Bubbe Wisdom - Unraveling the threads of life. A blog by Louise Silk.
From Anger To Affirmation by LouiseSilkIn August, I discussed the importance of creating an anger list to uncover the many repressed emotions that lead to self-sacrifice, self sabotage and self blame. Now, being so successful at l...
The Ensemble Makes The Man by LouiseSilkWe had a long eventful weekend as we drove through the record-breaking snowstorm to see my daughter, Sarah , perform in HOUSE FOR SALE at The Mason Gross Performing Arts Center at Rutge...
Rejection by LouiseSilk"I really wish I were less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection." Billy Joel The business of an artist is a tough road fraught with multitudes of rejection. Artists hav...
The Loss of A Mother by LouiseSilkToday, my cousins are here from California to bury their mother in our family cemetery. This is also where my parents, our grandparents and our great-grandparents are all buried. Having a family b...
The Music of Voice by LouiseSilkI’ve lost interest on most of the reality television shows except for the great music being made on The Sing Off where there is no other sound than that of amazing talented voices. A cappell...
Power to the 99% by LouiseSilkOccupy Wall Stree t is a people-powered movement that began on September 17, 2011 in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States and...
What’s With All This Pink? by LouiseSilkIt’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and everything everywhere has turned into a multibillion-dollar business with pink Kitchen Aid blenders, Scotch tape dispensers, pink-ribbon sportin...
The New Old Sacred Space by LouiseSilkIt would have been something to be in NYC in 2010 to experience Sukkah City a design competition for innovative sukkahs . The winners included one made from a single 5,400-foot-long steel cab...
What’s in a name? by LouiseSilk"This is my life and I’m going to live it. I never liked the middle ground, the most boring place in the world." Louise Nevelson I never liked my given name. I always thought it was out-of-...
Non-Violent Confessions by LouiseSilkOne of my many Jewish pet peeves is observing people beat their chests during The Al Chet on Yom Kippur and as if once weren’t bad enough, we do it nine times. Why? What does hitting say abo...