by Xianna Michaels | Nov 18, 2014 | Editorial
historical Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. It sometimes comes just a month or so after all the Jewish holidays. They entail umpteen three and four course meals. It takes weeks to recover. But still, I must make Thanksgiving. It’s not just...
by Xianna Michaels | Oct 30, 2014 | Editorial
day Election Day is fast-approaching. This election is what’s commonly known as “the midterms.” It’s been a difficult political season. Dire events are unfolding in the world. Control of Congress may be at stake. It’s important for every adult citizen to become as...
by Xianna Michaels | Oct 5, 2014 | Editorial
hebrew October 8th, in addition to being the birthday of one of my daughters, this year begins the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot. On Sukkot we eat in a temporary dwelling, a sukkah. Some people (one of my sons-in-law and assorted grandchildren included) even sleep...
by Xianna Michaels | Sep 28, 2014 | Editorial
auto I’ll let you know if I ever decide to go shopping for another car. In the meantime I’d like to share with you a poem I wrote three years ago when my green Ford Mustang and I celebrated 20 years together. Anniversary Song Twenty years and they all make fun And...
by Xianna Michaels | Sep 22, 2014 | Editorial
enlighten My birthday comes at the very end of August. I did not particularly appreciate this when I was a child. I could not have a birthday party in school, since there was no school yet. Everyone was focused on Labor Day and back-to-school, and it seemed a very...
by Xianna Michaels | Sep 16, 2014 | Editorial
auto So, as I was saying previously, in my delightful search for a new car, I set my priorities. I had to have a green car. In those days that was not an ambiguous concept – it referred to a color, not an ecological ideology. There were no hybrids, no electrical cars...
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