Last post was about trauma so this one will be about resilience. I love this passage from David Nicholl’s book (Vintage, NY, 2009. Pg. 433) One Day. Live each day of your life as if it’s your last.’ That was the … Read More
Lisa Fliegel + Woody Allen + Ben Shahn — In 9th grade I went to see the movie Annie Hall in Newton Center with a big group of friends. It was a sweet little theatre you could walk to from … Read More
I wrote this years ago, but it floated back up — in light of Trump’s recent theatrics: The ‘Alta Zachyn’ man makes his way around the neighborhood most mornings looking for old and used things to be bought and resold. He makes … Read More
I know. I can’t stop talking about Dan Ephron’s book. On page 145 he asks, referring to the Oslo Peace Accords: “was it genuinely ending its role over the Palestinians or merely repositioning its occupation?” Dan also talks about (pg 134) … Read More
Oy vey! Bryan Stevenson, one of my all time favorites, asked this question in his book “Just Mercy.” So I’ve been trying to figure it out. So it goes with hate speech. So it goes with fear. When I was a kid watching … Read More
UFORGE Gallery 767 Centre Street Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Join us for the start of some local holiday shopping at Uforge Gallery at 5:30PM from Thursday, December 3 through Tuesday, December 22. Over 50 artists and artisans will have … Read More
Sherrill Jaffe/Lisa Fliegel posts One way to deal with an obstacle which lies in your path is to remove it. But if you find after applying pressure that it will not give way — and there are, finally, those areas … Read More
המקום בו אנו צודקים מאת יהודה עמיחי מן המקום שבו אנו צודקים לא יצמחו לעולם .פרחים באביב המקום שבו אנו צודקים הוא קשה ורמוס .כמו חצר אבל ספקות ואהבות עושים את העולם לתחוח .כמו חפרפרת, כמו חריש ולחישה תשמע במקום … Read More
Something I hadn’t considered since 1969. Did you watch the Apollo 10 launched from Cape Kennedy on May 18, 1969, on a black and white TV, with spindly antennas and fuzzy reception? Prior to that moment in my fourth grade … Read More
Two weeks ago one of the young people I advocate for was arrested. While he was being processed at the jailhouse he was asked a series of routine questions, one of which is: “Have you ever considered harming yourself?” I … Read More