By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Even though I have often written about downsizing, I confess to my inability to actually do it. I feel forever guilty looking around at my “too much stuff.” That is until now. I just read a book by Marie Kondo, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up—The Japanese
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Editor’s Note: This is the seventh in a series of stories researched during Don and Nancy Harrison’s 50th Wedding Anniversary cruise from Sydney, Australia, to San Diego. Previous installments of the series, which runs every Thursday, may be found by tapping the number of the installment: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 By Donald H. Harrison
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By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For more than 26 years I’ve been thinking about what’s near and far while looking east from our balcony. At first, we could see a bit of the Dead Sea, but the builders of Isaweea have gone skyward and cut off our view. Isaweea is the congestion off to
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(c) Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — I wanted to do something nice for my wife. That’s the Jewish part of this story. She went to the doctor and to exercise. Her cordovan Dansko clogs were mighty scuffed. I would put life into them. A Caymus Winery wood box held rags, brushes, Kiwi black, brown, and
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