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Service Dog, retiring today

Bibi, the Farhud & Pistachios: a modest proposal-Part II

Bibi, the Farhud & Pistachios: a modest proposal. Part I.

The darkness is your friend.

Jerusalem and the sea breeze. Smelling the truth.

Jared Kushner & Affinity: Pentimento, Shield, or MBS' Buffett?

Kurt Waldheim Redux-The DOJ Report

Ye, Kurt Waldheim, Salonika and Lies:"It never happened."

In December's Light

Persian Bravery, in Silence

”I always find myself, on an exhaustive Friday night, missing you."

We all have stuff to worry about.Be kind.Smile (if you can).

"Above all, avoid lies, all lies, especially the lie to yourself. Keep watch on your lie, and examine it every hour, every minute."-F. Dostoevsky

A rose from my friend's garden at the beach. The smell of Damascus; jasmine, sometimes it is enough to calm her seas, and sometimes it's not.

For me, that sound, that face, it never goes away. My hearing has worsened with age, and illness. That helps.

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