The Big News

For those of you who haven’t yet heard our big news, we are moving back to Boulder in July. The decision has been extremely difficult for us. We are excited to reconnect with our friends and community there, but we are very happy here, and it will be hard to leave. The most painful part …

Modena and the Motor Valley

After driving all afternoon from Turin last Friday, we spent a quiet Shabbat in Modena, cooking dinner at home and relaxing a bit. The sweet challah we bought was delicious (and indeed very sweet). Danny and I explored the bountiful Mercato Storico Albinelli in the center of town on Saturday. Locals know not to touch …

Sitting in Two Chairs

A friend lent me the book, The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life by Edith Eger, author of The Choice. Eger writes that there is an expression in Hungarian, roughly translated, “If you sit with one butt on two chairs, you become half-assed.” In the context of her book, she is referring to people …

Worldwide embrace

The response to Kai’s post last week has been tremendous. Kai’s blog post already has over 1,300 views from readers in 15 countries! Hundreds of friends from across the globe have reached out with words of support via text, email, Facebook, or blog comments. So many have offered resources or ideas for connection for Kai …

2020 Book Highlights

I got really excited when I received an email on December 31st from my local grocery store with all of my 2020 statistics – how much money I saved by using their card, top 5 purchased items (1% milk, cauliflower, organic cucumbers, mushrooms, and bananas), and the sweetest item purchased – chocolate coins for Hanukkah. …