I really do not feel a relief after accomplishing a week of The Hunger Challenge. We did not rush to the store to buy a bottle of $50.00 French wine, nor have we treated our impoverished gullets with the tins of Petrossian’s beluga caviar. The only difference that the next day brought was the disappearance [...]
Jul 022010
This is weird: I feel like I am back in elementary school again. I have homework! And a due date. I am not going to be sent to the principal’s office if I fail in my pursuits. My parents are not going to be aware that anything is amiss (well, my Mother reads my blog, [...]
Jun 262010
One of the most important lessons I learned in my childhood is the lesson on frugality. My parents were born just before World War II erupted and had to live through the years of scarcity and food shortages during the war and for several years after. The country was destroyed, having met with the destructive [...]












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