Happy Hanukkah

A 1931 photograph taken from the window of Rachel Posner's home in Kiel, Germany.

On the back of the photograph, Posner, the wife of Rabbi Akiva Posner, wrote:

" 'Death to Judah, ' so the flag says. 'Judah will live forever,' so the light answers."

Pantone's Color of the Year ~ Cloud Dancer

Pantone missed the obvious alliterative name . . . Pantone Privilege.

No Thanks Thanksgiving

Zen and the Art of Leaf Raking

Irasshaimase!

Pea Soup

The Vineyard is socked in with heavy fog today –– what my mother used to call pea soup.

New Yorkistan's Mayor Mamdani

If you thought Warren Wilhelm, aka former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and failed  2020 candidate for United States president, nearly ruined the city, buckle up for Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani.