Whenever it is possible we like to have at least one evening a year when we take all our children, their spouses, and the older grandchildren out to a good local restaurant. Of course, an 80th birthday is a great excuse for when to do such thing. We knew our younger daughter would be in … More 80th Birthday – Part 2
It’s birthday week for me. The first part of the festivities was hosting a small celebration at the Jerusalem Scrabble Club. The above picture was taken from the club website. My wife arranged a small table of sandwiches, cut vegetables, and drinks (including wine). All our children plus some of their spouses and some of … More 80th Birthday – part 1
I have not posted for a while. The reason is because We’ve been so busy. Today is the 7th day (out of 8) of Chanukah. It seems like nearly every day we were celebrating somewhere else. One day with our younger son and his family, another with our oldest daughter, etc. We also had a … More A Long Holiday – And More to Come
One item I have almost never mentioned is that I am a committed scrabble player. I play regularly, every week, at the Jerusalem Scrabble Club. The club has been one of the largest English language scrabble clubs in the world. We still get an attendance of about 30-40 players every Tuesday night. That’s a drop … More A Scrabble Weekend, Hooray!!
A few weeks back my wife pointed out some little black specks on the kitchen counter. “Those are mouse droppings.”She asserted. So we went to the local hardware store and bought 2 mouse traps. One of the traps was a “humane” trap. It had a spring loaded door that would shut if the mouse entered … More About That Mouse…
It all started out as a normal Friday. But that all changed when I woke up at around 3 AM. I was having reasonably severe pains in my lower abdomen on both the right and left sides. The pain was in the front, not the side or lower back. That led my wife, a former … More A Day at The Emergency Room
I’m what is called, euphemistically, a “senior citizen”. That means I have control over what I do most of the time. I’m no longer a wage slave. Being free to change my schedule at a moments notice has some real advantages. One of my grandsons, a 16 year old, dropped in on us the other … More A Great Way to Spend an Afternoon
Yesterday I decided to take a lunch break from my ongoing struggles with reorganizing data on my computer. I took a little piece of leftover chicken an stuck it in the microwave oven to warm up while I selected a couple of salads to have with it. The microwave beeped to notify me that my … More A Microwave Saga
Saturday was the big day for our older daughter’s youngest son. Of course, we were there. For his mother, one of the best parts was when I was called up to the Torah reading. She said when she saw the three of us, Eilon, myself, and his older brother, Yair, all together on the platform, … More Eilon’s Bar Mitzvah
Today our younger son dropped by and brought his 4 kids. They are our youngest grandchildren. The oldest will soon be 8, The next is 6. The younger ones are officially 1 and 3. We had such a good time with them. the kids played on the same swing set we had installed for their … More Grandchildren are Great
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