Keychain(ed)
People carry keys, take keys, give keys, give keys back. People lose keys, copy keys, save keys, put keys back. My last ten years hold...
Uncharted Waters
Cool morning air washes over me and passes through me. I miss the breeze of the bouncing picop rushed through my nostrils. Lidia’s...
Echo(ed)
The conference speaker explained, "We are in our own echo chambers. That's why I believed certain things had a chance." Echo. There was...
Uncharted
Is there a word for trying to find a certain star? I couldn't find a word. This week I decided to search for blog posts about stars. I...
Note(s) Paper(s)
What do I see? Detail. Intentionality. Hope. What was I trying to save? Notes' Paper Note Papers What do I wonder? Why I kept them so...
Why Choose One Book?
On Simchat Tora I think about libraries. The library was my solution to finding the book my niece wanted to buy. During my visit to...
Two Books: An Introduction Part IX
For this blog series, it would be obvious that I put two books in conversation before, but never has one of them be my own. At first, my...
Choose Your Words Carefully
"The word, 'fast' for Yom Kippur means we don't eat, and we don't drink," my Hebrew teacher explained. Not every Hebrew student in my...
(Holding on) Opportunities (on Hold)
From a list of 117 books put out by My Jewish Learning earlier in the year, I had put a handful on hold. I read the introductions of a...
Why You Fail (Forward)
Prior to my new gym, I did not know what a one rep max was. It is the amount of weight you can lift once. The same definition follows...