I've had a rather hectic September, partly because of our jewish High Holidays. I'm not a religious person, not in the organized sen...

Dear Followers , I'll be away from blogging for the next few weeks. Hope to be back at it , by the end of September - beginning of O...

I'm not much in favour of street art in general, grafitty in particular. Yet, lately it seems I've developed a liking for street mu...

Last month I attended a wedding at Caesarea , a former roman ancient port built by King Herod and named Caesarea in honor of the roman empe...

I never paid any attention to the wooden structure with the front sign "Petanque Club" located at the entrance area to my hometow...

I've copied (with permission) the below funny piece from In my Humble Opinion ( Nice Guy Eddie's political blog). Eddie's a libe...

He was sobbing quietly repeating between the sobs the question of 'why did he have to marry her' . His crying seemed to scare the bi...

Bridges over bodies of water usually fascinate me with their variety of shapes, and of materials of which they are made. Yesterday, I was r...

In the Middle East, there's no such thing as soft, quiet speech. Everybody shouts at everybody , everywhere, at any time. It starts earl...

The recent complaints of fishermen and other Gulf of Mexico area residents about a heavy oil odor in the air which might be toxic, remind ...

The above 9-floor building is known by the name of 'the crazy house'. The back of it looks as if covered with pieces of white s...

Among the various food items in my kitchen, a place of honor is given to the bottle of the organic, extra -virgin, cold pressed, olive oil u...

In one of the previous posts, I've mentioned my Genealogical Quest - an attempt to track the saga of my ucrainian/romanian Great Grandmo...

I said No although I would have liked to say Yes. It was summertime, and the spacious well air-conditioned Post Office of my town was a plea...

The first time in my life I saw dolphins was at the Dolphinarium on the beachfront of the city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The Dolphina...