So much is going on in his first 100 days and there is so much polarization in our country.  It truly is enough to make One's head spin.  No matter your political leaning or how you feel about the style and manner of POTUS, we are still one country.  We need to settle down, find common ground and perpetuate our unique democracy, i.e.: "indivisable, with liberty and justice for all"!How this can or will happen I can not really say, but in my lifetime we have always found a way, no matter how dire or turbulent the situation. 

I have often written about tradition and I very proudly relate yet one more story.

Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there, I do not sleep.I am a thousand winds that blow,

Most people think that a star is someone who has talent, fame, fortune etc. Yesterday I changed my opinion. While paying a condolence call to Gotham’s cofounder Nancy. Schess, I saw her daughter Jackie. I hadn’t seen her since her high school days when Nancy used to bring her to Gotham events, and also when she ran the Oratorio event a few years ago.

Tonight is the first Passover Seder. My husband and I, every year, host both seders for our families. This year we are  hosting fifteen people the first night and twenty-seven the second night. Given our experience with cooking for Passover, we definitely have our routines down. Essentially, our routine is to save all of our cooking  for the weekend before and get it all done in one marathon weekend. It has always worked for us. And we each have our specialties that we prepare.

After basketball, I checked my mail quickly in my car. One email – from Rolling Stone (magazine) – shared links to a number of articles about the Rock and Roll Hall Fame Induction ceremony that took place at the Barclay Center in Brooklyn Friday eve.  

After reading and commenting on Fred's blog, a thought occurred to me. Did you know that the average human's attention span has decreased over the past few years?   According to a study by Microsoft Corporation, human attention span has supposedly dropped from 12 seconds in 2002 to only eight seconds in 2013.  

I am compelled to admit that I have become an addict.  I am addicted to Social Media.  Although mostly a Luddite, I am constantly watching and working my amazingly fecund iPhone.     It started years ago with email and a crude self constructed fredslist which became a more sophisticated and responsive list serve.  Texting is my least favorite form of communication, but it is a highly effective direct private line to my grand kids.