With the Jewish High Holidays nearing the end of the ten days that Rosh Hashanah inaugurates and Yom Kippur closes, Judith Jenya, Sunday’s UUFSMA Zoom Service guest speaker, will focus on her awe for the mysteries of life and death that the two events inscribe in Jewish tradition.
Category: <span>Weekly Columns</span>
The Computer Corner: The Man in the Middle
Learning to Live in an Upended World: Animals without us
While we, humans have been in lockdown, animals around the world are taking advantage of our absence. South African lions have been spotted sleeping peacefully on a stretch of a normally tourist-heavy highway.
Weekly Horoscopes Jan. 10
All Signs: We begin this week with enthusiasm, optimism and eagerness! Now we can see the big picture! Admittedly, late Tues. and early Wed. morning, power struggles might occur.
SPA January 2021 Pets of the Month
Almost 1-1/2 years old, Onyx is an elegant, petite black and white tuxedo sweetheart. She arrived at the SPA with her four one-day-old babies, all now adopted.
Beowulf: A Complex and Tormented Hero
These preparations for sugar-cured salmon and sweet mustard are holiday fare in true Viking spirit!
The Computer Corner: malware
I will attempt to shed light on that shadowy underworld of crooks and con artists responsible for the malware plaguing today’s computers.
Ask Dr. Alan: Active Listening
I have been accused by a very close friend of not properly paying attention to, or really listening to her when she speaks to me. I feel like I’m listening, but how do I convince her that I am?
Living in an Upended World: Goodbye, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu!
Recently I saw a clever comment about this year’s final celebration: “I definitely intend to stay up past midnight this New Year’s Eve. Not so much to welcome the New Year, as to make sure that 2020 leaves!”