HALLEY’S COMET AND THE END OF HIPPYHOOD – Marilyn Armstrong
I did take a lot of drugs … but I never considered them a “religious” or otherwise “exalted” experience. They were fun. Music was magical and just being outside and watching the stars was a glorious...
View ArticleKINDNESS OF STRANGERS – Marilyn Armstrong
Israel was in turmoil. Years of bad blood between Arabs and Jews, a disastrous economic situation, and an intense heatwave which had everyone cranky and ill-tempered. It’s no wonder that most riots...
View ArticleTIME TRAVELING SLOWLY – Marilyn Armstrong
Without a machine or a wormhole, we travel through time every day of our lives. We don’t do it instantly, but every photo we take is a picture of us in the past. Recent past, long ago past. All our...
View ArticleWHAT A SHOCK! – Marilyn Armstrong
You think you know someone. You hang out with them, exchange emails, jokes, and anecdotes. Maybe you even work with them. Then, one day, out of the blue, you discover they are fundamentalist Christians...
View ArticleSUMMER? FEH.
5 Things I Hate About Summer I lived for 9 years in Jerusalem. It’s hot in Israel and temperatures, during a bad chamseen, could hit 110 or more. A chamseen is a sand-filled wind that blows up from the...
View ArticleIT’S THREE O’CLOCK AND WHAT SHALL I DO WITH THE DEFROSTED MINCED MEAT?
This is the time of day when I have to ponder dinner. I think Owen’s going to make meatloaf. He does that well. Better than I do. I used to make pot roast to die for, but somewhere along the line, the...
View ArticleEX-PATRIOT: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A VACATION AND BUILDING A LIFE
The Herodian, hideaway of the King of Israel There used to be a joke in Israel. It worked in English and Hebrew, so here it goes. A tourist goes to visit Israel. He is astounded at what a beautiful...
View ArticleNO SAFE PLACE?
It was an ordinary day in the suburb of Jerusalem where I managed a weekly English-language newspaper. I had fallen into the job when the previous editor quit — after his paycheck bounced. Twice. Me...
View ArticleWHY ARE WE SO SCARED OF SOCIALISM?
I am bewildered about American reactions to socialism. Maybe it’s because we think it’s Communism without the fascist dictator. Having spent ten years living in a socialist country, what we had were...
View ArticleALIYAH
Once upon a time, in another life, I had a home in Jerusalem, just down the road from Jaffa Gate. I didn’t know I was arriving at the end of an era. Those would be the last years the Bedouins would...
View ArticleWHY ARE AMERICANS AFRAID OF SOCIALISM?
I am bewildered about American reactions to socialism. Maybe it’s because we think it’s Communism without the fascist dictator. Having spent ten years living in a socialist country, what we had were...
View ArticleSTRANGER PLACES
It was an ordinary day in the suburb of Jerusalem where I managed a weekly English-language newspaper. I had fallen into the job when the previous editor quit after his paycheck bounced. Twice. Me...
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