Our two week family trip to Japan was awesome! My brother David, who owns a business arranging tours to and from Japan, arranged everything for us. Part of the time we were travelling with him and his family – it was great to spend time with them since we are usually 1000s of miles apart. I’m glad I made an effort to learn basic Japanese [more]
Apr 182010

Last night Ben played the first movement of the Tchaikowsky Piano Concerto no. 1 with the Oak Park River Forest High School Symphony Orchestra (his high school orchestra). Ben played with them because he was one of the winners of this year’s High School Concerto Competition. This is the same piece he played two days ago, but it was fun to hear it with an [more]

This is a copy of my latest post on the Communitas Collective blog My first article on CC was about hope. Seeking hope doesn’t really ‘work’ for me. Looking for certainty to hope in only reminds me how uncertain life is. Letting go of worry does work. Living in the moment helps me do that. I notice the small things which bring happiness. A beautiful [more]









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