Bubbe Wisdom - Unraveling the threads of life. A blog by Louise Silk.
The Black Swan Has Arrived by LouiseSilk“Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction. And if you can go even further and send it back to the p...
Prepared? by LouiseSilk"The total is greater than the sum of the individual parts." Louis Uccellini, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration It starts with Sandy a late summer hurricane from the trop...
A Book Review: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by LouiseSilkEvery once in awhile a book comes along that totally captures my fancy. This time it is The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry , a heart-warming tale by British author, Rachel Joyce. It’s the st...
Going Digital by LouiseSilkI just finished reading my first book- downloaded from the Carnegie Library to my Iphone. It was fun, easy and portable. Proof that the time is fast approaching when all of our reading mate...
Generation X by LouiseSilkBy the time I was born, part of the story was over. Rory Kennedy This week, Rory Kennedy will premiere an HBO documentary about her mother, Ethel Kennedy. Rory is the youngest child o...
Spreading The Bad News by LouiseSilkOne of my top five favorite foods is peanut butter and so I am shocked and horrified to watch this expanding recall of Sunland, Inc. raw and roasted peanuts and peanut related products linked ...
Ai Weiwei: According to What? by LouiseSilk“This so-called contemporary art is not a form but a philosophy of society.” Ai Weiwei is one of the world’s best-known living political artists as the eloquent critic of the oppressi...
A Black Sparrow Laureate by LouiseSilkEvery once in a while, something pops up on facebook that seems interesting enough to pursue further. Such was the case with this quote by Charles Bukowski. Henry Charles Bukowsk i, August 1...
Bullies Never Win by LouiseSilkMost commentaries of Wednesday night's presidential debate seem to thing Romney won but I’m here to say that in the long run, he will lose. He was obnoxious, aggressive, and dishonest. He distorte...
Thank G-d for Books by LouiseSilkOver the weekend, I read this fascinating excerpt from Salman Rushdie’s novel, Joseph Anton , in the New Yorker. Twenty-three years ago, The Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a death warra...