My friend and I were at the top of a steep hill on our bikes. She went first. She went down the hill with her hands raised high over her head; she didn't touch her handlebars or her brakes. I wanted to ride my bike down the hill with my hands over my head like she did. But, I couldn't. I …
Adventure
Leave room in your day for joy and flowers
This year I wasn't going to plant flowers in the flower beds in the front yard. This growing season I was only going to work on my writing and painting. There was no time in my day to plant flower seeds. I forgot about flowers until I went to the hardware store to buy a paint …
Searching for a jar of olives made in Israel
Today when I was at the grocery store I bought mayonnaise. The mayonnaise was at the end of aisle 7 next to the olives. And for a brief moment it was 1978 and I was in Israel picking olives. I checked the labels on the olive jars. Where were they made? In 1978 I picked olives on Kibbutz …
