseph…
Dream Themes
Dream researcher John Allen Hobson wrote in 1977 that a dream is “a mental experience, occuring in sleep, which is…
Career or Calling
A Dvar Torah for Parshat Matot Nechama Leibowitz titles a chapter of her commentary on Parshat Matot “Career or Calling?”…
Have It All
Earlier this summer, the blogosphere buzzed with discussion of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” (Atlantic…
Mythical Lands
I’ve been AWOL from my blog for four weeks. More like five. Or is it six? I’ve been in mother-land,…
Just Missing
Thank you, Ray Bradbury. Your stories still give me language and concepts for thinking about life. I still quote “Boys,…
Purple
Purple is in fashion. Queen E wears it, and so do I. Why do I wear purple? Hope. The Queen…