Sometimes we learn from the media about the death of a person; no cause of death mentioned (usually at the request of the family). Even if w...

  Update on covid-19: easing of lockdown restrictions starting with this week , encouraging news on vaccines. However, the overall atmospher...

  Still on Lockdown. I don't know how long covid-19 will be with us. (A climate activist claims - for as long as Climate Change crisis ...

The other day, I was browsing through my old, analog (non- digital) pictures, focusing on the bad ones (blurred, failed contrast - too dark,...

  The 25 hours of Fasting  are over.   Hopefully, Fast and Prayer have got me a good final sealing in the Book of Life for the New Year. The...

After retirement, our GP and her husband (also a doctor) moved to another city; sort of a new beginning. A few years later, the husband d...

If and when  I happen to dream during my sleep, it's usually about family members that are no longer with us. They talk, sometimes wee...

* Berries are considered superfood,  for they're packed with nutrients and anti- oxidant elements. We greatly enjoy them in the...

I've recently come across this new term - coronialism - which refers to the danger of a new order, a new society being established -  ...

Uman is a town in central Ukraine, on the banks of the Umanka river.  During the recent decades, the town has become known for the burial...

We're approaching the High Holiday season which starts with  the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashana) on Sept. 18-20; goes on with the Day o...

Beirut is in the news with the terrible disaster that has occured in the city's port. It seems the explosion was caused by poor storag...

There's water, and there's... soda water. Soda water is my favorite soft drink, especially in summer.. It is made of water to whic...

Lately, I keep  noticing  a tiny ambulance on my street. That is something new to me. I know our MDA emergency and rescue service, makes...