Category Archives: Family and Friends

Teach your youngsters: “No. Yell. Go. Tell.”

This past Friday evening Sophia and I spent an hour at Black Belt Leadership Academy. It was the third and last introductory class offered in cooperation with the neighborhood recreation department. Among other useful teachings Sensei Mark Weinberg taught the young students how to handle being approached by “strangers.” He recommended they remember four words, […]

Too young! Dear Alisa – too young!

This morning, as I waited for coffee to brew, I read the following heartfelt words, written by my daughter, Tanya: “Farewell my sweetest, my dearest friend. Farewell, my inspiration, my muse, my confidante….all my love, Alisa. May your new travels be incredible and limitless. I already miss you so much.” beautifully expressing deep love, and […]

What are friends for?

Wendell Berry wrote, “Lovers must not, like usurers, live for themselves alone. They must finally turn from their gaze at one another back toward the community. If they had only themselves to consider, lovers would not need to marry, but they must think of others and of other things. They say their vows to the community as […]