Remember the No. 2 pencil? A skinny, yellow tool that determined your future? As students we were always given a No. 2 pencil to answer questionnaires in class. (more…)
Every day around the world 30,000,000 people will give a public speech of some sort. For most people, public speaking may not kill them but it can come close. Its the #1 fear next to dying. That's a universe of anxiety. (more…)
The Holocaust was the tip of an iceberg of evil, stretching far and deep into the past to the ancient empire of Persia and an unlikely Jewish queen named Esther. (more…)
Kristen Fersovitch had more ornaments than she could find room for on her Christmas Tree. Some were negotiated in and out each year, depending on how she felt. However, there were some non-negotiable ones, like a resilient rocking horse. (more…)
A popular Christmas carol that doesn’t mention the birth of Christ? The story of how the lyrics came to be makes it the perfect song for a world at midnight in the grip of a pandemic. (more…)