Monthly Archives: June 2017

The front cover: The back cover: The contents: Customer reviews are mostly positive: 5 out of 5 stars – Wonderful book! – by S.K. Smith December 28, 2010.  This fall I purchased this book for each of my birthday group. … Continue reading →

Enjoyed Phoebe Lapine’s new book immensely.  A self-described guide to finding the middle ground between health and hedonism, Phoebe provides eminently do-able ways in which you can become the architect of your own health one small step at a time. … Continue reading →

A joy to witness the high school graduation of our eldest granddaughter, Atara Goldstein, this afternoon.  So proud of all her accomplishments, including National Honor Society, but mostly the beautiful young woman she has grown into, inside as well as … Continue reading →

By special request, a retrospective of Ian Happ through the baseball years as he readies himself at the top of the lineup again today for the Cubs’ afternoon start at Wrigley.  The sequence is:  Mt. Lebanon Devils (High School), Harwich … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly seven years since I blogged about Joseph-Beth, and it was great to see on our recent trip to Cincy that this independent bookseller is still going strong.  Such a pleasure to browse there, discovering many titles published … Continue reading →

A beautiful evening yesterday, with our eldest Cincinnati granddaughter, Chaya Gittel Goldberg being awarded her 8th grade diploma.  The poise with which she carried herself, and her heartfelt remarks, made us all proud.  Her artistic flair in helping create her … Continue reading →

CSN Chicago is already dubbing last night’s contest on ESPN “The Ian Happ Game”, no doubt because he homered in two of his first three at bats producing 4 RBIs that would be more than the margin of victory in … Continue reading →

Zack and Yaffa’s last name is officially “Stern”, but they were channeling a special spirit this afternoon.  Zack’s mother Eva had a departing favor that she asked before passing away (at too young an age), and that was to be … Continue reading →