It was because of a bad neighbour that I came to believe there might be some grain of truth in the saying: " you can take a man out of ...

Someone has recently emailed me a little something with a sort of surprise ending. Here it is: " Two women talking in heaven " 1s...

graffity seen in Prypiat She looks like a shadow, moves like a shadow; it's only when you place your head into her hands and she gently ...

The other day I went to do some shopping at the Azrieli Center shopping mall in Tel Aviv. The large mall is located in the circular tower , ...

At the beginning of a New Year , along with the new plans and hopes, I tend to go back in time to review small and big happenings in my pas...

Groundbreaking - Left to Right : Joe Forbes One of my great-grandmother's grandsons, Joseph Goldfarb Forbes (Joe Forbes for short) was m...

Memorial I had in my right pocket a slip of paper with the name and address of a nice german woman from Dachau whom I had met on a tour in...

I'm following a blog of a geography teacher (Viorel Irascu at plecatdeacasa.blogspot.com); one of his lasts posts focused on the lake of...

1 . 'Sharapova is in town' - reported the local media on February last year. The russian born , blonde tennis player Maria Sharapova...

lucky bamboo The world is insecure, full of conflicts and negativity; so people are looking for security, warmth and harmony inside their h...

My computer has been giving me a hard time lately. It is six years old, and completely exhausted . I'm proud that during these years it ...

I'm a great believer in the marvelous, free source of energy, the Sun; solar energy, solar power, solar cooking, solar heating - all the...

potatoes on the israeli market. still in use in some turkish markets Turkey , as far as I know, is the largest producer of potatoes in the M...

'Ayalon' bridge - to the central railway station in Tel Aviv Waiting on the train platforms I like to travel by train. The wide win...

the garden It attracts like magnet, and doesn't let go of you. It's a superb piece of outdoor art erected in memory of children kil...