Monthly Archives: November 2010

Turkey Art

Thanks Margo, Kaylin, Brendon and Trae for the creative centerpieces at Thanksgiving Dinner and thank you Ken and Norma and family for inviting us every year to your annual celebration of tradition and festivity.  The food is always delicious and the company … Continue reading

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Give Thanks

Let us make this Thanksgiving Feast the one where we rekindle the traditional spirit of a Feast.  Let us enjoy the spiritual and physical benefits of “breaking bread” with friends, family and relatives.  Let us reflect upon the blessings in our life and express our appreciation … Continue reading

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Slow Food

Growing up in New Jersey, you are proud of your tomatoes. In my recent quest to grow my own tomatoes (Celebrity, Big Boy, Better Boy and Cherokee Purple), I have learned much about the 7500 different varieties of tomatoes and … Continue reading

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Five Point Palm Exploding Heart

This is not Kill Bill or the Karate Kid.  This is the 2010 Seibukai Shiai Dojo (“Pure Heart”)  Tournament hosted at the Delray Community Center last weekend where all ages and ranks from the Little Dragons to the “Black Mambas” competed on technique, strength and … Continue reading

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Nature’s Camouflage, Sound, Fury and Light

Friday, November 12, 2010, Diane’s Backyard (A toad rescued from jacuzzi.) Saturday, November 13, 2010, Jupiter, FL–Weekend at Rick’s Fish Camp Laughing Therapy Group and a Patient Surfer Playing Banjo (8:00 am Jupiter, FL) Sunday, November 14, 2010–Nature Conservancy, Blowing Rock Preserve-Jupiter Island

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Scent, Smell and the Power of Aroma

Every year my parents would drive us to the beach house at the Jersey Shore for our summer ritual of sun and fun.  As soon as we turned off the Garden State Parkway and headed down Route 35,  I would be overwhelmed by the … Continue reading

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The Creepiest Time of the Year

  Friday Fear Fest (Boca Raton, FL) Despite our fascination of  creepy monsters and the bogeyman , the  Halloween celebration began as a purification.  Halloween is short for “All Hallows (All Holy) Evening”, the night that precedes All Saint’s Day (November … Continue reading

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