HOME & FAMILY

When he is told that he has only one month to live, he returns home and makes a cup of mint tea. He sits on the wicker porch swing and looks up at the sky which is so blue that it hurts his eyes.

ASK THE SHADCHAN
Ba'alei Teshuvoh Parents
By Rebbetzin Nomi Travis

Question:

Dear Shadchanit,

I follow your columns and enjoy the fact that you raise issues that others ignore. I hope you will be able to handle another sensitive matter — call it a challenge . . .

BOOK REVIEW
Let Them Journey
True Stories Uniting the Past with the Future
Compiled by Jennifer Hall and Pesah Leah Porat

My downstairs neighbor of years back came from New Zealand. In the next entrance of our building, lives — until 120 — a fascinating, very distinguished Sefardi woman who was born to a chareidi family in Jamaica and speaks English with an exotic accent.

Tips For 'Top Talk'
by L. Raffles

"Let's take a look at why some women find another woman so much easier to talk to. We can then learn some valuable lessons in the difference between the way men and women think . . . "

When not to `solutionize'

Make a Happy Birthday!
by Dena Newman

Surprise parties — pros and cons and incorporating both

Another Vacation, Another List of Vacation Tips
by Shoshana

Word to the wise, don't try answering a cell phone while riding a camel.

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