If you want to live in a Smurf house, I can help with colors By Janet Silver Ghent Dec 2, 2021 I love to play with colors, creating lively, unexpected schemes for clothing, flowers and home décor. When I find the perfect shade, it’s mine for life. As soon as I enter my nail salon, the manicurist pulls out Hi-Voltage, a glorious magenta that garners compliments even when I’m on a gurney. My closet is filled… Read More
Act Two My granddaughter won’t get vaccinated, and I can’t change her mind My granddaughter insists she’s not an anti-vaxxer. It’s just this vaccine, the Covid vaccine, that’s a problem. Using the words “my body, my choice,” she… By Janet Silver Ghent Oct 18, 2021
Health Pharmacist knows best: How to avoid medicine misuse Preservation of life, or pikuach nefesh, is a central Jewish principle. I am excited to bring you this column to fulfill this mitzvah of life… By Dr. Linda Bernstein Oct 5, 2021
The Matzo Chronicles Torn jeans, tattoos and parental taboos Growing up, I chafed under three parental fashion edicts — no tattoos, no pierced ears and no jeans with frayed edges or holes. It wasn’t, I admit, as… By Karen Galatz Oct 4, 2021
Profile At 81, Sharon Silverman reflects on a life of trailblazing volunteerism Sharon Silverman has never worked a day in her life — for pay, that is. But the outgoing, energetic 81-year-old just can’t stop offering her time and… By Liz Harris Sep 30, 2021
Poetry Nonagenarian S.F. icon Herbert Gold talks writing, Israel, mortality If there’s one question that irritates 97-year-old Herbert Gold, it’s this: Are you still writing? Of course he is! Though these days, the San Francisco… By Liz Harris Sep 23, 2021
Act Two Together again! This High Holidays, our choir was truly magical. Before the 2020 High Holidays, I sang solo soprano into my iPhone, and I cried. I am a choral singer, not a soloist. Hearing every off-note and viewing… By Janet Silver Ghent Sep 22, 2021
The Matzo Chronicles 5782 is coming, but too much new is making me blue A new city for my husband and me. A new job for one of my children. A new year soon to begin for us all. Still, “new” is not how I feel. Adrift. Unmoored.… By Karen Galatz Sep 1, 2021
Act Two Asking forgiveness year after year — it’s what we do When I worked at the Oakland Tribune, a copy editor with a drinking problem had been harassing me. Under his breath, Bill (not his real name) would utter,… By Janet Silver Ghent Aug 26, 2021