The 100th Corner: On Never Giving Up

What a difference a year makes. One year ago, I was reeling from abrupt setbacks and disappointments. My beloved dog of 13 years had passed, my job suddenly changed, and my writing aspirations continued to elude me. When I was 21, an optimistic college graduate whose future shown bright with possibility, my path had been […]

Sprinting toward the self

I have a reoccurring dream where I’m frantically running to catch a plane to Israel. The dream is vivid and pulsing, as I try to get to the place where my relatives live – a place I’ve been to over thirty times, beginning with summers at my grandparents’ house when I was a child. The […]

Dreams: indicators of unresolved issues, or are we over thinking?

When I was in my early teens, I had a recurring dream of being chased by Nazis and dogs in the snow.  The first few times I assumed that the dream was due to extensive exposure to the Holocaust in my Jewish history classes, as well as at home. But eventually I wondered if I […]