Tip of the Tongue

A passion is like first love, undeniable and unexplainable. It is something whose mere mention lights up the eyes and ignites a wide smile...

The volume of poems, songs, books and research on the subject of love is almost deafening.   From beginning to end, from the boundless ext...

Human life has always involved a certain degree of suffering.   There are even those who would claim it brings you closer to God. ...

Reading Nien’s Cheng’s Life and Death in Shanghai , an account by a Chinese woman arrested during the Culture Revolution in the 1960’s, I...

Thanksgiving is a family holiday.   Each family has its unique transitions, whether special spins of tranditional food or quaint customs....

In Michael Crichton’s book Timeline , one character, Andr ė , decides to remain in the past, specifically the year 1357, because he fi...

A few days ago, as I was driving along the main road to Acco and passing a neighboring Arab village, I noticed a message painted on ...