*Web   picture Nine years ago, on March 2014, the Malaysian plane MH...

  The Red Sea , located between Asia and Africa continents, is in the news.   Cargo ships are being attacked by the Houthis, yemenite rebels...

There's a pedestrian street, part of a road running paralel to our municipality building,  which hosts a constant display of art works c...

  Hanukah is supposed to be a  happy holiday.  Apparently, not this year. With a massacre in the background and a war still going on, there...

  The other day, I happened to be in one of the main squares of Petach- Tikva city ( The "founders square").  I was totally stunne...

  Longevity is advancing slowly but steadily. Hentry Kissinger (RIP) has recently died at 100. Many people in the world (especially in Japan...

I've mentioned the above indoor plant in some previous posts.   I must confess, I'm greatly attached to it as I believe it kind of p...

  A lot has been written  in blogs  and elsewhere about Autumn ( Sept 1 - Nov.30). There's description of change in color, falling leave...

1.   We asked for it (globalization), and we got it. What happens in one corner  of the world, affects life in the remaining corners. Ukrain...

  It seems people (not me) are back to investments in gold and other precious metals  to minimize the risks of inflation, and for other vari...

  Whenever in the neighbouring town,  I used to pass by a small optical shop and peep inside. The guy  there,  was a familiar face from chil...

  When I visit a new  country, one of my favorite types of shopping is buying,    some piece of clothing with the name , map , or some icon ...

Our High  Holidays are over; War is still going on. The  Holidays have made me a bit reflective. Here it is: 'We come into this world al...

  I'm taking a break from blogging  to prepare for and welcome our High Holidays  which are:   New Year (Rosh Hashana) , Day of Atonemen...

I 've mentioned more than once the fact that I like the quality of certain categories of items produced in India: fabrics, clothing, kit...