I’m aging. I’m experiencing progressive changes in my life. I don’t heal as quickly as I used to from damage or disease. I have mobility challenges. I wear glasses for reading, too. On balance, external points of validation, i.e., other peoples’ opinions of me, matter increasingly less. I’ve become more confident. In addition, my joys have multiplied. My children have matured. They’ve graduated from various education institutes and work in fields that enable them to take financial care of themselves. They’ve enhanced my life with grandsons and granddaughters. Essentially, as I’m growing older, I’m enjoying much naches.
2024. Apr. 10. “Uplifting Offerings.”
2024. Mar. 29. “Cosmic Oxytocin.”
2024. Mar. 28. “So Disappointed.”
2024. Mar. 17. “Wonderment.”
2024. Mar 10. “Them” and “Us” vs. “Us” and “Us.”
2024. Mar. 6. “Heaven-set Morality and Heedful Meaning.”
2024. Mar. 1. “Success.”
2024. Feb. 20. “Sustaining Emunah.”
2024. Feb. 15. “Sinat Chinam, Baseless Hatred, vs Ahavat Chinam, Brotherly Love.”
2024. Feb. 9. “Teshuva.”
2024. Feb. 2. “Engaging in Blessings.”
2024. Jan. 24. “I Can't Imagine.”
2024. Jan 25. “Prayer as a Gift from Hashem.”
2024. Jan. 23. “Not Little Boys and Girls, Anymore.”
2024. Jan. 17. “Our Boys.”
2024. Jan. 15. “Instructional Communication.”
2024. Jan. 11. “Woke Mob.”
2024. Jan. 4. “Levels of Communication.”
2024. Jan. 2. “More Psychological Conundrums.”
2023. Dec. 31. “Boundaries.”
2023. Dec. 25. “Steadfastness.”
2023. Dec. 19. “Another Wedding.”
2023. Dec. 12. “A Pause from Worries.”
2023. Dec. 5. “Relative Mental Health.”
2023. Nov. 24. Explaining Communication (Ethics) via Semantic Screening
2023. Nov. 16. “Precious” vs. “Cherished.”
2023. Nov. 8. “What Not to Say to Families Experiencing War-related Challenges.”
2023. Nov. 3. “Rhetoric and Reason: Part Two.”
2023. Oct. 30. “Rhetoric and Reason: Part One.”
2023. Oct. 25. “Well-Placed Indignation.”
2023. Oct 22. “Dancing in the Face of Evil.”
2023. Oct. 17. “I am (not) okay.”
2023. Oct. 10. “War.”
2023. Sep. 19. “Endings.”
2023. Sep. 11. “By Dint of Need not Merit.”
2023. Sep. 4. “Among Generations.”
2023. Aug. 30. “Microrhetoric's Impact on Society.”
2023. Aug. 14. “The Channels of Our Verbal Investments: Part Two.”
2023. Aug. 7. “The Channels of our Verbal Investments: Part One.”
2023. Aug. 3. “The Wedding.”
2023. Jul. 25. “Word Watch: Avoiding Baseless Hatred.”
2023. Jul. 16. “Blessed.”
2023. Jul. 11. “Artificial Writing.”
2023. Jun. 27. “Grow Those Veggies.”
2023. Jun. 13. “Medical Care and Then Some.”
2023. Jun. 6. “Scan & Go, Go, Go.”
2023. May 31. “Hunger Artist.”
2023. May 19. “Why Do You Live in Israel.”
2023. Apr. 24. “Learning to Pivot.”
2023. Mar. 28. “Not (Having to) Turn Off Sticky Keys.”
2023. Mar. 23. “The Great Matzah Heist.”
2023. March 16. “Slow Dining.”
2023. March 6. “Empty Nest.”
2023. Feb. 11. “Female and Intermittently Academic.”
2023. Feb. 7. “Lecturing Stories: Part Three”
2023. Jan. 24. “Lecturing Stories: Part Two.”
2023. Jan 9. “Pampas Grass.”
2023. Jan. 2. “Lecturing Stories: Part One.”
2022. Dec. 25. “The Limits of ‘Please’ and ‘Thank-You.’”
2022. Dec. 19. “Little Things.”
2022. Dec. 12. “Intimidation.”
2022. Dec. 4. “Birthday Flowers.”
2022. Nov. 30. “Body Positivity for Oldsters.”
2023. Nov. 23. “Granny Does It.”
2022. Nov. 13. “Intergenerational Communication.”
2022. Nov. 7. “Stop Kvetching and Start Being Accountable.”
2022. Oct. 31. “Water.”
2022. Oct. 25. “And Now, No More.”
2022. Oct. 19. “Perspective.”
2022. Oct. 3. “Prayer and the Perfect Storm.”
2022. Sep. 14. “Simanim.”
2022. Sep. 6. “Midcentury Four Drawer Filing Cabinets.”
2022. Aug. 28. “Belly Girl.”
2022. Aug. 20. “Each New Year.”
2022. Aug. 14. “Bonus Child.”
2022. Aug. 9. “Introduction: Aging in Israel.”