Month: November 2025
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The Bookshelf That Doesn’t Hold Books to Read
There is a bookshelf in my house that doesn’t have books to read. Most friends walk past without a second glance. To be fair, it lives in a unlit corner — From a distance, it looks like a long, tired…
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Twenty Years and One Day
Well, wow — you all really know how to make a person feel good. Thank you for all your generous, kind messages. Some of you I’ve met, many of you I haven’t, but almost all of you feel familiar when…
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20 Years – Everyday
Twenty years.Can you believe it? Because I barely can. I’ve been writing here every day for two decades. Twenty years! I know I like to talk, but even I have to admit… this borders on the extravagant. Possibly even a…
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving- looking back on the year—on the challenges that shaped us, the small victories that lifted us, and the people whose presence brought meaning to our days. Thanksgiving offers pause to recognize the grace that has carried us forward. Mindful…
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The Mediterranean
A stone’s throw from Cassis lies Bandol. The color of blue—Mediterranean,rising beneath meas I stand above the waves.One place,yet always changing,an endless invitationto beauty. Being here, even for a moment,the sea touches my far-off shores.I pause—my spirit soars.
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Olive Harvest in a Faraway Land
An old miniature painting surfaced today—a woman kneeling beside an olive tree—and the image immediately evoked Gaza, especially now, in the season when olives should be gathered with eagerness and reassurance of livelihood. The scene carried grief of knowing how…