Author of "The Mortgage Game"
Are Tomatoes Fruits or Vegetables? In my essay last week, I wrote about how fruits and vegetables can be a beneficial part of your diet and your well-being. Online I learned that one of them, the tomato, has an annual production of 60 million tons, 16 million more than the second most popular fruit, … Continue reading “Are Tomatoes Fruits or Vegetables?”
Where Do Norwegians Come From? My trips to other countries are not only about visits to tourist attraction sites, but they are also about exploring the country and understanding its people and history. Visiting Oslo, the capital of Norway, was the last leg of our Scandinavian journey. The history of the city goes back to … Continue reading “Where Do Norwegians Come From?”
Why People Like to Travel Abroad The question why people are willing to subject themselves to the rigors of foreign travel, came to me during a very brisk walk to see a famous cathedral in one of the cities we visited, whose name I do not even remember, on our journey through the Norwegian fjords. … Continue reading “Why People Like to Travel Abroad”
What is the Arctic Circle? This is a third story about our journey through the Norway Fijords. If you’ve never heard about the Arctic Circle, you are not alone, as neither had I. Our ship just passed the latitude 66°32’ N, known as the Arctic Circle, which is an imaginary line drawn around the northern … Continue reading “What is the Arctic Circle?”
What To Do With A Tattoo “Certain things in life are easy to get, but not so easy to get rid of.” Recently, we were at the Yerba Buena Center for The Arts Theater to see a performance by the internationally known Israeli dance company, Batsheva, who was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Their choreography is … Continue reading “What To Do With A Tattoo”
Why Travel Back In Time? “We do not need a special day or time to express our love to our mothers, but sometimes we need a reminder of how to love them.” Something strange happened within the last month. I’ve encountered three major Euorpean countries…FROM 400 years ago. The first encounter was in England during … Continue reading “Why Travel Back In Time?”
How To Have Vacations “To have abundance…BE abundant.” Summer is here. People tend to plan their vacations when their kids are out of school or when the weather is more agreeable in other parts of the world. Recently, I met an old friend who is also in the mortgage business, but with a different company. … Continue reading “How To Have Vacations”
“To serve, run. To live, walk slowly.” A year ago on our trip to Paris, I bought a fancy looking pair of flat leather shoes. After a lot of walking, I came home with a pain in my heels, which did not go away. It turned out to be a common problem. After consulting with my … Continue reading “On The Run”
“Focus on the future–the present is becoming the past very fast.” You may recall reading in my first book, “The Mortgage Game: The 5 C’s and How to Connect Them”, that my first official job in the United States was Vice President in charge of operations of Helga Howe, a high fashion company. How a new … Continue reading “You Are Only As Good As Your New Collection”
“A moustache is what we see on the face of a man. What we do not see makes him a man.” There is no typo in the headline. Movember originates from two words—moustache and November. Movember became an annual month-long event to raise awareness for men’s health. It initiated in Australia, where in 1999 a group of young men (who … Continue reading “What is Movember?”