Bubbe Wisdom - Unraveling the threads of life. A blog by Louise Silk.
More On Loss Is Gain by LouiseSilkBut it’s not your fault. The human brain isn’t very good at not eating as much food as possible. So when companies give you so much food, you’re going to gorge yourself. Morgan Clendaniel, ...
Loss is Gain in Disguise by LouiseSilkWhen one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell ...
Go For The Gold by LouiseSilkYou are missing something if you have never attended a Special Olympics Bowling Tournament. There is a palpable excitement in the air as the lanes overflow with bowling balls, water bottles, snack...
It’s Party Time by LouiseSilkSuper Bowl Sunday is America’s best excuse to party . Without the Steelers, the best part of the game will most certainly be the commercials. There are sites that will let you preview ...
Women’s Rights- Again by LouiseSilkThe Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution guarantees individuals the right to personal autonomy, which means that a person's decisions regarding his or her personal life are none of th...
The Yin and Yang of The iPhone by LouiseSilkA couple of weeks ago I became the proud owner of an iPhone. It was an upgrade from my Droid, which was smart, but nothing like the iPhone that synchronizes through the iCloud with my iMac and my ...
Mystery, Magic, Divinity by LouiseSilkIt’s my son’s birthday and I was struggling to figure out a meaningful gift for a young techy Ph.D father of two with an oncologist wife until divine intervention put this TED talk by Alexander ...
Being in the World but Not of the World by LouiseSilkWith Mitt Romney’s newly released tax returns that put his income in the top 0.006 percent of Americans, I decided it was time to also understand his religious affiliation. What would it mean ...
My American Hero by LouiseSilkThe problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics, whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need (wo)men who can dream of things that never were, and ask wh...
Sweets for the Sweet? by LouiseSilkMy addiction to vanilla icing comes directly from my mother. She never went past Prantl’s, Kaufman’s or any bakery without stopping for a Petit Four or cream filled French Horn. To this day, there...